Braided Streams, Esther and a Woman's Way of Growing
Publisher: Luramedia Inc.
Published: July 1985
Place of publication: San Diego, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780931055058
Subjects: Women; Religious; General; Fiction - Religious; Religion; Religious life; Bankson, Marjory Zoet; Esther,; Queen of Persia
Description: This book is for women seeking to integrate spiritual, vocational, and sexual dimensions of life. This book weaves women's stories together: the Old Testament story of Esther; the collective stories of all women; the autobiographical story of Marjory Bankson; each reader's personal story through reflective questions. Ths book challenges women to: gather and tell their stories; discover their common themes and honor their diverse experience; claim their bodies as an expression of God's wholeness; integrate the separate streams of work, sexuality, and spirituality; celebrate women's way of growing and creating. - Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Invitation; title: Headwaters : four different streams begin; title: Cultural context : external images of being female; title: Nascent self : saying "no!" to cultural norms; title: Spiritual heritage : a larger context for life; title: Sexual identity : internal images of being female; title: Like a river flowing; title: Paradox of power : Esther and public violence; title: Breakthrough : Esther as an advocate; title: The dinner party : facing the enemy; title: Streams converging : God's presence as a body experience; title: Change or die!