Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets: Editor: Shawn Madigan

Editor: Shawn Madigan

Unique in its range and depth, this lavish anthology for the first time captures in a single volume the most notable spiritual writings of leading women from all periods of Christian history.

Because spirituality involves more than simply prayer and piety, Madigan has selected women whose quests for intimacy with God also involves some visionary experience or social witness. Ranging from Perpetua in the third century to Mother Teresa and Edwina Gately in this century, her volume includes writings from both European women and, in the modern period, Asian, American, and African American women. Apart from redressing the heavy gender imbalance of most histories of Christianity, this volume also provides strong historical introductions to and bibliographies of the twenty-six women whose writings are generously excerpted.

Women included in this volume are:
Perpetua the Martyr

Pelagia the Actress

Brigit of Ireland

Balthild the Queen of Neustria

Dhuoda of Septimania

Hildegard of Bingen

Heloise

Mechthild of Magdeburg

Gertrude the Great

Hadewijch

Julian of Norwich

Catherine of Siena

MargeryKempe

Teresa of Avila

Jane Frances de Chantal

Sojourner Truth

Maria Stewart

Gabrielle Bossis

Dorothy Day

Caryll Houselander

Pauli Murray

Laura Lopez

Silvia Maribel Arriola

Mother Teresa

Cho Wha Soon

Mercy Amba Oduyoye

Edwina Gately

About the Editor
Shawn Madigan, C.S.J., is Professor of Theology and Christian Spirituality at the College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: Sep 1 1998
Format: jacketed hardcover
6 in. x 9 in.
512 pages

Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets: Editor: Shawn Madigan Editor: Shawn Madigan
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A Historical Anthology of Women's Spiritual Writings: Unique in its range and depth, this lavish anthology for the first time captures in a single volume the most notable spiritual writings of leading women from all periods of Christian history.

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