She Who Prays: A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book Book

For nearly two millennia, Christian women have been taught to approach the Divine with the hearts and minds of men, from worshiping God as father to envisioning a holy life as a military campaign. She Who Prays: A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book offers women a new way to pray, drawing on feminine images of God and using the language and experience of women. With new translations of ancient hymns, and original prayers in the Christian and other faith traditions, She Who Prays will help women speak to God in their own voices. Arranged in roughly the same format as the Book of Common Prayer, She Who Prays contains a seven-day cycle of daily prayer, prayers for special occasions, and a woman-oriented liturgical calendar honoring the lives of women of all faiths. There are also rituals of healing, reconciliation, and new beginnings, as well as a labyrinth prayer. She Who Prays will help women tap into their unique spirituality. Rosemary Radford Reuther, noted feminist theologian and author, calls the book "an indispensable resource for feminist communities engaged in the work of creating liturgy. It encompasses both new creativity and deep roots in historical traditions. A treasure to be used over a lifetime Jane Richardson Jensen, an author, translator, and scholar specializing in early Christian literature, is co-chaplain of Clare's Place, a women's spirituality center in College Station, Texas. Patricia Harris-Watkins, chaplain of Clare's Place, is a scholar specializing in English as a second language. She has taught workshops in dream interpretation and vision quests, and integrates her Native American spirituality with her Christian faith.Read More