| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 225 pages) |
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Includes reader's guide and discussion group questions (pages 197-225). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196). |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Introduction: We live and die by stories -- Part one: Abrahamic faith. Go from your father's house : moving to new and unknown places -- Rambunctious monotheism : the feminine face of God -- Part two: Hagar. The biblical story : a matriarch on par with a patriarch -- The mother of Islam : looking for Hagar in the Qur'an, a tattoo parlor, and an art gallery -- Full faith and effort : where I meet a feminist Muslim scholar -- Iftar : visiting a mosque with my daughter -- Part three: Esther. The biblical story : the Jewish heroine who reclaims Eros -- Purim : the farce awakens -- Shoah : scapegoating and status-seeking -- Part four: Mary. The biblical story : the subversive Mother of God -- The shape-shifting queen : goddesses, Guadalupe, and grandmas. |
| Summary |
"Join author Debbie Blue as she embarks on the unorthodox, subversive paths of Hagar, Esther, and Mary and envisions more hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch), and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life. Readers will be led to envision more expansive and hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world. -- adapted from back cover. |
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Hagar (Biblical figure)
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Esther, Queen of Persia.
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
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Esther, Queen of Persia. (OCoLC)fst00042996
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Hagar (Biblical figure) (OCoLC)fst00257294
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint. (OCoLC)fst00068107
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Matriarchs (Bible)
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Women in the Bible.
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Women and religion.
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Abrahamic religions.
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BIBLES / General
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RELIGION / Biblical Reference / General
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RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks
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Abrahamic religions. (OCoLC)fst01746988
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Matriarchs (Bible) (OCoLC)fst01012392
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Women and religion. (OCoLC)fst01177110
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Women in the Bible. (OCoLC)fst01177997
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blue, Debbie. Consider the women. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019 9780802874290 (DLC) 2018043573 (OCoLC)1042099712 |
| ISBN |
9781467452496 (electronic bk.) |
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1467452491 (electronic bk.) |
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