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Still Believing: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Women Affirm Their Faith »

Book cover image of Still Believing: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Women Affirm Their Faith by Victoria Lee Erickson

Authors: Victoria Lee Erickson (Editor), Susan A. Farrell
ISBN-13: 9781570755828, ISBN-10: 1570755825
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Orbis Books
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Victoria Lee Erickson

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Table of Contents

Introduction : what believers know1
Pt. IA legacy of believing
1That all may be one15
2The legacy of the mimosa tree27
3The faith of believing40
Pt. IIThe rewards of belonging
4A matter of belonging47
5Confessions of a Jewish feminist atheist52
6A woman, a Christian, and an academician57
7Priests are only human, what is important is God65
Pt. IIIOpening the ancient treasure box of faith
8A life of faith and a life of the mind77
9We have the faith to make life our own89
10"You (don't) Gotta have faith" : intergenerational Jewish feminist research102
11Reclaiming God : ambiguity, religion, and faith113
12From center to margin : a feminist journey in the Roman Catholic church : a socio-religious approach to autobiography121
Epilogue : the answering word131

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