Rosemary Ruether: 7 books

Book cover of Goddesses and the Divine Feminine

Goddesses and the Divine Feminine

A Western Religious History

by Rosemary Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2005

This landmark work presents the most illuminating portrait we have to date of goddesses and sacred female imagery in Western culture—from prehistory to contemporary goddess movements. Beautifully written, lucidly conceived, and far-ranging in its implications, this work will help readers gain a...
Book cover of Many Forms of Madness

Many Forms of Madness

A Family's Struggle With Mental Illness And The Mental Health System

by Rosemary Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009

In telling the story of her son’s thirty-year struggle with schizophrenia, Ruether lays bare the inhumane treatment throughout history of people with mental illness. Despite countless reforms by “idealistic reformers” and an enlightened understanding that mental illness is a physical disease...
Book cover of My Quests for Hope and Meaning
by Rosemary Radford Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013

This book is an autobiography tracing Rosemary Radford Ruether's intellectual development and writing career. Ruether examines the influence of her mother and family on her development and particularly her interactions with the Roman Catholic religious tradition. She delves into her exploration of...
Book cover of Women and Redemption

Women and Redemption

A Theological History

by Rosemary Radford Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Rosemary Radford Ruether’s authoritative, award-winning critique, now updated and expanded, evaluates conflict over the meaning of the gospel for gender relations. Ruether highlights women theologians’ work, challenging the patriarchal paradigm of historical theology. She incorporates a plurality...
Book cover of Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization, and World Religions
by Rosemary Radford Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2004

Integrating Ecofeminism, Globalization, and World Religions addresses the practical relevance of the interconnection of feminism, ecology, and religious theological thought, and will ask questions about the lack of attention to gender issues in both ecological theology and deglobalization theory....
Book cover of Weep Not for Your Children

Weep Not for Your Children

Essays on Religion and Violence

by Lisa Isherwood, Rosemary Radford Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016

Violence remains endemic in today's society. Religious morality and social prejudice can lead to many acts of violence going unnoticed. 'Weep Not for Your Children' presents a selection of essays that examine the ways in which religion and violence interconnect. The presence of violence in the origins...
Book cover of America, Amerikkka

America, Amerikkka

Elect Nation and Imperial Violence

by Rosemary Radford Ruether
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014

America views itself as a nation inhabiting a "promised land" and enjoying a favoured relation with God. This view of unique election has been coupled with racial exclusivism and the marginalization of non-white citizens. America, Amerikkka traces the historical and ideological...
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