Mystics, visionaries, and prophets : a historical anthology of women's spiritual writings /

Mystics, visionaries, and prophets : a historical anthology of women's spiritual writings / edited by Shawn Madigan ; foreword by Benedicta Ward. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1998. - viii, 502 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perpetua -- Pelagia the Actress -- Brigit of Ireland -- Balthild, Queen of Neustria -- Dhuoda of Septimania -- Hildegard of Bingen -- Héloïse -- Mechthild of Magdeburg -- Gertrude the Great -- Hadewijch -- Julian of Norwich -- Catherine of Siena -- Margery Kempe -- Teresa of Ávila -- Jane Frances de Chantal -- Sojourner Truth -- Maria W. Stewart -- Gabrielle Bossis -- Dorothy Day -- Caryll Houselander -- Pauli Murray -- Laura López and Silvia Maribel Arriola -- Mother Teresa -- Cho Wha Soon -- Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- Edwina Gateley.

0800631455 (alk. paper)

98036261


Christian women.
Spiritual life--Christianity.

BV4495 / .M97 1998

248.843 / M265m