Title:
Consider the women : a provocative guide to three matriarchs of the Bible
Author:
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2019]
Physical Description:
vi, 225 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780802874290
Abstract:
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
General Note:
Includes reader's guide and discussion group questions (pages 197-225).
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.
Language:
English
