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Maude Petre (1864-1942) was an English woman who is best known for her involvement in the movement known as Roman Catholic Modernism, and particularly for her role as literary executor for the well-known 'modernist,' George Tyrrell. However, this is only part of Maude Petre's story. She herself wrote a number of books and articles on religious and political topics. She worked out her own theology and spirituality at a time when few Catholic lay women engaged in theological discourse. This work is an account of a spiritual journey and of the theology and spirituality that were developed on that journey.

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This is a well-worked introductory study which brings out well the contribution Maude Petre made as a woman to the controversies of her time. Heythrop Journal From this appreciative and balanced study, there emerges the portrait of a sincere, gifted, and independent woman who deserves to be remembered fondly. Theological Studies ...a valuable resource for professors and students who are studying Modernism as well as the relationship between spirituality and theology. Toronto Journal Of Theology The book's strength lies in its careful presentation of a life of integrity, complexity and contradiction, and its demonstration that reflection on such a life offers meaning ...Insight...a worthy study. Studies In Religion An important contribution about a fascinating woman. -- Mary Jo Weaver Studies In Religion ...superior. [Ellen Leonard] has thoroughly researched the sources and presented a well documented, fascinating, and sometimes moving narrative about the great lady who deserves to emerge from Tyrell's shadow. An important contribution to the field of modernist studies; belongs in all university and seminary libraries. Religious Studies Review This is a well-worked introductory study which brings out well the contribution Maude Petre made as a woman to the controversies of her time. Heythrop Journal From this appreciative and balanced study, there emerges the portrait of a sincere, gifted, and independent woman who deserves to be remembered fondly. Theological Studies ...a valuable resource for professors and students who are studying Modernism as well as the relationship between spirituality and theology. Toronto Journal Of Theology The book's strength lies in its careful presentation of a life of integrity, complexity and contradiction, and its demonstration that reflection on such a life offers meaning ...Insight...a worthy study. Studies In Religion An important contribution about a fascinating woman. -- Mary Jo Weaver Studies In Religion ...full of insight and accessible scholarship...a most interesting study. -- Mary Jo Weaver Network, (Journal Of The Catholic Women's Network) Quite the best in the field, it should attract interest from a wide range of feminist scholars and church historians. -- Robert Butterworth Network, (Journal Of The Catholic Women's Network)

Quite the best in the field, it should attract interest from a wide range of feminist scholars and church historians.--Robert Butterworth Network (Journal Of The Catholic Women's Network)

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Ellen Leonard, C.S.J., is Associate Professor of Theology at University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario.

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