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Author:   Oliva M. Espín
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781498581530

ISBN 10:   1498581536
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   23 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface: A Tale about Hope, Courage, and Saints Introduction: Fire and Gas: Women Saints over Five Centuries Chapter 1: La Fabbrica dei Santi— How Politics and Culture Determine Who Is a Saint Chapter 2: Political Saints and Saintly Politics: Joan of Arc and Catherine of Siena Chapter 3: “Holy Anorexics” God, Agency, Women’s Bodies and Self-Starvation in Early Colonial Spanish-America: Rose of Lima and Mariana of Quito Chapter 4: Las Santas Criollas: Rosa de Lima, Mariana de Quito, and National Identity in Colonial Spanish-America Chapter 5: Teresa of Avila: The Love of God as Source of Authority Chapter 6: Edith Stein: Paradoxes of a Jewish Saint Chapter 7: Mystics of Political Resistance: Teresa of Avila’s and Edith Stein’s Visions of Womanhood Chapter 8: Pain, Loss, and Psychological Distress in Thérèse of Lisieux, The ‘Little Flower’ who wanted to be a Priest Chapter 9: Doctors but not Priests- Women Doctors in the Roman Catholic Church: Teresa, Catherine, Thérèse and Hildegard Chapter 10: North American Saints: Cabrini, Seton, Drexel, Tekakwitha…But No Black American Saints Yet Conclusion: Final Thoughts References About the Author

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Oliva M. Espin offers readers of Women, Sainthood and Power a window into a group of female saints who have impacted her personal development and spirituality. Their lives are stories of faith, spirituality, and a belief in the power of being a woman. Espin poignantly presents their path to a powerful relationship with the divine.--Mary Ann Gawelek, Lourdes University Women, Sainthood, and Power: A Feminist Psychology of Cultural Constructions is at once a deeply personal book and a scholarly analysis of a selection of Catholic, female, Catholic saints from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, ranging. The saints range from Catherine of Siena and Joan of Arc to Mariana of Quito, Tekakwitha, and Edith Stein. Oliva Espin uses interdisciplinary lenses of psychology, feminism, religious studies, and her own experience to weaves a fascinating tapestry of these women's stories of faith, resistance, and even defiance. Across six centuries, Espin highlights figures relevant for consideration today.--Darleen Pryds, Franciscan School of Theology

Women, Sainthood, and Power: A Feminist Psychology of Cultural Constructions is at once a deeply personal book and a scholarly analysis of a selection of Catholic, female, Catholic saints from the fourteenth to the twentieth century, ranging. The saints range from Catherine of Siena and Joan of Arc to Mariana of Quito, Tekakwitha, and Edith Stein. Oliva Espin uses interdisciplinary lenses of psychology, feminism, religious studies, and her own experience to weaves a fascinating tapestry of these women's stories of faith, resistance, and even defiance. Across six centuries, Espin highlights figures relevant for consideration today.--Darleen Pryds, Franciscan School of Theology Oliva M. Espin offers readers of Women, Sainthood and Power a window into a group of female saints who have impacted her personal development and spirituality. Their lives are stories of faith, spirituality, and a belief in the power of being a woman. Espin poignantly presents their path to a powerful relationship with the divine.--Mary Ann Gawelek, Lourdes University

Women, Sainthood, and Power: A Feminist Psychology of Cultural Constructions is at once a deeply personal book and a scholarly analysis of a selection of Catholic, female saints from the fourteenth to the twentieth century. The saints range from Catherine of Siena and Joan of Arc to Mariana of Quito, Tekakwitha, and Edith Stein. Oliva Espin uses interdisciplinary lenses of psychology, feminism, religious studies, and her own experience to weave a fascinating tapestry of these women's stories of faith, resistance, and even defiance. Across six centuries, Espin highlights figures relevant for consideration today.--Darleen Pryds, Franciscan School of Theology

Author Information

Oliva M. Espín is professor emerita in the Department of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University and professor emerita of psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University.

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