Consider the women : a provocative guide to three matriarchs of the Bible /
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 o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan :
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,
2019
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| Summary: | 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 "Join author Debbie Blue as she embarks on the unorthodox, subversive paths of Hagar, Esther, and Mary and envisions more hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes reader's guide and discussion group questions (pages 197-225) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 225 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-196) |
| ISBN: | 1467452491 9781467452496 |