Second Isaiah's Daughters: Religious Sisters of Mercy and Presbyterian Clergywomen as Companions in Ministry - Softcover

Stone, Bebb Wheeler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761829571 ISBN 13: 9780761829577

Publisher: University Press of America, 2004

Synopsis

Hearing a woman's voice speaking from the pages of the Hebrew Bible in the book known as Second Isaiah, author Bebb Wheeler Stone asks what other prophetic words might we be missing? This study employs anthropological methods of qualitative analysis to gather data from two cohorts of women in ministry: members of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and Presbyterian women clergy. These two historically separated groups of women in ministry have generated both thought and action that may be interpreted as prophetic. Knowledge gleaned from in-depth interviews and contextualized within institutionalized structures of power and authority suggest that both Protestant and Catholic women 'ministers' bear an unacknowledged but nonetheless prophetic witness to their respective institutions and beyond.

About this title

Synopsis:

Hearing a woman's voice speaking from the pages of the Hebrew Bible in the book known as Second Isaiah, author Bebb Wheeler Stone asks what other prophetic words might we be missing? This study employs anthropological methods of qualitative analysis to gather data from two cohorts of women in ministry: members of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas and Presbyterian women clergy.

About the Author:

Bebb Wheeler Stone is Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She holds a M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761829571
• ISBN 13: 9780761829577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296