The Mystics Would Like a Word

About this item

Discover a rich legacy of audacious women who forged a spirituality that is more inclusive, surprising, and empowering than we ever imagined. “The feminist reading of women mystics I’ve wanted for ages . . . invites us into the hopeful possibility for communal healing that we desperately need right now.”—Sarah Bessey, bestselling author of Field Notes for the Wilderness and Jesus Feminist Is there a Christian spirituality that embraces the entire reality of womanhood? The answer, Shannon K. Evans suggests, is an emphatic yes. There is a spirituality that meets us in every part of our lives, developed by the women who came before us. Six mystics— Teresa of Ávila , Margery Kempe , Hildegard of Bingen , Julian of Norwich , Catherine of Siena , and Thérèse of Lisieux —revealed a faith big enough to hold the female experiences of sex and desire, the yearning