The Book of Women's Sermons: Hearing God in Each Other's Voices

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Summary: Important collection of sermons by some leading women
Review: I don't know what the reviewer 'a reader' from august is thinking - perhaps he just adds that particular comment to every religious book he can find. This sermon collection is theologically very, very far from the 700 club mentality. I don't think Pat Robertson would let women preach this way, least ways not lesbian women, and especially not Jewish women. This collection has some wonderful, wonderful gems of sermons, especially by the Jewish women, and Annie Ruth Powell, Lundblat, and some others. It also has some sermons that are fairly weak in terms of logic, relevancy, use of Scripture, or ability to speak to people (although they must have spoken to someone). I don't see God living in some of these sermons, nor the liberating truth of God's message coming through - even for these 'inclusive' women, their theology can be quite narrow and exclusive. But, the majority of the sermons are well-done, and all the sermons are important to read for anyone who wants to know what is happening in the theological world of liberal Christianity (which is absolutely not the Murdoch and Robertson world), since the liberal Christian world gets very little media play. If you are sickened by televangelists, male-dominated churches, anti-gay bigotry in the church, etc., you should read these. And if you believe have no place in the pulpit, you especially should read these and take them to heart, because God speaks quite eloquently and forcefully through these pages, and it is important to realize that the Spirit can, does, and will work through whoever it chooses, not just men.

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Summary: Terrific for Women's Study Group
Review: Our women's church school class uses this text and loves it. Each of us in the group choose a sermon she likes and leads the group in discussion after we all read it. Because the selections are short but pithy, they are quick reads and yet they provoke lots of illuminating discussion about our faith, our feelings, and our gender.

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Summary: A Perfect Gift
Review: This collection is a perfect gift for anyone of any religion who is on any sort of spiritual quest - or should be!