An ecofeminist perspective on Ash Wednesday and Lent

Main Author: Sweeney, Sylvia A.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Peter Lang, c2010.
Series:American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion, v. 297
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10516863
Table of Contents:
  • Why study Ash Wednesday?
  • Introduction
  • Ash Wednesday as a classic
  • The historical development of Ash Wednesday
  • The wellsprings of Ash Wednesday
  • Medieval influences on Ash Wednesday
  • Cranmerian influences on Ash Wednesday
  • The 1979 BCP Rite
  • Ecofeminism on human finitude
  • An ecofeminist hermeneutic of mortality
  • An ecofeminist hermeneutic of death
  • Conversation
  • Hearing ecofeminism from a traditional perspective
  • Hearing the Ash Wednesday tradition from an ecofeminist perspective.