And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Stories From the Byways of American Women and Religion
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619029537 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Here the Spiritualists' dead, the pageantry of Voudou, the literature and Liturgy of Catholicism meet civil rights, social justice, feminism, ancient blood rituals, and tales of how Hollywood helped birth the first Pentecostal megachurch. Here, feminism and God, poetic clarity and mental illness, love and spiritual questing, all come together like old friends who’ve missed each other for too long. Splitfoot "Adrian Shirk’s portraits of women prophets and mediums are closely observed and lovingly drawn. In these stirring vignettes, she mixes historical accounts, interpretations, and fictionalized encounters to provide insight into her personal journey tracing the steps of American women who have sought out an alternative spirituality." Publishers Weekly "This book is
She lives on the border of the Bronx and Yonkers with her husband, Christopher Sweeney, and Quentin the cat. Currently, she teaches women's studies and creative writing at Pratt Institute. . ADRIAN SHIRK was raised in Portland, Oregon, and has since lived in New York and Wyoming. She's a columnist at Catapult, and her essays have appeared in The Atlantic and other publications. She has produced
Through her journey, Shirk discovers that, as the culture wars flatten religious discourse and shred institutional trust, more and more Americans are yearning for alternative, individualized, feminist routes through religion. She introduces us to the New Orleans high priestess Marie Laveau, the pop New Age pioneer Linda Goodman, the prophetic vision of intersectionality as preached by Sojourner Truth, "saint" Flannery O'Connor, and so many more. Each woman represents a pathway for Shirk's own spiritual inquiries. Shirk collects the histories of astrologers, faith healers, preachers, priestesses, mambos, and mediums who've had to find their own ways toward divinity outside prescribed patriarchal orders. Laced throughout this hybrid memoir are stories of American religious traditions revised by women. "the perfect hybrid of memoir and historyAdrian Shirk is one of the great millennial thinkers. And women, having spent so much time at the margins of religious discourse, illuminate its darkened corners. It draws a line from our own era of unrest to the women who came before us, those fascinating innovators, boundary crossers, paradoxes, and radical justice seekers.. Read this book and be exhilarated." Ariel Gore, author of We Were WitchesAnd Your Daughters Sh