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The Grandmother Galaxy

A Journey into Feminist Spirituality

By: Shirley Ann Ranck

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The Grandmother Galaxy

A Journey into Feminist Spirituality

By: Shirley Ann Ranck

The Grandmother Galaxy is one womans journey into three spirals of learning that have emerged and confront us in the 21st century--womens creative spirituality, a growing appreciation of our earthly home, and a deepening respect for the varied cultures created by human beings. In each of these spirals the image of a fierce and powerful old woman arises as central to our journey. If wise old women were visible and powerful perhaps we would all be better educated about the female half of our religious history. If we honored the crone as a symbol of our earthly transformation, the cycle of death and new life, perhaps we would be less likely to destroy the life-giving systems of our planet. If we learned to respect indigenous cultures where ol;d women are still revered, perhaps we could stem the violence against women, and between cultures, that pervades so much of our world. The Grandmother Galaxy explores some of these possibilities and asks: Could a growing galaxy of grandmothers lead us onto new paths for the future?

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1475965311

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9781475965315

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

An Exploration of Womenýs Power Past, Present and Future

By: Shirley Ann Ranck

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Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

An Exploration of Womenýs Power Past, Present and Future

By: Shirley Ann Ranck

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven explores the relationship between women's religious history and the personal issues that arise in women living in this patriarchal society. Women struggle with issues of body image, troubled mother-daughter relationships, sexual freedom and access to power. We need to know that there was a time when the female body was sacred; that there once was a long-lasting religion in which the chief divine actors were a mother and her daughter; that in very ancient times women had significant power in their societies; that although patriarchal societies have oppressed women for centuries, there have always been strong and talented women. Our female history has been erased and trivialized for too long. In this book we meet ancient goddesses and their stories from around the world, real women in ancient Sumer, in Greece, in Judaism and in Christianity. In Cakes for the Queen of Heaven the past is before us, the women are there, and they help us change our lives.

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193

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1475915179

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9781475915174

Family Policy

Constructed Solutions to Family Problems

By: Shirley Zimmerman

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Family Policy

Constructed Solutions to Family Problems

By: Shirley Zimmerman

Family Policy offers concrete illustrative examples that bring the academic subject matter to life for students. Questions at the end of each chapter help students test their comprehension of the material, deepen their understanding of the subject matter, and spur classroom discussion."--BOOK JACKET.

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438

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0761920935

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9780761920939

Understanding Family Policy

Theories and Applications

By: Shirley Zimmerman

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Understanding Family Policy

Theories and Applications

By: Shirley Zimmerman

Highly successful in its first edition, Understanding Family Policy, Second Edition introduces new theoretical frameworks as well as applications of theory. Zimmerman has incorporated the recent history of family policy and reinforced the link between theory and the everyday life experiences people have with the policy process. Also new to this volume are a glossary and study questions at the end of each chapter, useful for stimulating reflections and discussion on the book's twin subjects - families and family policy. An excellent resource for offering conceptual tools for analyzing family problems, policies, and consequences, this second edition is essential for students and individuals in the areas of social work and family and policy studies.

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0803954611

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9780803954618

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

An Exploration of Womenýs Power Past, Present and Future

By: Shirley Ann Ranck

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An Exploration of Womenýs Power Past, Present and Future

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Growing Up Plain

Witty and Confessional Memories from the Adolescence of a "plain" Mennonite Girl

By: Shirley Kurtz

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Growing Up Plain

Witty and Confessional Memories from the Adolescence of a "plain" Mennonite Girl

By: Shirley Kurtz

What is it like to be a young woman who dresses "plain?" How does it feel to be so identifiably different? What allowed Shirley Kurtz to find warmth and humor in her Mennonite upbringing? In this witty and lightly confessional memory, Kurtz unearths the painful and hilarious details of marching through adolescence. Not only was she worried about whether glances from particular boys were gestures of love, but she was burdened by how to make her required capes look interesting, trying not to be jealous of her friend, Gloria, who could wear skirts and blouses, and pretending to be beautiful Renee in the Sears Catalog. While there is every adolescent's uncertainty in these pages, there is also the wonder of being loved. ("You have to understand this: my mother was doing her best. My mother wanted me to be happy.")

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Book's by Shirley Ann Ranck

The Grandmother Galaxy

The Grandmother Galaxy

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

Family Policy

Family Policy

Understanding Family Policy

Understanding Family Policy

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven

Growing Up Plain

Growing Up Plain

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