Women Pray: Voices Through the Ages, from Many Faiths, Cultures and Traditions [With Ribbon Marker]

In Women Pray: Voices Through the Ages, from Many Faiths, Cultures and Traditions Monica Furlong gathers valuable glimpses of women's spirituality. Not all of the entries are formal prayers; the collection includes spiritual poetry by the likes of Denise Levertov and Emily Dickinson, and historical prose about the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. Any collection of this type, which encompasses so many religious traditions, risks losing those traditions' unique particularity. This collection falls prey to that tendency to some extent, but Furlong also appreciates the special gifts each tradition has to offer: ""the Buddhist insistence on `getting free,' the ritual grace of both Judaism and Christianity, the ecstatic Native American delight in the world of trees and mountains and creatures."" ( Aug.)