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Sweeney, Sylvia A.

An ecofeminist perspective on Ash Wednesday and Lent [electronic resource] / Sylvia A. Sweeney. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - 301 p. - American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion, v. 297 0740-0446 ; . - American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; v. 297. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ash Wednesday.
Lent.
Ecofeminism.
Feminist theology.
Ecotheology.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BV85 / .S925 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 263/.92