Author: Elaine Lindsay
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042015920
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Women are rarely if ever mentioned in commentaries upon Australian Christianity and spirituality. Only exceptional women are recognized as authorities on religious matters. Why is this so? Does it matter? Don't people from the same religious tradition share similar experiences of the divine, regardless of their gender?Rewriting Godasks whether women have been writing about the divine and whether their insights are different from those contained in malestream accounts of Australian Christianity and spirituality. An analysis of the writings of popular theologians and religious commentators over the last twenty years suggests that the most popular form of spirituality among Australian theologians is Desert Spirituality. An analysis of women's autobiographical writings, however, suggests that the desert is irrelevant to many women's spiritual experiences. This book, through a close investigation of the fictions of Thea Astley, Elizabeth Jolley and Barbara Hanrahan, attempts to posit alternative forms of women's spirituality and to signal ways in which this spirituality is already being expressed.From the evidence gathered here, it becomes obvious that traditional expressions of Australian Christianity and spirituality are gender-specific and that they have functioned to deny women's religious experiences and to silence their claims to equality in the sight and service of the divine. It becomes obvious, too, that women have been developing their own forms of religious expression and that these may be expected to supplant gradually withering images of Desert Spirituality. Whether this new imagery will strengthen Australian Christianity or whether it merely marks a decline in the authority of Christianity remains a moot point.
Rewriting God
Author: Elaine Lindsay
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042015920
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Women are rarely if ever mentioned in commentaries upon Australian Christianity and spirituality. Only exceptional women are recognized as authorities on religious matters. Why is this so? Does it matter? Don't people from the same religious tradition share similar experiences of the divine, regardless of their gender?Rewriting Godasks whether women have been writing about the divine and whether their insights are different from those contained in malestream accounts of Australian Christianity and spirituality. An analysis of the writings of popular theologians and religious commentators over the last twenty years suggests that the most popular form of spirituality among Australian theologians is Desert Spirituality. An analysis of women's autobiographical writings, however, suggests that the desert is irrelevant to many women's spiritual experiences. This book, through a close investigation of the fictions of Thea Astley, Elizabeth Jolley and Barbara Hanrahan, attempts to posit alternative forms of women's spirituality and to signal ways in which this spirituality is already being expressed.From the evidence gathered here, it becomes obvious that traditional expressions of Australian Christianity and spirituality are gender-specific and that they have functioned to deny women's religious experiences and to silence their claims to equality in the sight and service of the divine. It becomes obvious, too, that women have been developing their own forms of religious expression and that these may be expected to supplant gradually withering images of Desert Spirituality. Whether this new imagery will strengthen Australian Christianity or whether it merely marks a decline in the authority of Christianity remains a moot point.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042015920
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Women are rarely if ever mentioned in commentaries upon Australian Christianity and spirituality. Only exceptional women are recognized as authorities on religious matters. Why is this so? Does it matter? Don't people from the same religious tradition share similar experiences of the divine, regardless of their gender?Rewriting Godasks whether women have been writing about the divine and whether their insights are different from those contained in malestream accounts of Australian Christianity and spirituality. An analysis of the writings of popular theologians and religious commentators over the last twenty years suggests that the most popular form of spirituality among Australian theologians is Desert Spirituality. An analysis of women's autobiographical writings, however, suggests that the desert is irrelevant to many women's spiritual experiences. This book, through a close investigation of the fictions of Thea Astley, Elizabeth Jolley and Barbara Hanrahan, attempts to posit alternative forms of women's spirituality and to signal ways in which this spirituality is already being expressed.From the evidence gathered here, it becomes obvious that traditional expressions of Australian Christianity and spirituality are gender-specific and that they have functioned to deny women's religious experiences and to silence their claims to equality in the sight and service of the divine. It becomes obvious, too, that women have been developing their own forms of religious expression and that these may be expected to supplant gradually withering images of Desert Spirituality. Whether this new imagery will strengthen Australian Christianity or whether it merely marks a decline in the authority of Christianity remains a moot point.
Interview with Peter Ross
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Content of interview largely biographical [see also transcript entry in Print Interviews].
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Content of interview largely biographical [see also transcript entry in Print Interviews].
An Interview with Elizabeth Jolley [with Ulla Joussen].
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Elizabeth Jolley [an Interview].
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Jolley participates in a panel discussion on the issue of euthanasia.
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Jolley participates in a panel discussion on the issue of euthanasia.
Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt
Author: Tracy Farr
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1922089478
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Recounting the remarkable life of Dame Lena Gaunt—music’s most modern musician as the first theremin player of the 20th century—this novel about an octogenarian and former junkie is as geographically diverse as it is culturally and musically rich. An offer to play her unusual instrument, where sounds are produced not through touch but instead through hand movements in the air, leads Lena to revisit her life—from her discovery of music to falling in love and from Southeast Asia to Australia and Europe. Vignettes of growing up, the glittering years on the world stage, melancholy, war-time periods, and growing old all compose the story of a woman whose life is made and torn apart by those she gives her heart to.
Publisher: Fremantle Press
ISBN: 1922089478
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Recounting the remarkable life of Dame Lena Gaunt—music’s most modern musician as the first theremin player of the 20th century—this novel about an octogenarian and former junkie is as geographically diverse as it is culturally and musically rich. An offer to play her unusual instrument, where sounds are produced not through touch but instead through hand movements in the air, leads Lena to revisit her life—from her discovery of music to falling in love and from Southeast Asia to Australia and Europe. Vignettes of growing up, the glittering years on the world stage, melancholy, war-time periods, and growing old all compose the story of a woman whose life is made and torn apart by those she gives her heart to.
APAIS 1991: Australian public affairs information service
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Publisher: National Library Australia
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Languages : en
Pages : 1022
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Publisher: National Library Australia
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Pages : 1022
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Focus on Elizabeth Jolley
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Interview with Elizabeth Jolley
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Broadcast of an earlier interview with David Britton on The Box Seat, 2 Jan. 1996.
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Broadcast of an earlier interview with David Britton on The Box Seat, 2 Jan. 1996.
APAIS 1992: Australian public affairs information service
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Publisher: National Library Australia
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Languages : en
Pages : 1098
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Publisher: National Library Australia
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Pages : 1098
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The Light Between Oceans
Author: M.L. Stedman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451681755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451681755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.