Love Unknown: Women's Prayers and Poems Down the Ages

Love Unknown: Women's Prayers and Poems Down the Ages

by Monica Furlong (Editor)

Synopsis

A celebration of the legacy of women's search for meaning and their attempts to put desire and longing into words. An inspirational book. Queen Hatshepshut of Egypt, Rabi'a the Sufi, Mirabai, the Hindu holy woman, Buddhists, Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, medieval visionaries, Jewish and Christian women, all contribute to this beautiful collection of spiritual writing that spans the centuries and the world's religions. Monica Furlong has also selected inspirational poems by Emily Bronte, Denise Levertov, Mary Oliver, Kathleen Raine and others. This treasury will move and inspire and is ideally suited to individual enjoyment or group use.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 241
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 18 Oct 2001

ISBN 10: 0340785268
ISBN 13: 9780340785263

Author Bio
Monica Furlong has written on religious affairs for many years in newspapers, magazines and books, including the Tablet and the TLS. Her earliest books, with Love To The Church, Travelling In and Contemplating Now were best-selling classics of their time. She has also written a prize winning biography of the Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, as well as biographies of Alan Watts and Therese of Lisieux. Her more recent publications include a book about Aboriginal spirituality, The Flight Of The Kingfisher, an anthology of medieval women mystics, Visions And Longings and a critical study of the Church of England, C Of E: The State Its In.