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Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance

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I was very excited about this book when I found it. As a woman of faith, I thought it would be interesting to see examples of women who had combined their feminist viewpoints with their faith. How they battled a world dominated by men with their religion as well. However, the book did not live up to the promise. The book is made to feature five women: St. Teresa of Avila, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Emily Dickinson and Dorothy Day. While each story is compelling, it is all to brief. Each women have one chapter each, which gives basically a brief life story. It does not really go into depth how these women implemented their faith into their quest for women's right. It seemed more of an overview, designed for a class to discuss. Not for the solitary reader.

Also, I was not pleased with the use of the Imago Relationship Theory in the book. This is a book about feminism and faith, not about couple therapy. Just didn't seem to fit the book.

The little chapters on the women are interesting, however I was hoping for a more in depth discussion, than the overview presented in this book. Maybe in the future, the author will go back to this topic and revisit these women in better detail.

Helen LaKelly Hunt does an excellent job of demonstrating how faith permeates authentic feminism. She traces faith in the foundations of the movement and how it was exemplified in the lives of the five prominent feminists she chose. She carries this theme forward to how we can participate in bringing feminism to wholenesss today.

A call to action and service growing out of both faith and feminist ideals. Much still needs to be done to address women's justice issues.