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The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women
by Sherry Ruth Anderson and Patricia Hopkins I like this because the authors, instead of using traditional statistical studies of an exacting questionnaire with no deviations, used an interview/conversation format based on an intuitive following of the interviewee's lead. This type format has been recognized as valid in women's studies programs. The conversational tone makes this an accessible book, and the breadth of information provides a good ground for further research into the many ways of discovering one's own spiritual path. |
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Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture
by Christiana Baldwin A book on how to use the power of the circle and its shared community and leadership in everyday life. Baldwin stretches the circle from personal to corporate life and presents an excellent study of the dynamics of groups and individuals within them (and don't we all work in some kind of group, including our family.) Baldwin works from a premise that personal change creates social change. |
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Theatre of the Oppressed
by Augusto Boal Boal writes to situate theater as political and to show how to use theater within politics as a tool for change. Based in the educational theory of Paul Freire (the book's name pays homage to Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed), Boal returns theater to the people, smashing the wall between audience/actor, observer/observed. Helpful for learning to see hierarchies buried in "culture," and for understanding the power we have as artists. |
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The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell This is a text transcript of conversations between Bill Moyers and Campbell, which aired on PBS. It presents a wide-ranging discussion on the power of myth in individual and societal life. |
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Circle of Stones: Woman's Journey to Herself
by Judith Dureck A book of questions that move the reader to answer within herself. Female bonding is promoted and ways that this bonding have been denigrated in Western society are shown through imaginings and dialogue rather than lecture. Great prompts. |
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Silences
by Tillie Olsen A book written to compare the relationship of circumstances such as color, class, era, sex and motherhood with the process of creativity. A critical look at the spaces between publications, the late starts, the one and only books written by women. Provocative questions are posed for readers interested in herstory as well as history, and the book opens up a new way of looking at why we don't hear women's voices as well as men's. |
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A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf Woolf explores (prior to Tillie Olsen in Silences) what women, did, did not and might have done had they had space, time, money. Woolf's writing is a treat in its own right and the information and arguments for a woman's space may encourage others to make their own space, no matter how small, and just begin - whatever it is they keep saying they want to do but haven't. |
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The Answer to How is Yes
by Peter Block Peter Block is a revolutionary, and this book proves it. He explores four archetypes of world views- the economist, the architect, the engineer, and the artist- and how, by rushing to answer "How" we get things done, we get caught up in mechanics and forget function. An eloquent book for anyone looking to participate in the building of their world. |
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