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Praise for Daughters of the Desert
"A recovery of the wisdom of women in the great Abrahamic religions is long overdue. Daughters of the Desert is a knock-out contribution to that project. Read the stories, fill your heart, share the wealth with others. This book deserves to become a classic of twenty-first century spiritual reading. Cherish it.--Mitch Finley, author of Prayer for People Who Think Too Much and The Joy of Being Catholic To order click here
"How refreshing to find the stories of women from Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions. They are like water in the desert offering new voices and new hope to our generation." --Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of Cain & Abel: Finding the Fruits of Peace, and , But God Remembered: Stories of Women f rom Creation to the Promised Land
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"These engaging stories of women, some of whom are important to all three religions, and some known only to one, help build bridges of understanding between religions and demonstrate the importance of religion in our lives."---- Dr. Freda Crane, member, Islamic Society of North America
"Some stories speak powerful narratives. Others point to new understandings of our world. Still others ask questions of justice, mercy, and devotion within communities. Daughters of the Desert speaks and points and questions in all three ways, with stories about women from three spiritual traditions. Their ancient journeysCJewish, Christian, and MuslimCstartlingly and wonderfully like our own, call us to and encourage us in our own paths to God."----Gary Schmidt, author of Winter: The Spiritual Biography of the Season and William Bradford: Plymouth's Faithful Pilgrim
This collection for young adults includes re-tellings of stories about some of the women who played important roles in the establishment of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. Despite often deep divisions between believers, these three faiths are integrally connected in their worship of the one God of Abraham.
The stories take an imaginative perspective, filling in between the lines of scripture, history and tradition, bringing to light women who serve as role models of faith for young women today. Adults will also find this book a welcome source of understanding in light of current events.
The book will feature six women from each of the three Abrahamic faiths including Sarah, Miriam, Esther, Salome, Mary Magdalene, Lydia, Khadjia, Aisha and Fatima.
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