{"product_id":"9781438452869","title":"Women, Ritual, and Power: Placing Female Imagery of God in Christian Worship","description":"\u003ci\u003eReveals the triumphs and struggles of contemporary Christian congregations to express female imagery of God in worship.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany Christians do not know the Bible contains female images of God because they have never heard nor seen them in church. In \u003ci\u003eWomen, Ritual, and Power\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Ursic gives the reader insight into four Christian communities that worship God with female imagery, both as a worship focus and a community identity. These Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, and Catholic congregations operate within their established church denominations and are led by either ordained Protestant ministers or vowed Catholic sisters. Because expressing God-as-She can expose strident claims for maintaining God-as-He, this book shows not only how patriarchy continues to operate in churches today, but also how it is being successfully challenged through liturgy.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123457016048,"sku":"9781438452869","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438452869_p0.jpg?v=1763755881","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438452869","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}