Righting her-story : Caribbean women encounter the Bible story /
edited by Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth.
- Geneva : World Communion of Reformed Churches, c2011.
- 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
"April 2011" -- T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-263)
Contents: Bible study training guide / Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth & Doreen Wynter -- Bible studies, stories and poems. "You have to stand on crooked and cut straight" : reflections on Tamar / Marjorie Lewis -- "She pass her place" : the Marjorie Lewis story / Doreen Wynter -- Resist and work for change / Paulette Brown -- My struggle to serve / Joan M. Purcell -- The greatest love son : a Bible study on women and sexuality / Anna Kasafi Perkins -- Good ... love for Anita / Anna Kasafi Perkins -- Reverent sex / Anna Kasafi Perkins -- Matriarchs / Rachele Evelyn Vernon -- Rev. Dr. Adlyn Sessing-White / Marjorie Lewis -- Reconfiguring the Caribbean family / Olive Sampath Mahabir -- Margaret : a woman of faith and fortitude / Olive Sampath Mahabir -- Homeland mountains / Maureen Weekes-Gumbe -- Ruth and Naomi : making their story of solidarity our story / Aruna Gnanadason -- Their story is our story : in our unity is our power! / Aruna Gnanadason -- The anguish and terror of rape and incest / Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth -- Rape, a lifetime of hurt / Jamaica Gleaner -- Not a mumbling word / Robina Marie Winbush -- Taking back my yesterdays / Valerie J. Bridgeman Davis -- Womanhood : a Bible study on Proverbs 31 / Gillian Wilson -- Rev. Winifred Rhoden-Rutherford / Marjorie Lewis -- Women, beauty and personal empowerment / J. Ayana McCalman & Simone-Singh -- Caribbean woman! / Doreen Wynter & Joan M. Purcell -- Women, leadership and power in church and society / Joy Abdul-Mohan -- "Struggling to be born again" / Joy Abdul-Mohan -- The young, dynamic Joy Evelyn Abdul Mohan / Vera Hajarysingh -- Resilient women : a Bible study on Miriam / Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth -- Lena Christina Ramjattan / Dale Bisnauth -- Women's rights activist Karen de Souza is a 'special person' / Kaieteur News, Guyana ; story by Sharmain Cornette -- Dorcas : an agent of change and transformation / Doreen Wynter -- Mama joy / Doreen Wynter -- Casting stones / Nicole Ashwood, Gillian Wilson & Doreen Wynter -- "When home is a dangerous place" / Robina Marie Winbush -- Miss Gurti's daughter meets the Samaritan woman / Lillian Burgher -- Blues of a migrant / Maureen Weekes-Gumbe -- Women in the delivery room / Nicole Ashwood -- For Moses' mother / Nicole Ashwood -- Brawta Moses / Nicole Ashwood -- Women as channels of grace, healing and service / Margaret Roberts -- God's grace in the inner-city : Doreen Wynter's story / Nicole Ashwood -- Women critiquing culture : the story of Abigail and a guerrilla / Anna Joycelyn Shrikisson-Sharma -- A grieving mom / Anna Joycelyn Shrikisson-Sharma -- Telling my story : a woman of courage, determination and hope / Denise Shrikisson -- The gift of a garment / Marjorie Lewis -- Take action to end violence against women and children / Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth -- Liturgical resources. Introduction to liturgical resources / Nicole Ashwood -- A service of healing and reconciliation / Nicole Ashwood -- Mother's day/Women's day / Nicole Ashwood -- A service for women's Sunday / Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth -- A service to celebrate emancipation / Robina Marie Winbush.
Righting her-story: Caribbean women encounter the Bible story is a Bible study book on women which provides refreshing ways to read the Bible, enabling women and men to rediscover its richness and its ability to help them reflect theologically on their faith and experience. It has twenty Bible studies with stories of women, a Bible study training guide, poems and liturgies. A variety of popular approaches and methodologies for contextual Bible study is used. It is an exciting journey of discovering new insights and ways of reading the Bible from a gender lens with a critical consciousness of one's contextual reality. The book serves as an instrument for transformative education, conscientization and enabling change. (back cover).
9782970068709
Bible--Feminist criticism Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.