Loving Fiercely: Women, Violence and a God who cares
Referencing the author’s own story as a woman within a South African and Catholic reality, this book reflects a concern for women’s multiple experiences of violence – of amnesia, violation, exploitation, and exclusion. A culmination of her engagement with feminist theology and spirituality over the past 30 years, it is an attempt to make accessible to a broader audience aspects of a feminist theological paradigm.
The book addresses themes of misogyny, slavery, militarism, sexual and domestic violence, poverty, and environmental destruction, all aspects of the patriarchal domination system, within the global and South African context. It examines the history of injustice and marginalization of women in the Catholic church, highlighting Catholic women’s exclusion from priestly ordination and foregrounding, as a counterpoint, the international Roman Catholic Woman Priest movement which has ordained a number of women priests for service in inclusive communities within a different model of ministry.
The final two chapters discuss a spirituality that can be liberating and life-giving especially for women, but also for all God’s people, and for our earth. The final chapter invites women to consider themselves as reflective agents for liberation and transformation within a hope-filled vision of a God who cares deeply about them.
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From the Open Table: a collection of homilies for our times
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The book is a selection of homilies delivered to the Open Table community during the period 2014-2020. It is an attempt to bring together liturgy and life by drawing on the contextual issues of the day, and weaving a theological reflection on the readings for the different Sundays of the liturgical year.
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Viriditas: Memoir of a Green Carer
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This is a little book of reflections about what end of life care is about, from the viewpoint of the carer. Exploring Hildegard of Bingen’s idea of viriditas (greenness) as a guiding spiritual principle, each chapter explores an aspect of end of life care and the particular challenges carers face in delivering their care. Written as a memoir, with personal and often humorous accounts of the author’s’ care experiences, it is also an informative resource that takes the work of caring and the well-being and thriving of carers to heart.
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