Women’s Spirituality in the Twentieth Century

The Author: Heather Ingman studied English and French at London University and gained a Ph.D. in French from the University of London and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Loughborough. She currently lectures on women’s literature in the English Department, Trinity College, Dublin and in TCD’s Centre for Gender Studies. Her most recent academic publications are Women’s Fiction between the Wars and Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology. She has also published seven novels.

• Contents: Twentieth-century women’s spirituality – Twentieth-century women’s fiction – Brief introduction to feminist theology – Catholicism and the convent school – The Goddess – Ecofeminism – Womanist theology – The female mystic – Women writers’ rebellions against patriarchal religions – Analysis of the following writers: Margaret Atwood, Zee Edgell, Rose Macaulay, Iris Murdoch, Eilis Ni Duibhne, Edna O’Brien, Kate O’Brien, Kathleen Raine, Michèle Roberts, May Sinclair, Alice Walker, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Antonia White, Virginia Woolf and Anzia Yezierska.

«Published in the series Religions and Discourse, Heather Ingman's book is a much needed contribution to the field of feminist theologies and literary criticism where there have hardly been any comprehensive publications. Her study is a welcome addition to the explorations of spiritual themes by women writers in the twentieth century since it introduces the vast field of feminist theologies in a short way, applying the insights of this polyphonic discipline to analyze literary texts.» (Birgit Breninger, American Studies)