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Books by Carol Lee Flinders
"Nobody navigates the intersection of the spiritual and political like Carol Lee Flinders."
– Sue Monk Kidd
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Enduring Lives
Portraits of Women of Faith in Action
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New York, NY: Tarcher/Penguin 2006
Hardcover: 368 pages
ISBN:158542496X
If Teresa of Avila were alive today would she have become an enclosed contemplative? Or might she be running for public office? If Julian of Norwich were around, might she be completing a doctorate in neuroscience?
In Enduring Lives, her his sister volume to Enduring Grace, Carol Flinders draws riveting portraits of contemporary women whose lives were lived with the dedication to improving the human condition similar to that of the female mystics and saints she profiled in Enduring Grace. Tracing the spiritual "mother-lines" of these holy women of centuries past, Carol explores the spiritual journeys of:
Sr. Helen Prejean, a Roman Catholic nun who befriended death row inmates and accompanied them accompanied them to their ends with the grace of her certainty that "God dwells in the people we most want to throw away."
Jane Goodall, a world renowned scientist, environmentalist, and humanitarian, whose groundbreaking work runs parallel to a deeply realized spiritual vision for our times.
Etty Hillesum, a Jewish intellectual in Amsterdam who documented in her wartime diaries an abiding vision for the eventual triumph of human good over evil, even as she faced the horror of Auschwitz.
Tenzin Palmo, one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun, whose twelve years of meditation in a Himalayan cave led her to emerge with a finely articulated roadmap for diminishing human suffering.
With these fascinating profiles of four contemporary women of faith, Carol illuminates the heart of the feminine sacred and provides inspiration for female spiritual seekers everywhere.
"Carol Lee Flinders writes of the mystical life with a sensitivity that is itself an authentic spiritual transmission. enduring Lives is a treasure, providing a feminine lineage from which all women can draw strength and inspiration."
-Joan Borysenko, author of A Women's Journey to God
"Bold. Inspiring. Provocative. Carol Flinders shows us how essential the spiritual path is for us today, drawing on the traditions of Judaism, Catholicism, Tibetan Buddhism, and the world of nature - as lived by these four extraordinary women. Flinders' careful and faithful rendering of each woman's spiritual life gives us a map to guide us through the moral freefall of our time. Read this book and hold on."
-China Galland, author of The Bonds Between Women
"Carol Flinders has given us vivid accounts of living, mystic women who have each faced personal loss, found the still point within, and radiated out the fierce strength and loving heart of the spiritual heroine."
-Judith simmer Brown author of Dakini's Breath: the Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
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