Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

This book if a great beginning.:

If you read "Five Stages of the Soul" and were fascinated by his reference to the women mystics of the Rhineland, "Enduring Grace" will give you a ggood overview of how they all developed. These women mystics are fascinating. Prepare for major life changes to occur while you read this book and open yourself up to their lives. Depending on your search, this book can be all you need or a great staring point for more information.

A fine addition to a sadly lacking area of study:

Reading through the book Enduring Grace was quite a treat. In it we are exposed to seven women who each in their own way experienced the spiritual life in a profound way. Sadly, the tendency for Christian History is to focus on major events, or on the major influence of a male leader. We hear of the church fathers, the reformers, the men who sacrificed themselves, who added great wisdom to the life of the church. We do not hear as much about the women who have been such an integral part of the Community of... more info

Interesting women, Boring book.:

Surely I'm not the only one who found this book totally [bad]. The only thing it made me wonder about is how it's possible to write such a thorougly BORING book about such fascinating women. The writing is just dull and full of the author's biases and prejudices, which just aren't nearly as interesting as the subjects themselves. It's written in that old-school feminism (negative, no fun) tone that thank God feminism has since moved beyond. My advice: find another book about women mystics not filtered... more info

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