A Th eological Introduction: “Who is My Mother? Behold, My Mother!”
1. Opening Prayer: She Who Searches
2. PART ONE – Indwelling of the Spirit: She-Bear
3. Mother of All: Eve
4. Faithful but Omitted: Job’s Wife
5. Th e Rupture: Th e Daughters of Zelophehad
6. Dark Star: Esther
7. Spirit Opens to Herself: Lydia of Th yatira
8. Spirit-Breathed: Priscilla
9. PART TWO – Heavenly: El Shaddai
10. Spiraling Multiplicities: Rebekah
11. Pharaoh’s Daughter: Bithiah
12. Dancing Prophetess: Miriam
13. Entangled Princess: Salome
14. Sisters: Mary and Martha of Bethany
15. Fiery Prophetesses: Th e Daughters of Philip the Protodeacon
16. PART THREE – God-Adorned: Th e Mother
17. Sacramental Name: Sarah
18. Tribal Mother: Leah
19. Blessed with Abundance: Job’s Daughters
20. Reversing the Desert: Achsah
21. Extravagant Queen: Bilqis of Sheba
22. Arising Hospitality: Peter’s Mother-in-Law
23. Highly Esteemed: Phoebe of Kechries
24. PART FOUR – Creatio cooperationis: Th e Tehom
25. Sent away and returned: Hagar and Keturah
26. Speaking Truth to Power: Michal
27. Truly Our Sister: Tamar
28. Noadiah: Queer Prophetess
29. Given Away: Cleopatra Th ea
30. Gone Is My Glory: Th e Mothers of Bethlehem
31. PART FIVE – Eternal Glory: Chokhmah, Holy Sophia
32. Gathering Pollen and Nectar for Others: Deborah
33. Promise Keeper: Hannah
34. From Cursing to Praising: Th e Widow of Zarephath
35. Guardian Angel: Jehosheba
36. Women’s March: Th e Many of Jesus
37: PART SIX – Otherworldly: Birthing God
38. Maternal Contradiction: Jochebed
39. Maligned Diviner: Th e Witch of Endor
40. Elijah’s Inspiration: Jezebel
41. Breaking Tradition: Elizabeth
42. Th e First Preachers: Many Marys
43. Sacred and Profane: Th e Women of the Apocalypse
44: PART SEVEN – Th e Word: Mystery Hidden through the Ages
45. Red Cord District: Rahab
46. Voyeur Beauty: Bathsheba
47. Every Woman: Th e Shulamite
48. Conceiving Prophecy: Th e Mother of Isaiah’s Second Son
49. Touching the Immaculate: Salome
50. Closing Prayer: Shekinah
Benediction – Loving Sisterhood (Ruth and Naomi)
Notes
Scriptural Index