Ruth Burrows*A Catholic Press Association Book Award Winner Ruth Burrows is one of the most challenging and deep exponents in our time of the Carmelite tradition and indeed of the fundamental gospel perspective.Rowan Williams Ruth Burrows is one of the great spiritual writers of our time.James Martin, SJ Ruth Burrows is the pen name of Sister Rachel, OCD, a nun in the Carmelite monastery in Quidenham, England, and the author of more than a dozen books on prayer

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of suffering

since discussions of Mary lead to questions about the contested role of women in the church

in The Christian Century

ecofeminism

as expressed in this volume

In treating the Christian story of creation

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