Sister of Wisdom St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine

Barbara Newman reintroduces English-speaking readers to an extraordinary and gifted figure of the twelfth-century renaissance. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was mystic and writer, musician and preacher, abbess and scientist who used symbolic theology to explore the meaning of her gender within the divine scheme of things.With a new preface, bibliography, and discography, "Sister of Wisdom" is a landmark book in women's studies, and it will also be welcomed by readers in religion and history.Newman, Barbara is the author of 'Sister of Wisdom St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine' with ISBN 9780520066151 and ISBN 0520066154.