The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness by Mary C. Earle looks like it'll be more like what I was wanting Swan's book to be, myself, but I haven't read that one yet. Benedicta Ward's translation of The Sayings of the Desert Fathers includes all the mothers, and is the best of that section of my shelf. (Are you on librarything? You can see my whole collection at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/theophila )
Ok. Belonick and Gvosdev. Both those two are slim and pretty lame, and I pretty much read them for "balance" after Mary Daly. Belonick walks the party line so closely that her mention at the end "oh, and we really should restore women to the diaconate" sounds exactly like the conservative position it actually is, and not the radical notion the hierarchy treats it as. Gvosdev also is a short book for the illumination of those who treat women like the plague when it comes to ordination, and so is pretty boring to me, although it is accurate historically. The best resource on that question is FitzGerald's Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church. On feminism in orthodoxy in general, I recommend Elisabeth Behr-Sigel for theology and Ancient Taboos And Gender Prejudice: Challenges For Orthodox Women And The Church by Leonie B. Liveris for history.
Maybe I'll get around to posting my own thoughts on the matter one day.
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The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness by Mary C. Earle looks like it'll be more like what I was wanting Swan's book to be, myself, but I haven't read that one yet. Benedicta Ward's translation of The Sayings of the Desert Fathers includes all the mothers, and is the best of that section of my shelf. (Are you on librarything? You can see my whole collection at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/theophila )
Ok. Belonick and Gvosdev. Both those two are slim and pretty lame, and I pretty much read them for "balance" after Mary Daly. Belonick walks the party line so closely that her mention at the end "oh, and we really should restore women to the diaconate" sounds exactly like the conservative position it actually is, and not the radical notion the hierarchy treats it as. Gvosdev also is a short book for the illumination of those who treat women like the plague when it comes to ordination, and so is pretty boring to me, although it is accurate historically. The best resource on that question is FitzGerald's Women Deacons in the Orthodox Church. On feminism in orthodoxy in general, I recommend Elisabeth Behr-Sigel for theology and Ancient Taboos And Gender Prejudice: Challenges For Orthodox Women And The Church by Leonie B. Liveris for history.
Maybe I'll get around to posting my own thoughts on the matter one day.