This is a book about women who are changing the world as leaders in the public arena. Whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim—their work is religiously or spiritually motivated. They are religious or socio-ethical entrepreneurs, who have invented organizations or movements to repair the world. What shaped and formed them? How do they integrate a progressive social agenda with their faith? How do they exercise public leadership in a world where women's public roles are sometimes still suspect? The book is thematically organized and touches on many of the most relevant topics being discussed today: separation of church and state, the intersection of politics and religion, the silence of the progressive left and the embodiment of authentic religious pluralism. This book claims space for progressive forms of religion in an area dominated by the Religious Right.
God's Troublemakers is based on extensive interviews with 11 women social entrepreneurs. The 3 best known are Sr. Helen Prejean, the anti-death-penalty activist; Ruth Messenger, former Manhattan Borough President and now executive director of American Jewish World Service; and Helen LaKelly Hunt, who has been a national activist funding women's causes and a leader in persuading secular feminists to make common cause with religious women.
This is a book about women who are changing the world as leaders in the public arena. Whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim—their work is religiously or spiritually motivated. They are religious or socio-ethical entrepreneurs, who have invented organizations or movements to repair the world. What shaped and formed them? How do they integrate a progressive social agenda with their faith? How do they exercise public leadership in a world where women's public roles are sometimes still suspect? The book is thematically organized and touches on many of the most relevant topics being discussed today: separation of church and state, the intersection of politics and religion, the silence of the progressive left and the embodiment of authentic religious pluralism. This book claims space for progressive forms of religion in an area dominated by the Religious Right.
God's Troublemakers is based on extensive interviews with 11 women social entrepreneurs. The 3 best known are Sr. Helen Prejean, the anti-death-penalty activist; Ruth Messenger, former Manhattan Borough President and now executive director of American Jewish World Service; and Helen LaKelly Hunt, who has been a national activist funding women's causes and a leader in persuading secular feminists to make common cause with religious women.
1. Silence Is an Act 2. The Treasure in the Dark 3. Every Person Is a Universe 4. Leading from Behind, Within, and Beneath 5. Bearing Religion 6. Finding the Words to Their Songs 7. Living a Seamless Life 8. A Palimpsest of Forces 9. Taking the Leap
This is a book about women who are changing the world as leaders in the public arena. Whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim—their work is religiously or spiritually motivated.
Katharine Rhodes Henderson is an ordained Presbyterian minister, who for the past decade has been the executive vice president of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. She is co-founder of Face to Face/Faith to Faith, a multifaith leadership bringing together teenagers--Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus--from the Middle East, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and the US.
"Through her probing interviews with twenty change-makers,Katharine
Henderson has illuminated the path to ethical action and
personified the transformative possibilities of leadership.This
book of practical strategy and pure inspiration proves that one
person can change the world by using power differently—not to
control but to empower, advocate, and ignite the passions of
others."-Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ms Magazine
*Letty Cottin Pogrebin*
"This is a book that paints a healing picture of religious faith
through the fascinating lives of women leaders. It is as refreshing
in its pluralistic assumptions as it is in viewing religious faith
through the life stories of extraordinary individuals of many
faiths. Katharine Henderson provides a powerful thesis that will
resonate with many people of all faiths in these challenging times
when religious exclusionists, both in theWest and elsewhere have
come to symbolize a troubling picture of the role of religion in
society and politics." -Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor at
the Uniiversity of Maryland and Brookings Institute.
*Shibley Telhami,Anwar Sadat*
"God's Troublemakers identifies a latent power in each of us to
help change the world from ‘what it is to what it could be.' It
describes a process of character formation, which released the
power in some remarkable women of faith and action, and it's
certain to move us from silent complacency to conscientious
commitment to peace, justice, and compassion...a primer for bold
and fruitful progressive witness!" -James A Forbes, Senior
Minister, The Riverside Church
*James A Forbes*
"This wonderful book, imbued with common sense, health and healing,
is the fruit of years of study and prayerful reflection. "It is a
blessing to meet these compassionate, gifted women through the
prism of Rev. Henderson's insight and disciplined intelligence."-
Linner, Catholic News Service, April 13, 2007
*Catholic News Service*
mention- Library Journal Review
"This inspirational new book explores the journeys of 11 women who
are engaging their faith for personal and social transformation.
Representing diverse religious traditions, all of the women
demonstrate creative leadership around issues such as the
separation of church and state, the relationship between politics
and religion, and the contemporary reality of religious pluralism.
God's Troublemakers gives voice to the religious and spiritual
experiences of women determined to change the world, including
anti-death penalty activist Sr. Helen Prejean; executive director
of American Jewish World Service, Ruth Messenger; and Helen LaKelly
Hunt, who has been a national activist funding women's causes and a
leader in persuading secular feminists to make common cause with
religious women."- Religions for Peace- USA November 2006
E-Newsletter
"Katharine Rhodes Henderson has performed a service by gathering
the stories of 21 women who are taking the transforming power of
faith into jails and shelters and hospices....Henderson writes with
clarity and conviction. Her examples remind us that no one is
really an innocent bystander if merely standing by."
*Newsday.com, Dallas Morning News*
"In an era when more women are entering seminary and fewer are
rising to senior pastor positions, Katherine Rhodes Henderson's new
book is both timely and important. It may help break the glass
ceiling for women while also re-framing the idea of religious
leadership in the 21st century. "Who are some of these 21
change-makers, spirited women of faith who combine the "power of
one" with determination and collaboration? One if Melodye Feldman,
who founded Seeking Common Ground, which helps Jewish and
Palestinian teenage girls build a more peaceful community. Another
is Henna Hahn who founded The Rainbow Center, which addresses the
needs of abused immigrant women from Asia. Then there is Riffat
Hassan, a Muslim from Pakistan who founded an Internet-based
international movement to put a stop to the brutal torture and
death of women by male family members in Muslim countries. Another
is Sister Helen Prejean, activist nun and author of Dead Man
Walking, an international proponent working to stop the death
penalty. Henderson also highlights Gretchen Buchenholz who founded
ABC, the Association to Benefit Children, a women who believes
"none of us is really an innocent bystander." We can all make a
difference. "God's Troublemakers is extremely well written and
deeply insightful for women and men in a time when all of us need
to see our potential for bringing peace and justice to a world that
desperately needs both."- William Carl III, The Presbyterian
Outlook, June 11, 2007
*The Presbyterian Outlook*
Title mention in Baptist Times, August 2008
"Offers an appealing and challenging read ... she offers an acute
and engaging analysis." Methodist Recorder, January 2009
*Cathy Bird*
"Women and men alike will find lessons in Henderson's book about
the true source of a resilient life: repairing the world." -Marie C
Wilson, The Whitehouse Project
*Marie C Wilson*
"[T]his author has done a marvellous work that is of importance of
not only the contribution women can make to social justice issues
but also of representing a voice that is unique. I encourage
readers to "take a leap" as she says into a terrain that is not
travelled on a frequesnt journey." - Catholicbooksreview.org
*Catholic Books Review*
"After interviewing 11 women making a difference in their
communities through the founding of relief organizations,
Presbyterian minister Henderson (executive VP, Auburn Theological
Seminary, New York), herself a "social entrepreneur," wrote this
book to recognize their efforts and inspire others. The 11 women
profiled are from all walks of life, religious backgrounds, and
beliefs. The stories of how they found a cause in which they
believed and then set out to help are fascinating." - Library
Journal, November 1, 2006
*Library Journal*
"Through her probing interviews with twenty change-makers,Katharine
Henderson has illuminated the path to ethical action and
personified the transformative possibilities of leadership.This
book of practical strategy and pure inspiration proves that one
person can change the world by using power differently-not to
control but to empower, advocate, and ignite the passions of
others."-Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Ms Magazine -- Letty Cottin
Pogrebin
"This is a book that paints a healing picture of religious faith
through the fascinating lives of women leaders. It is as refreshing
in its pluralistic assumptions as it is in viewing religious faith
through the life stories of extraordinary individuals of many
faiths. Katharine Henderson provides a powerful thesis that will
resonate with many people of all faiths in these challenging times
when religious exclusionists, both in theWest and elsewhere have
come to symbolize a troubling picture of the role of religion in
society and politics." -Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor at
the Uniiversity of Maryland and Brookings Institute. -- Shibley
Telhami,Anwar Sadat
"God's Troublemakers identifies a latent power in each of us to
help change the world from 'what it is to what it could be.' It
describes a process of character formation, which released the
power in some remarkable women of faith and action, and it's
certain to move us from silent complacency to conscientious
commitment to peace, justice, and compassion...a primer for bold
and fruitful progressive witness!" -James A Forbes, Senior
Minister, The Riverside Church -- James A Forbes
"This wonderful book, imbued with common sense, health and healing,
is the fruit of years of study and prayerful reflection. "It is a
blessing to meet these compassionate, gifted women through the
prism of Rev. Henderson's insight and disciplined intelligence."-
Linner, Catholic News Service, April 13, 2007 -- Catholic News
Service
mention- Library Journal Review
"This inspirational new book explores the journeys of 11 women who
are engaging their faith for personal and social transformation.
Representing diverse religious traditions, all of the women
demonstrate creative leadership around issues such as the
separation of church and state, the relationship between politics
and religion, and the contemporary reality of religious pluralism.
God's Troublemakers gives voice to the religious and spiritual
experiences of women determined to change the world, including
anti-death penalty activist Sr. Helen Prejean; executive director
of American Jewish World Service, Ruth Messenger; and Helen LaKelly
Hunt, who has been a national activist funding women's causes and a
leader in persuading secular feminists to make common cause with
religious women."- Religions for Peace- USA November 2006
E-Newsletter
"Katharine Rhodes Henderson has performed a service by gathering
the stories of 21 women who are taking the transforming power of
faith into jails and shelters and hospices....Henderson writes with
clarity and conviction. Her examples remind us that no one is
really an innocent bystander if merely standing by." --
Newsday.com, Dallas Morning News
"In an era when more women are entering seminary and fewer are
rising to senior pastor positions, Katherine Rhodes Henderson's new
book is both timely and important. It may help break the glass
ceiling for women while also re-framing the idea of religious
leadership in the 21st century. "Who are some of these 21
change-makers, spirited women of faith who combine the "power of
one" with determination and collaboration? One if Melodye Feldman,
who founded Seeking Common Ground, which helps Jewish and
Palestinian teenage girls build a more peaceful community. Another
is Henna Hahn who founded The Rainbow Center, which addresses the
needs of abused immigrant women from Asia. Then there is Riffat
Hassan, a Muslim from Pakistan who founded an Internet-based
international movement to put a stop to the brutal torture and
death of women by male family members in Muslim countries. Another
is Sister Helen Prejean, activist nun and author of Dead Man
Walking, an international proponent working to stop the death
penalty. Henderson also highlights Gretchen Buchenholz who founded
ABC, the Association to Benefit Children, a women who believes
"none of us is really an innocent bystander." We can all make a
difference. "God's Troublemakers is extremely well written and
deeply insightful for women and men in a time when all of us need
to see our potential for bringing peace and justice to a world that
desperately needs both."- William Carl III, The Presbyterian
Outlook, June 11, 2007 -- The Presbyterian Outlook
Title mention in Baptist Times, August 2008
"Offers an appealing and challenging read ... she offers an acute
and engaging analysis." Methodist Recorder, January 2009 -- Cathy
Bird
"Women and men alike will find lessons in Henderson's book about
the true source of a resilient life: repairing the world." -Marie C
Wilson, The Whitehouse Project -- Marie C Wilson
"[T]his author has done a marvellous work that is of importance of
not only the contribution women can make to social justice issues
but also of representing a voice that is unique. I encourage
readers to "take a leap" as she says into a terrain that is not
travelled on a frequesnt journey." - Catholicbooksreview.org *
Catholic Books Review *
"After interviewing 11 women making a difference in their
communities through the founding of relief organizations,
Presbyterian minister Henderson (executive VP, Auburn Theological
Seminary, New York), herself a "social entrepreneur," wrote this
book to recognize their efforts and inspire others. The 11 women
profiled are from all walks of life, religious backgrounds, and
beliefs. The stories of how they found a cause in which they
believed and then set out to help are fascinating." - Library
Journal, November 1, 2006 -- Jennifer Kuncken, Williamsburg
Regional Lib., VA * Library Journal *
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