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Article: Wise woman bearing gifts.
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- CrossCurrents - The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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This is a conference honoring and celebrating the gifts of a very wise woman! She comes from the "west" and not from the "east" and, as far as I know, does not ride on a camel. But the gifts that she has brought to all of us and to the Christ child have great splendor and not a few prophetic sparks!
To honor Rosemary Ruether I invite you to look again at the story of the Magi in Matthew 2:1-12. Seeking to follow Rosemary's example I will read the story against the grain of patriarchal assumptions, looking between the cracks of the story for the wise women who also are bearing gifts for the Christ Child. (1)
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