![]() ![]() I parked in front of the drugstore where my daughter, Ann, fourteen, had an after. Rain had fallen earlier, but now the sun was out, shining on the tiny beads of water that clung to the trees and sidewalks. ![]() It was autumn, and everything was turning loose. With the exceptional storytelling skills that have helped make her name, Kidd tells her very personal story of the fear, anger, healing, and freedom she experienced on the path toward the wholeness that many women have lost in the church.įrom a jarring encounter with sexism in a suburban drugstore, to monastery retreats and to rituals in the caves of Crete, she reveals a new level of feminine spiritual consciousness for all women-one that retains a meaningful connection with the "deep song of Christianity," embraces the sacredness of ordinary women's experience, and has the power to transform in the most positive ways every fundamental relationship in a woman's life-her marriage, her career, and her religion. The Dance of the Dissident Daughter Excerpt. ![]() ![]() Then, in the late 1980s, she experienced an unexpected awakening, and began a journey toward a feminine spirituality. Publication date 1996 Topics Kidd, Sue Monk, Spiritual biography, Feminists, Feminism Publisher San Francisco, Calif. I was surprised, and, in fact, a little terrified, when I found myself in the middle of a feminist spiritual reawakening." -Sue Monk Kiddįor years, Sue Monk Kidd was a conventionally religious woman. The dance of the dissident daughter : a womans journey from Christian tradition to the sacred feminine by Kidd, Sue Monk. "I was amazed to find that I had no idea how to unfold my spiritual life in a feminine way. ![]()
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