Reviews for Soul Sisters: Women in Scripture Speak to Women Today

The average rating for Soul Sisters: Women in Scripture Speak to Women Today based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-12-12 00:00:00 Lina Lam Twelve lovely portraits of Gospel figures are accompanied by poetic reflections on that woman. Maybe I don't sufficiently understand free verse poetry, but these reflections struck me as prose masquerading as poetry by its formatting in short lines. In each of these reflections, Gateley addresses the women in the illustration, linking her presumed oppression under a pervasive patriarchal structure with the similar patriarchal oppression of women today. Old or young, barren or pregnant, vigorous or ill, it would seem that in every state in life, women are inevitably repressed and tormented victims of hypocritical patriarchal authoritarian systems. I will use the illustrations as meditation pieces in days of reflection, but I do not anticipate using the texts.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-03-27 00:00:00 Chris Paxton 5 stars for the paintings, 3 for the poems. The poetry itself wasn't too impressive and the narratives seemed to emphasize the oppression of women; it seems unjust to assume that every female that encountered Jesus was constantly trod upon. When depicted, Jesus is presented in a lovely and loving way, but I feel this collection misses an opportunity to show the beautiful work Jesus did in these women's lives. In my opinion the speculation was unbalanced.