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Today’s society encourages questioning authority, not automatically buying into whatever is laid out before one. Many established religions are going through some pretty heavy duty changes, dealing with issues ranging from the ordination of women to homosexuality. The other day, it was announced in my local paper that Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, was releasing a brand new translation, from the original Aramaic, of the Bible to appeal to 18 to 34-year-olds who, the publisher’s research shows, “are leaving churches in large numbers but remain more ‘spiritually intrigued’ than any other demographic.” (My emphasis.)Īt a time when the world is in chaos, with wars and insurgencies and revolts occurring just about everywhere, young people are hungry for faith and spirituality. From considerations of what impact the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have had on those of the Muslim faith to the conflict between mostly Muslim Palestinians and mostly Jewish Israelis, from our own nation’s religious right to the rise of New Age spirituality. Their thoughts and beliefs are as diverse as you might suspect, considering the range of time and practice. The following selection is from women ranging from an ancient Roman mathematician to seventeenth century playwrights to contemporary Christians and Jews, as well as other paths. I found so many, one quarter’s posting just wasn’t enough. My foray into researching Jewish women over the last couple of years for my latest book, The Quotable Jewish Woman, stimulated me into exploring what women of other faiths and other paths might have to say about the subject. Faithful readers will recall that, in last quarter’s selection, I promised a second chapter of quotations on religion.