Peering into the Shadows or Foregrounding the Feminine? Feminist Rewritings of the Parable of the Prodigal

This article considers a range of rewritings of the Parable of the Prodigal by contemporary women poets, novelists, preachers and liturgists. Seeking to move beyond mere inclusion of female characters into the parable, we seek to identify rewritings that foreground female perspectives and thereby tr...

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