Dcerka – Daughter of God by Jan Hus

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Product Description First English translation of a profound spiritual guide for women written in 1413 by the Czech reformer Jan Hus. Often compared to Thomas à Kempis’ classic The Imitation of Christ, this guide was revolutionary in that it was a spiritual guide for women written by a major male reformer – and one which takes women’s spirituality seriously in a manner completely countercultural for the time. Dr. Michèle Miller Sigg writes that in Dcerka, Hus “taught that men and women were equal, and that, as worthy members of God’s economy, women were fully competent to contribute to the life of society or to any religious community.” The spiritual guide was written specifically for the women of the Beguine community in Prague, a group of laywomen who were dedicated to serving the poor in an Apostolic fashion, independent of the Roman Catholic Church official orders. Edited by John Jackman, pastor of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. and executive director of The Comenius Foundation.