Miriam Therese Winter

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Miriam Therese Winter (born 1938 as Gloria Winter in Passaic, New Jersey) is a Roman Catholic Medical Mission Sister, theologian and prolific author of songs, e.g. Joy is Like the Rain (1966), Knock Knock (1968) and Wellspring of Wisdom (1989; argued to be her most famous work) as well as several books.

Joy is like the rain is primarily acoustic music. All songs contain striking vocals. The recording was very popular amongst evangelicals in Britain. Knock Knock was similarly popular. It introduced two electric instruments; a guitar, a bass guitar and also added drums on some songs. The effect was very dramatic for the time. A good instance is Christ is King.

Selected books:

* Out of the Depths. The Story of Ludmila Javorova, Ordained Roman Catholic Priest (2001) Crossroad

* The Singer and the Song. An Autobiography of the Spirit (1999) Orbis Books

* The Chronicles of Noah and Her Sisters. Genesis and Exodus According to Women (1995) Crossroad

* Defecting in Place: Women Claiming Responsibility for Their Own Spiritual Lives (1994) Crossroad (Catholic Press Association Second Place Award for Books on Gender Studies in 1995)

External links:

* Home page at Hartford Seminary http://mtwinter.hartsem.edu/index.html

* Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame http://www.cwhf.org/browse_hall/hall/people/winter.php

* The Women-Church Movement, essay by Winter http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=849

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