Women choosing silence: relationality and transformation in spiritual practice
"Silence is long-established as a spiritual discipline amongst people of faith. However, its examination tends to focus on depictions within texts emerging from religious life and the development of its practices. Latterly, feminist theologians have also highlighted the silencing of women withi...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious life
/ Christian woman (motif)
/ Asceticism
/ Silence
/ Silence
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Women in Christianity
B Christian women Religious life B Silence Religious aspects Christianity B Spiritual Life Christianity |
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| Summary: | "Silence is long-established as a spiritual discipline amongst people of faith. However, its examination tends to focus on depictions within texts emerging from religious life and the development of its practices. Latterly, feminist theologians have also highlighted the silencing of women within Christian history. Consequently, silence is often portrayed as a solitary discipline based in norms of male monastic experience or a tool of women's subjugation. In contrast, this book investigates chosen practices of silence in the lives of Christian women today, evidencing its potential for enabling profound relationality and empowerment within their spiritual journeys. Opening with an exploration of Christianity's reclamation of practices silence in the twentieth century, this contemporary ethnographic study engages with wider academic conversations about silence. Its substantive theological and empirical exploration of women's practices of silence demonstrates that, for some, silence-based prayer is a valued space for encounter and transformation in relationships with God, with themselves and with others. Utilising a methodology that proposes focusing on silence throughout the qualitative research process, this study also illustrates a new model for depicting relational change. Finally, the book urges practical and feminist theologians to re-examine silence's potential for facilitating the development of more authentic and responsible relationality within people's lives"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xv, 283 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-57460-1 |
