RT Book
T1 Women choosing silence: relationality and transformation in spiritual practice
T2 Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology
A1 Woolley, Alison 1973-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1664054014
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BL628.2
SN 978-1-138-57460-1
K1 Silence : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Women in Christianity
K1 Christian women : Religious life
K1 Spiritual Life : Christianity