Women's Faith Development- Patterns and Processes
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Overview
Presenting a rich account of women's faith lives and, mapping women's meanings in their own right, this book offers an alternative to dominant accounts of faith development which failed to account for women's experience. Drawing on Fowler's faith development theory, feminist models of women's faith and social science methodology, the text explores the patterns and processes of women's faith development and spirituality in a group of thirty women belonging to, or on the edges of, Christian tradition.Integrating practical theological concern with Christian education and pastoral practice, this book will be of interest to all concerned with women's faith development, spirituality, education and formation, and those working in the fields of practical theology, pastoral care, adult theological education, spiritual direction and counselling.
Contents: Preface
The nature and aims of the study
Women's faith development : a framework
Developing a feminist research methodology
The processes of women's faith development
The patterns of women's faith development: alienation
The patterns of women's faith development: awakenings
The patterns of women's faith development: relationality
Conclusions and implications for Christian education and pastoral practice
Index.
Synopsis
Slee (The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, Birmingham) examines the patterns and processes of women's spirituality and faith development in a group of 30 women belonging to, or on the edges of, Christian tradition. She offers the study as interdisciplinary and practical theological reflection from the perspective of Christian feminist commitment drawing on her own experience and using the tools of social science research methodology to investigate an area of concern to the life of churches and to the women's movement. It began as her doctoral dissertation for the University of Birmingham in 1999. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR