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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 of 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. This is a unique study that provides new perspectives on
practices of silence within Christianity, particularly amongst
women. It will, therefore, be of significant interest to academics,
practitioners and students in theology and religious studies with a
focus on contemporary religion, spirituality, feminism, gender and
research methods.
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 of 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. This is a unique study that provides new perspectives on
practices of silence within Christianity, particularly amongst
women. It will, therefore, be of significant interest to academics,
practitioners and students in theology and religious studies with a
focus on contemporary religion, spirituality, feminism, gender and
research methods.
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