Overview

Identifying, illuminating and enhancing understanding of key aspects of women and girls' faith lives, The Faith Lives of Women and Girls represents a significant body of original qualitative research from practitioners and researchers across the UK.

Contributors

Contributors include new and upcoming researchers as well as more established feminist practical theologians.

Content and Perspectives

Chapters provide perspectives on different ages and stages of faith across the life cycle, from a range of different cultural and religious contexts.

Exploration of Practices and Experiences

Diverse spiritual practices, beliefs and attachments are explored, including a variety of experiences of liminality in women’s faith lives.

Methodologies

A range of approaches - ethnographic, oral history, action research, interview studies, case studies and documentary analysis - combine to offer a deeper understanding of women’s and girls' faith lives.

Applications

As well as being of interest to researchers, this book presents resources to enhance ministry to and with women and girls in a variety of settings.