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"Deep within the woods, amid the harry and hassle of endlessly proliferating demands - from work and loved ones, social media and new technologies, as well as by church and other organisations to which we belong - lies God's invitation to Sabbath, a clearing in which to pause, to breathe, to find light, harmony and regeneration. In this beautiful meditation on the theme of Sabbath, Nicola Slee helps us to discover this treasure within ourselves, guided by poetry (her own and that of Wendell Berry), journal extracts and space for you, the reader, to record your own thoughts and reflections along the way"--Page 4 of cover.

Rest --- Sabbath. --- Religious aspects --- Christianity.

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"If ever a period of time felt 'fractured' it is now. Whatever way we turn, we witness the dismembering and fracturing of many previously-taken-for-granted realities, with maps and borders - physical and metaphorical - being redrawn before our eyes. In Fragments for fractured times, Nicola Slee demonstrated the richness and variety of feminist practical theology. What feminist theology brings to the table of scholarly thinking and embodied practice is, she suggests, something creative, artful, prophetic as well as playful - a resource for Christian living and thinking in fractured times"--Page 4 of cover.

Feminist theology --- Theology, Practical

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Domestic violence is a significant threat to women’s survival. But Christian understandings of marriage often prevent women from resisting abusive relationships. Can the Church’s teaching on marriage be reshaped so that it helps women to survive, rather than encourage them to submit to their husband, bear their cross, or sacrifice themselves for the sake of their marriage ? Focusing on everyday practices of marriage in two very different contexts: Argentina and England, Reimagining Theologies of Marriage in Contexts of Domestic Violence considers how Christian understandings of marriage as a covenant or sacrament relate to the lived experience of marriage. Drawing on Augustine’s notion of the goods of marriage, and on belief in the saving power of marriage, this book suggests that only when the wellbeing of bodies is central to a marriage can it have the power to save.

396.7 --- 396.7 Vrouw en religie --- Vrouw en religie

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This book explores female faith practices, drawing on qualitative research to consider how women navigate and create spiritual and religious practices. The chapters cover Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist contexts as well as newer spiritual movements. The contributors examine prayer and ritual practices and familial, educational, and ritual spaces and relationships in a variety of cultural settings. The volume reflects on the ways in which women subvert traditional or patriarchal religious practices and spaces, both problematizing and expanding existing notions of 'religious practice'. It also touches on research itself as a form of spiritual and academic practice, considering ways in which women challenge androcentric modes of research as well as ways in which the subject of research - in this case, female faith - may challenge the researcher's convictions and practice. Blending case studies with empirical research, this book will be an outstanding resource to theologians and researchers interested in Practical Theology, Gender Studies, Sociology of Religion, and Anthropology.

Women and religion --- Women --- Feminism --- Faith development --- Faith --- Comparative studies --- Spiritual life --- Religious aspects --- Faith development. --- Faith. --- Femmes et religion --- Femmes et religion. --- Femmes --- Foi --- Féminisme et religion. --- Féminisme --- Women and religion. --- Comparative studies. --- Religious aspects. --- Vie religieuse --- Études comparatives. --- Vie spirituelle. --- Développement. --- Aspect religieux. --- Spiritual life.