Parenting as Spiritual Practice and Source for Theology
Mothering Matters
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Introduction
“This is the book every theology class needs! Blending personal narrative with history, sociology, scripture and doctrine, this volume reveals the complexity of the divine call of creation and nurture. The authors give voice to experiences that are usually only whispered—the difficult conversations, anxieties, fears, quiet joys, and shifting spiritualties that compose the various modes in which mothering occurs. This book invokes courage, grace, community and salvation in a way that will change not just how we understand mothering, but that will forever alter how we understand our faith.”
—Monica A. Coleman, Claremont School of Theology, USA
“Motherhood disrupts our lives and turns our worlds upside down and inside out. As it does, we experience the most powerful love, patience, kindness and goodness imaginable. And we come to realize that grace lies at the heart of the disruptions of mothering. The theological reflections on motherhood shared in this extraordinary book show us how grace enters into the midst of our lives and moves us into profound spaces that challenge, awaken and empower us.”
—Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Earlham School of Religion, USA
Keywords
Theology Mothers Spirituality Parenting Spiritual practice Motherhood Systematic theology Ministry
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59653-2
- Copyright Information The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
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- Print ISBN 978-3-319-59652-5
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