Abstract
By examining not just the underappreciated faith experience of children but that of girls at the onset of puberty, Phillips’s book addresses a lacuna within a lacuna in practical and pastoral theology. Noting how traditional developmental perspectives in psychology and spirituality can
trivialize the God-talk of children and especially girls (she makes frequent mention of Carol Gilligan’s notion of girls’ loss of “voice”), this qualitative study takes girls’ accounts of their own faith journey seriously and in doing so uncovers theological depth and new theoretical perspectives.
trivialize the God-talk of children and especially girls (she makes frequent mention of Carol Gilligan’s notion of girls’ loss of “voice”), this qualitative study takes girls’ accounts of their own faith journey seriously and in doing so uncovers theological depth and new theoretical perspectives.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 142-142 |
| Journal | Religious Studies Review |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2014 |
Disciplines
- Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion