WomanSoul

As a path of meaning seeking healing and transformation spirituality is becoming more prominent in our society. Historically women have been the custodians of their families'' spiritual domain. This book advances the concept of Woman Soul a gender-specific way of embracing spirituality. WomanSoul discusses the personal and professional impact of spirituality in the lives of women from a variety of ethnic religious and cultural backgrounds. It examines the psychological multicultural and personal expressions of female spirituality. More specifically the essays collected here look at the impact of women''s spirituality on identity healing and transformation across the lifecourse. WomanSoul focuses on how females express spirituality from their diverse backgrounds and situated realities. It cuts across ethnic identities culture and a multitude of spiritual experiences such as Muslim Jewish Christian Hindu Buddhist Sufi Goddess Native American and Agnosticism.As women tend to experience sacredness in a gender-specific manner they frequently place more emphasis on spirituality than on religiousness. Seen as a freeing force by most women spirituality is most often perceived to be more gender-fair culturally liberating and less restrictive than many religious denominations. Both informative and inspirational WomanSoul is written by psychologists who understand the implications of spirituality on the lives of women and the people around them.