Rewilding Motherhood: Your Path to an Empowered Feminine Spirituality
Ebook
Overview
Women are often told by their communities that being a mother will complete or define them. But many mothers find themselves depleted and spiritually stagnant amid the everyday demands of being a mom. They long to experience a rich inner life but feel there is rarely enough time, energy, or stillness to connect with God in a meaningful way.
This book takes the concept of rewilding and applies it to motherhood. Just as an environmentalist seeks to rewild land by returning it to its natural state, Shannon Evans invites women to rewild motherhood by reclaiming its essence through an expansive feminine spirituality.
Drawn from the contemplative Catholic tradition and Evans’s own parenting experience, Rewilding Motherhood helps women deepen their connection to God through practices inherent to the life they’re living now. Topics include work-life balance, identity, solitude, patience, household work, and mission for the common good. Throughout, Evans encourages women to see motherhood as an opportunity to discover a vibrant feminine spirituality and a deeper knowledge of God and self.
From the Back Cover
Discover an Empowered Feminine Spirituality in the Midst of Motherhood
We are often told that motherhood will complete or define us. But we may find ourselves depleted and spiritually stagnant amid the everyday demands of being a mom, feeling there is rarely enough time, energy, or stillness to connect with God in a meaningful way.
Shannon K. Evans takes the concept of rewilding and applies it to motherhood. Just as an environmentalist seeks to rewild land by returning it to its natural state, Evans invites us to rewild motherhood by reclaiming its essence through an expansive feminine spirituality--leading us to a deeper knowledge of God and self.
”If you are a mother who longs to feel at home in motherhood--or a seeker who wrestles with finding a home in faith--Shannon Evans offers a new way to encounter the divine within the ordinary."
--Laura Kelly Fanucci, author of Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting
“Evans takes us on a journey to explore the fullness of our identities as women. This book surprised me, taught me, and held me, reminding me not only of the gift of being a mother but also of the gift of coming home to myself in every way possible."
--Kaitlin B. Curtice, author of Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God
"This book feels right on time, giving us permission to wonder and wander, finding God--and ourselves--in the magical and mysterious moments of motherhood and in the mundane ones too."
--Kayla Craig, author of To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers and Liturgies for Parents; cofounder of Upside Down Podcast
"In a culture that has long minimized the full humanity of women, Evans invites us to a more expansive view of motherhood and ultimately femininity. Rewilding Motherhood is both a fierce encouragement and a deep exhale. I’m grateful for this book."
--Aundi Kolber, therapist; author of Try Softer and The Try Softer Guided Journey
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Growing Inward
1. Forging Identity: Self-Actualization beyond the Roles We Serve
2. Maintaining Boundaries: Generosity toward Self and Others
3. Holding Tension: The Sacred Work of Integration
4. Reclaiming Solitude: Transforming Loneliness into an
Inner Well
5. Following Anger: The Redemptive Power of Outrage
6. Staying Curious: Fearless Nurture of Our Spiritual Selves
7. Cultivating Patience: Holy Resistance in an Age of Rush
8. Heeding Intuition: Divine Movement through Feminine Wisdom
Part 2: Flowing Outward
9. Embodying Hospitality: Fertility That Embraces the Whole World
10. Becoming Gentle: Tenderness in Exchange for Criticism
11. Releasing Control: Permission to Stop Playing God
12. Valuing Work: Spiritual Teachings of Household Labor
13. Living Incarnation: Finding God in Our Bodies, Home, and Earth
14. Reimagining God: Making Space for a Divine Motherhood
Benediction
- Title: Rewilding Motherhood: Your Path to an Empowered Feminine Spirituality
- Author: Shannon K. Evans
- Publisher: Brazos Press
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781493432301, 9781587435386, 1587435381, 1493432303
- Resource ID: LLS:9781493432301
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T23:45:41Z
Shannon K. Evans, a writer in the contemplative Catholic tradition, is the author of Rewilding Motherhood: Your Path to an Empowered Feminine Spirituality and Embracing Weakness. She is the editor for National Catholic Reporter, a writer and retreat leader for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States, a regular contributor to Franciscan Media, and has written for U.S. Catholic, America, and Geez magazines and online at Relevant, Red Letter Christians, Verily, and Romper. Evans speaks regularly at churches, small groups, conferences, and retreats on topics related to motherhood, prayer, and justice, and leads groups in guided meditation. She is a mother of five and lives in Ames, Iowa.