ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates the reality of the world girls inhabit to the increasing detriment of their flourishing. Where girls are involved in the life of faith communities, there is both the need and the opportunity to work with them to connect life and faith, and to draw on the resources of spirituality to help build their resilience and gendered self-confident awareness. The chapter examines the participative nature of the methodology and methods, within the constraints of a faith community, and in conversation with other examples of research methodologies demonstrating varying levels and models of participation. It summarizes the current state of research with girls/boys, which from early years to adulthood is flourishing: normatively now employing feminist and liberation methodologies, methods are increasingly participatory. The researchers' analysis demonstrates a growth of participants' meaning-making skill helping to foster spirituality as it contributes to holistic living.
