Faith Stories

Anna Hickey-Moody is Professor of Intersectional Humanities at Maynooth, National University of Ireland

• 1 Contexts / Comhthéacs2 Faith: a new materialist approach / Creideamh3 Mapping and making / Ag déanamh4 Affect and joy / Áthas5 Belonging / Muintearas6 Connections / Naisc7 Incapacity / Neamhábaltacht8 Other worlds / NeamhshaoltaConclusion / ConclúidIndex

'Weaving between disciplines, methods, and interactive practices, Hickey-Moody expertly pulls the reader along several threads of the personal, the communal, the political, and the belief that there is always something more. This is a work that enacts an ethos of radical, collective care, a richly descriptive work that never hides from its readers all of the living and breathing, all of the troubles and joys, of its own making.'Gregory J. Seigworth, Professor of Communication Studies in the Department of Communication and Theatre at Millersville University'With this book, Hickey-Moody offers a valuable contribution to ‘highlighting the significance of quotidian meanings in religion, spirituality and community’ (p. 194). As a study which explores the role of faith in social transformation and the common good, it is especially pertinent for those interested in issues not only of religion, but also racism, multiculturalism, citizenship, democracy, education, women’s and LGBT+’s rights and the environment. The richness of Hickey-Moody’s findings should encourage researchers to study religions through the lens of believers’ faith practices and the cultural meanings of these practices in relation to the formation of believers’ identities.'Teresa Martinho Toldy, European Journal of Women's Studies