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When religious dress codes conflict with embodied spirituality

My church emphasizes modest dress but when I cover my body I feel like I'm hiding the feminine divine and when I don't I feel like I'm being spiritually rebellious for the wrong reasons.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Institutional requirements for bodily presentation can conflict with personal understanding of sacred embodiment.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Body as spiritual vessel across traditions?”

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