Commonalities in women's spirituality and women's health

Both women's spirituality and women's health movements have grown dramatica lly in recent years. If clinicians understood in greater depth the commonal ities between these two perspectives, then they would be better positioned to foster the health of women more fully. In this article, concepts of femi nism, religion, spirituality, and women's health are described briefly. Aft er identifying some assumptions, themes, and characteristics of both women' s spirituality and women's health. the commonalities between these two pers pectives ate delineated. Next, processes critical to women's spirituality a nd women's health are proposed. Finally, implications for clinical practice are offered.