Title Religion, gender and citizenship : women of faith, gender equality and feminism / Line Nyhagen (Reader in Sociology, Loughborough University, UK), Beatrice Halsaa (Professor in Gender Studies, University of Oslo, Norway)

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 271 pages) Series Citizenship, gender and diversity Citizenship, gender and diversity. Contents Christian and Muslim Women in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom Talk about Faith, Citizenship, Gender and Feminism -- Towards Lived Religion and Lived Citizenship: Binaries and Complexities in the Study of Religion, Gender, Feminism and Citizenship -- Religious Identities and Meaning-making -- Religion and Citizenship as Lived Practice: Intersections of Faith, Gender, Participation and Belonging -- Religious Women and Gender Equality -- Religious Women, Women's Movements and Feminism -- Faithful Women: Lived Religion and Citizenship, Gender Equality and Feminism Summary Through interviews with Christian and Muslim women in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, this book explores intersections between religion, citizenship, gender and feminism. How do religious women think about citizenship, and how do they practice citizenship in everyday life? How important is faith in their lives, and how is religion bound up with other identities such as gender and nationality? What are their views on 'gender equality', women's movements and feminism? The answers offered by this book are complex. Religion can be viewed as both a resource and a barrier to women's participation. The interviewed women talk about citizenship in terms of participation, belonging, love, care, tolerance and respect. Some seek gender equality within their religious communities, while others accept different roles and spaces for women. 'Natural' differences between women and men and their equal value are emphasized more than equal rights. Women's movements are viewed as having made positive contributions to women's status, but interviewees are also critical of claims related to abortion and divorce, and of feminism's allegedly selfish, unwomanly, anti-men and power-seeking stance. In the interviews, Christian privilege is largely invisible and silenced, while Muslim disadvantage is both visible and articulated. Line Nyhagen and Beatrice Halsaa unpack and make sense of these findings, discussing potential implications for the relationship between religion, gender and feminism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-258) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Europe -- Social conditions Women -- Political activity -- Europe Feminism -- Europe Women's rights -- Europe Sex role -- Europe Women -- Religious aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Feminism Sex role Women -- Political activity Women -- Religious aspects Women -- Social conditions Women's rights Frau Islam Christentum Religiöse Identität Geschlechterrolle Soziale Rolle Europe Norwegen Spanien Großbritannien Form Electronic book Author Halsaa, Beatrice, 1947- author. ISBN 9781137405340 1137405341

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