| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Religion |
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Routledge studies in religion.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere: Mapping the Terrain; SECTION I Identity, Religion, Migration, and Multiculture; Introduction; 1 Cultural Agency, Critical Agency: Multicultural Feminist Perspectives; 2 Religion and Gender in Contemporary Political Projects of Belonging; 3 Gendering Religious Capital: A Case Study of Female Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong; 4 Gendering Religious Authority in the Diaspora: Shii Women in Ireland; SECTION II Contesting Religious Subjectivities; Introduction |
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5 The End of ""Woman"" and the Ends of Women: A Reflection on Women's Rights in the Context of Catholicism and the Abortion Debate6 Contesting Subjectivities: Feminist Hermeneutics of Sikh Scripture; 7 The Gendered Politics of Religious Intimacies; 8 Gender, Buddhism, and the Bhikkhuni Ordination: Transnational Strategies for the Feminist Transformation of Religion in the 21st Century; 9 Rebellious Bodies and Disordered Desires: The Challenge of Transsexuality to Influential Christian Theologies of Creation; SECTION III Religion, Law, and Human Rights; Introduction |
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10 Safeguarding Religious Freedom and Gender Equality: The Case For and Against Uniform European Human Rights Standards11 Strengthening Women's Rights in Contexts of Legal Pluralism: The Example of Mahr (Dower) Practices by Pakistani Muslims in Denmark; 12 Regulating Women's Bodies in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights; 13 Guardianship in Marriage: Gender and Islamic Law in Palestine; 14 The Right to Freedom of Religion: Equal Right or Male Right?; SECTION IV Religion, States, and Civil Society; Introduction |
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15 Contentious Encounters: A Comparison of Developments in the Contemporary Indian and Pakistani Women's Movements' Relationships with Islam16 Feminist Politics and the Governance of Migrant Integration through Religious Organizations; 17 Defending Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Poland: A Pro-Choice Catholic Perspective; 18 Religious Persecution in Eritrea and the Role of the European Union in Tackling the Challenge; SECTION V Researching Religion, Constructing Knowledge: Theoretical Revisions and Methodological Challenges; Introduction |
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19 Demythologizing Gender and Religion within Nation-States: Toward a Politics of Disbelief20 From Fraternité to Mixité: Notes on How Gender Matters to the Secular; 21 Exploring Religion, Sexuality, and Identity in Context: Reflections on Sociological Perspectives; Conclusion: Gender Justice and the ""Postsecular"" Public Sphere: Toward Nonoppressive Reconfigurations; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
The re-emergence of religion as a significant cultural, social and political, force is not gender neutral. Tensions between claims for women's equality and the rights of sexual minorities on one side and the claims of religions on the other side are well-documented across all major religions and regions. It is also well recognized in feminist scholarship that gender identities and ethno-religious identities work together in complex ways that are often exploited by dominant groups. Hence, a more comprehensive understanding of the changing role and influence of religion in the public sphere m |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Scriver, Stacey
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| ISBN |
9781135014254 |
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1135014256 |
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