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Women and religion : contemporary and future challenges in the global era /
This edited collection provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women's identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Policy Press scholarship online
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Women and Religion; Contents; List of figures, tables and appendices; Figures; Tables; Appendices; Notes on contributors; Women and religion: contemporary and future challenges: editors' introduction; Women and religion: an invisible story; Contemporary challenges; Form and contents of the book; Conclusion; Part 1. Women, gender equality and religion between past and present; 1. Gender equality in different readings of Islam in post-revolutionary Iran; Introduction; Literature review; Structuration theory: Islam and the individual; Fundamentalist-oriented thought stream
- Reformist-oriented thought streamSecular-oriented thought stream; Conclusion; 2. Religion and gender equality in Catholic Philippines: discourses and practices in the 21st century; Introduction; Review of studies; Island ethnography; Women and Philippine Catholicism: constructs and contestations; Practices towards gender equality; Conclusion; 3. A slow march forward: the impact of religious change on gender ideology in the contemporary United States; Introduction; Contemporary trends in gender ideology; Contemporary religious change; Methods; Conclusion
- 4. Divine shadows: Indian Devadasis between religious beliefs and sexual exploitationIntroduction; Historical background; Temple rituals and cult practices; Status degradation and legislation; Present social status of Devadasis: challenges and recommendations; Conclusion; Part 2. Identities, women's movements and religion; 5. Formation of 'religious' identity among British Muslim women; Methodology; 'Religion' as a source of identity; Desire to (re)discover one's religion; Conclusion; 6. Christian women's movements in secularizing and diversifying contexts: a case study from Belgium
- Theoretical approach: diversifying secularizationCase study: introduction; Conclusion; 7. Muslim women in contemporary Argentina; Introduction1; Argentina's Muslim community; Ways of inhabiting the Muslim matrix; "I'm still just as Argentinian as the next woman": beyond identity politics; Concluding thoughts; 8. The impact of religious unorthodoxy on family choices and women's well-being in Turkey; Introduction; Literature review; Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Part 3. Contemporary women's religious experiences
- 9. 'Between me and my God': a life story narrative of conciliating cultural discourses and personalization of IslamIntroduction; Literature review; Methodology; Maryam's brief life story; Discussion and concluding remarks; 10. 'We are all Goddesses': female sacred paths in Italy; Introduction1; Literature review; Goddess spirituality: methodology and analysis; Women's spirituality versus female spirituality; Conclusion; 11. Explorations of spiritual embodiment in belly dance; Introduction; Literature review; Methodology; Conclusion