The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Women's Studies in Religion.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boursier, Helen T., 1960- editor.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2021.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

Summary:

The handbook offers interreligious and multicultural perspectives on women's studies in religion in conversation with specific contextualized gender-biased justice challenges. Contributing authors address 25 current and trending themes from their diverse socio-cultural-religious backgrounds. The handbook is practical, contemporary, and relevant as it moves theory to practical application.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

SECTION ONE. A FIRMLY FLUID FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES IN RELIGION

CHAPTER 1. A Work in Progress: Feminist Scholarship Shaping God's Image-Then and Now

CHAPTER 2. The Inclusive Language of God: Why It Matters for Women's Studies in Religion

CHAPTER 3. Doing Women's Studies in Religion: A Methodology Primer for Moving from the Classroom into Real Life

CHAPTER 4. Women's Creative Research Methodologies on the Periphery and at the Border: Latina Women's Restorative Interventions through Art and Activism

SECTION TWO. ETHICAL CONNECTIONS

CHAPTER 5. Where Ecofeminism Meets Religions: Contributions and Challenges

CHAPTER 6. Reconfiguring Economic Sustainability: A Feminist Ethic for Liberty and Justice for All

CHAPTER 7. Feminist Ethics and the Harms of Credibility Excess

CHAPTER 8. Do Not Pass Me By: A Womanist Reprise and Response to Health Care's Cultural Dismissal and Erasure of Black Women's Pain

SECTION THREE. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY AND WOMEN'S STUDIES IN RELIGION

CHAPTER 9. Constructing Wicca as "Women's Religion": A By-Product of Feminist Religious Scholarship

CHAPTER 10. For All Sentient Beings: The Question of Gender in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist Communities

CHAPTER 11. Introducing Asian Transpacific North American Feminist Theology

CHAPTER 12. "I Am the One Who Will Change the Direction of the World": A Female Guru's Response to Sexual Inequality and Violence in Hinduism

CHAPTER 13. Women in the Jewish Tradition: A Brief Overview of Jewish Feminism in the Last 50 Years

CHAPTER 14. Muslimah Theology and Praxis

CHAPTER 15. Homiletical Changes and Preaching Leadership of Women in the Christian Church

SECTION FOUR. CHALLENGING AND CHANGING SYSTEMIC GENDER INJUSTICE.

CHAPTER 16. What's Religion Got to Do with Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement?

CHAPTER 17. Femicide in Global Perspective: A Feminist Critique

CHAPTER 18. Call to Accountability: Women's Studies in Religion Critiques State Culpability to Feminicide through Border Controls and Exclusion from Asylum

CHAPTER 19. Doctrine of Discovery: A Mohawk Feminist Response to Colonial Domination and Violations to Indigenous Lands and Women

CHAPTER 20. Women's Religio-Political Witness for Love and Justice

SECTION FIVE. FUTURE MOVEMENT-THE BECOMING OF WOMEN'S STUDIES IN RELIGION

CHAPTER 21. Feminism, Religion, and the Digital World

CHAPTER 22. Documenting, Changing, and Reimagining Women's Mosque Spaces Online

CHAPTER 23. Minoritized Sexual Identities and the Theo-Politics of Democracy

CHAPTER 24. Spiritual Homelessness and Homemaking: A Nomadic Spirituality for Survivors of Childhood Violence

CHAPTER 25. Hope Now

CHAPTER 26. Resources for Clarification, Education, and Action

Index

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-42916-6

979-88-8188-009-5

1-5381-5445-5

OCLC:

1251440530