Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society

In an era which many now recognise as 'post-secular', the role that religions play in shaping gender identities and relationships has been awarded a renewed status in the study of societies and social change. In both the Global South and the Global North, in the 21st century, religiosity is of continuing significance, not only in people's private lives and in the family, but also in the public sphere and with respect to political and legal systems. The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society is an outstanding reference source to these key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject area. Comprising over 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into 3 parts:

• Critical debates for religions, gender and society: theories, concepts and methodologies
• Issues and themes in religions, gender and society
• Contexts and locations

Within these sections, central issues, debates and problems are examined, including activism, gender analysis, intersectionality and feminism, oppression and liberation, equality, bodies and embodiment, space and place, leadership and authority, diaspora and migration, marriage and the family, generation and aging, health and reproduction, education, violence and conflict, ecology and climate change and the role of social media.
The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies and gender studies. The Handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as cultural studies, area studies, politics, sociology, anthropology and history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  Part 1: Critical debates for religions, gender and society: theories, concepts and methodologies  2. Gender in Religion, Religion in Society: The Agency and Identity of Christian Women  3. The Feminism Conundrum: A Contested Term for the Study of Religion and Gender  4. Oppression or Liberation? Moving Beyond Binaries in Religion and Gender Studies  5. Gender, Religion, and Postcolonialism: The Birhen sa Balintawak and Masculinities in the Philippines  6. Buddhist Nuns and Civil Activism in Transitional Myanmar  7. Reclaiming Public and Digital Spaces: Feminism and Secularism  8. Enacting Agency Online: Muslim and Mormon Women Bloggers in the United States  9. Space, Boundaries and Borders in the Study of Religion, Gender and Society  10. Bodies and Embodiment: The Somatic Turn in the Study of Religion and Gender  11. Narrative approaches to religion and gender: a biographic study with Christian young men  12. When my work is found wanting: Power, Intersectionality, Postcolonialism and the Reflexive Feminist Researcher  Part 2: Issues and themes in religions, gender and society  13. Butch lesbians, femme queens and promiscuous clergy: Queering the body politics of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa  14. Gender Variance and the Abrahamic Faiths  15. Migration and Law in the Middle East and North Africa  16. Religion and Intimate Life: Marriage, Family and Sexuality  17. Age, Gender and De-churchisation  18. Gender, Religion and Childhood: Towards a new research agenda 19. Mothers, Bodhisattvas and Women of Tomorrow: Religiously Connotated Gender Roles in a Buddhist Vocational School in Japan  20. Articulating the neoliberal motherhood discourse: visions of gender in Japanese new religions  21. Women, Religion and the State: A Gendered Analysis of the Catholic Church, the State and the Rise of Evangelical Protestantism on Women's Roles and Women's Rights in Brazil  22. Religion, Gender Justice, Violence and Peace  23. Religion and Sexual Violence  24. Gender and International development: searching for game changers in the midst of polarisation  25. A Decological Way to Dialogue: Rethinking Ecofeminism and Religion  Part 3: Contexts and Locations  26. Religion and Gender in Europe: Thinking through Politico-social and Theoretical Challenges  27. Religion and Masculinities in Europe  28. The Legacy of Colonialism and the Regulation of Gender in North America  29. Troubling the Demonic: Anti-Blackness, Heterosexual Black Masculinity, and the Study of Religion in North America  30. Religion and Gender Dynamics in Latin American Societies  31. Latin America - Religion, gender, masculinities and sexual diversity  32. Women, religion and social inequality in India: intersectionality, nationalism and religious change  33. Hindu Muscular Nationalism: Politicized Hinduism and Manhood in India 34. "A Monster Had Eaten Me Whole": Religiously Inspired Charitable Organisations (RICOs) as 'Retreat' for Women in Contemporary Urban China  35. Masculinities and Religion in South East Asia  36. Reform, Continuities and Conservatism in the Middle East and North Africa  37. Toward a more comprehensive approach to understanding the construction of Islamic masculinities  38. Exploring Tensions: Gender and Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa  39. Religions and Masculinities in Africa: Power, Politics, Performance  40. Women and Religion in Oceania  41. Masculinity, Religion and Society in Oceania

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Caroline Starkey is Associate Professor of Religion and Society, School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science at the University of Leeds, UK.
Emma Tomalin is Professor of Religion and Public Life, School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science, University of Leeds, UK.

Zusammenfassung

In an era, which many now recognise as ?post-secular?, the role that religions play in shaping gender identities and relationships has been awarded a renewed status in the study of societies and social change. This book is an outstanding reference source to key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject area.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Caroline Tomalin Starkey
• Mitarbeit: Caroline Starkey (Herausgeber), Emma Tomalin (Herausgeber), Tomalin Emma (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781138601901
• ISBN: 978-1-138-60190-1
• Seiten: 18
• Serie: Routledge Handbooks in Religion
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; RELIGION / General, Religion: general, Gender studies, gender groups