Gendered Paradigms in Theologies of Survival - Silenced to Survive

Theologies of survival emerge from religious communities that must invest most, if not all, of their efforts into maintaining membership and preserving their religious thought and praxis-which, the author argues, can have a strong impact on women's visibility and agency.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Contextualizing Survival

Chapter 2: The Promised Land: Gender and Black Liberation Theology

Chapter 3: Continuity and the Hidden God: Gender and Jewish Holocaust Theology

Chapter 4: The Church of the Martyrs and the Second Sex: Gender and Diasporic Coptic Theology

Chapter 5: What Now? Present and Future Trajectories of Survival

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

Mariam Youssef is a community organizer for gender justice in Coptic-American communities.

Summary

Theologies of survival emerge from religious communities that must invest most, if not all, of their efforts into maintaining membership and preserving their religious thought and praxis-which, the author argues, can have a strong impact on women's visibility and agency.

Product details

• Authors: Mariam Youssef
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781498579094
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7909-4
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Judaism, Gender studies, gender groups, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Judaism: theology