Women, Religion, and the State in Contemporary Turkey

Informationen zum Autor Chiara Maritato is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, at the University of Turin. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Turkey, and is the author of articles in journals including Religion, State & Society and Turkish Studies. Klappentext A fascinating ethnography of the Diyanet's women sessions in Istanbul illuminating the current reconfigurations of Islam in Turkey. Zusammenfassung Using the feminization of the Diyanet to understand the significance of a renewed presence of Islam in the Turkish public realm, this fascinating ethnography explores how the role of a female professional religious officer has penetrated and reshaped even secular spaces in Turkey. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; Part I. Transitivities: Women, Religion and Turkish Secularism: 2. Religion, a state affair; 3. Pious women and the secular state; Part II. Women in the Diyanet: Forms and Meanings: 4. The Diyanet's policies towards women; 5. Vaizeler's invitation: the mosque as a place for women; 6. Achieving public piety through the Vaizeler's sessions; 7. Religious counselling and moral support for women and families; Part III. Reassessing Women, Religion and the State: 8. Listen to the battlefield: female preachers within a secular state; 9. Concluding remarks.

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• Authors: Chiara Maritato, Chiara (Universita Degli Studi DI Torino Maritato
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781108836524
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83652-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Soziologie, Gender Studies, Religion, allgemein, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, 21st Century, Islamic Studies, Turkey, Religion & politics, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Gender studies: women, Religion and Politics, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, c 2020 to c 2029, Social groups: religious groups and communities