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The handbook offers interreligious and multicultural perspectives on women's studies in religion alongside specific contextualized gender-biased justice challenges. Contributors address 25 current and trending themes from their diverse backgrounds. The handbook is practical, contemporary, and relevant as it moves theory to practical application.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Rabia Harris, Stony Point Center, Stony Point, New York
Editor's Introduction
Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica
Section One: A Firmly Fluid Foundation for Women's Studies in Religion
A Work in Progress-Feminist Scholarship Shaping God's Image-Then and Now Jacqueline J. Lewis, Middle Collegiate Church, New York
The Inclusive Language of God and Why It Matters for Women's Studies in ReligionYudit Kornberg Greenberg, Rollins College
Doing Women's Studies in Religion-A Methodology Primer for Moving from the Classroom into Real Life Natalie Kertes Weaver, Ursuline College
Women's Creative Research Methodologies on the Peripheries and At the Borders: Latina Women's Restorative Interventions Through Art and ActivismRebecca M. Berru-Davis, St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota
Section Two: Ethical Connections
Where Ecofeminism Meets Religions: Contributions and ChallengesHeather Eaton, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada
Reconfiguring Economic Sustainability: A Feminist Ethic for Liberty and Justice for All Sharon Welch, Meadville Lombard Theological School (Unitarian Universalist)
Feminist Theological and Ethical Responses to Testimonial InjusticeCandace Y. Jordan, Princeton, PhD candidate
Do Not Pass Me By: A Womanist Reprise and Response to Healthcare's Cultural Dismissal and Erasure of Black Women's PainAnjeanette M. Allen, Chicago Theological Seminary, PhD Student
Section Three: Religious Diversity and Women's Studies in Religion
Constructing Wicca as 'Women's Religion': A By-Product of Feminist Religious ScholarshipMichelle Mueller, Santa Clara University
For All Sentient Beings: The Question of Gender in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist CommunitiesAmy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Occidental College
Introducing Asian Trans Pacific American Feminist TheologyKeun-Joo Christine Pae, Dennison University
"I am the one who will change the direction of the world": A Female Guru's Response to Gender-Motivated Sexual Abuse and Inequality in HinduismAntoinette E. DeNapoli, Texas Christian University
Women in the Jewish Tradition: A Brief Overview of Jewish Feminism in the Last 50 YearsYudit Kornberg Greenberg, Rollins College
Muslimah Theology and Praxis[Zayn Kassam, Pomona College
Homiletical Changes and Preaching Leadership of Women in the Christian Church HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto
Section Four: Challenging and Changing Systemic Gender Injustice
What's Religion Got to Do with Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement?Marie M. Fortune, Faith Trust Institute
Femicide in Global Perspective: A Feminist Critique Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica
Call to Accountability: Women's Studies in Religion Critiques State Culpability to Feminicide through Border Controls and Exclusion from AsylumHelen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica
Doctrine of Discovery: a Mohawk Feminist Response to Colonial Dominion and Violations to Indigenous Lands and WomenDawn Martin-Hill, McMaster University
Women's Religio-Political Witness for Love and JusticeRosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College
Section Five: Future Movement-The Becoming of Women's Studies in Religion
Feminism, Religion, and the Digital WorldGina Messina, Ursuline College
Documenting, Changing, and Reimagining Women's Mosque Spaces OnlineKrista Melanie Riley, Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Minoritized Sexual Identities and the Theo-politics of DemocracyLudger Viefhues-Bailey, LeMoyne College
Spiritual Homelessness and Homemaking: A Nomadic Spirituality for Survivors of Childhood Violence Denise Starkey, The College of St. Scholastica
Hope NowCynthia L. Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Institute
Resources for Clarification, Education and ActionIndex
Contributors
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Edited by Helen T. Boursier
