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

Herausgeber: Boursier, Helen T.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook Series
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 979g
• ISBN-13: 9781538154441
• ISBN-10: 1538154447
• Artikelnr.: 60906135

Autorenporträt

Helen T. Boursier is a professor of theology at College of St. Mary and Austin Graduate School of Theology. She is a founding member of Feminist Theology in Religion, an academic research group who publish the Journal of Theological Feminist Research. She has a PhD in Theology and a PhD of Divinity and is an ordained priest.

Inhaltsangabe

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
1. A Work in Progress-Feminist Scholarship Shaping God's Image-Then and Now
Jacqueline J. Lewis, Middle Collegiate Church, New York
2. The Inclusive Language of God and Why It Matters for Women's Studies in
Religion
Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Rollins College
3. Doing Women's Studies in Religion-A Methodology Primer for Moving from the
Classroom into Real Life
Natalie Kertes Weaver, Ursuline College
4. Women's Creative Research Methodologies on the Peripheries and At the
Borders: Latina Women's Restorative Interventions Through Art and Activism
Rebecca M. Berru-Davis, St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota
Section Two: Ethical Connections
5. Where Ecofeminism Meets Religions: Contributions and Challenges
Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada
6. Reconfiguring Economic Sustainability: A Feminist Ethic for Liberty and
Justice for All
Sharon Welch, Meadville Lombard Theological School (Unitarian Universalist)
7. Feminist Theological and Ethical Responses to Testimonial Injustice
Candace Y. Jordan, Princeton, PhD candidate
8. Do Not Pass Me By: A Womanist Reprise and Response to Healthcare's Cultural
Dismissal and Erasure of Black Women's Pain
Anjeanette M. Allen, Chicago Theological Seminary, PhD Student
Section Three: Religious Diversity and Women's Studies in Religion
9. Constructing Wicca as 'Women's Religion': A By-Product of Feminist
Religious Scholarship
Michelle Mueller, Santa Clara University
10. For All Sentient Beings: The Question of Gender in Tibetan and Himalayan
Buddhist Communities
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Occidental College
11. Introducing Asian Trans Pacific American Feminist Theology
Keun-Joo Christine Pae, Dennison University
12. "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 Hinduism
Antoinette E. DeNapoli, Texas Christian University
13. Women in the Jewish Tradition: A Brief Overview of Jewish Feminism in the
Last 50 Years
Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Rollins College
14. Muslimah Theology and Praxis
[Zayn Kassam, Pomona College
15. 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
16. What's Religion Got to Do with Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement?
Marie M. Fortune, Faith Trust Institute
17. Femicide in Global Perspective: A Feminist Critique
Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica
18. Call to Accountability: Women's Studies in Religion Critiques State
Culpability to Feminicide through Border Controls and Exclusion from Asylum
Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica
19. Doctrine of Discovery: a Mohawk Feminist Response to Colonial Dominion and
Violations to Indigenous Lands and Women
Dawn Martin-Hill, McMaster University
20. Women's Religio-Political Witness for Love and Justice
Rosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College
Section Five: Future Movement-The Becoming of Women's Studies in Religion
21. Feminism, Religion, and the Digital World
Gina Messina, Ursuline College
22. Documenting, Changing, and Reimagining Women's Mosque Spaces Online
Krista Melanie Riley, Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
23. Minoritized Sexual Identities and the Theo-politics of Democracy
Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, LeMoyne College
24. Spiritual Homelessness and Homemaking: A Nomadic Spirituality for Survivors
of Childhood Violence
Denise Starkey, The College of St. Scholastica
25. Hope Now
Cynthia L. Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Institute
26. Resources for Clarification, Education and Action
Index
Contributors