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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453859503321

Titolo

Gender, religion and diversity [[electronic resource] ] : cross-cultural perspectives / / edited by Ursula King and Tina Beattie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [England] ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2005

ISBN

1-281-78419-2

9786611784195

0-8264-2330-2

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KingUrsula

BeattieTina <1955->

Disciplina

200.82

201.7

Soggetti

Women and religion

Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors and Editors; Preface and Acknowledgements; General Introduction: Gender-Critical Turns in the Study of Religion; I. Theoretical Perspectives; II. Historical and Textual Perspectives; III. Cultural and Contextual Perspectives; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gender, Religion and Diversity provides an introduction to some of the most challenging perspectives in the contemporary study of gender and religion. In recent years, women's and gender studies have transformed the international study of religion through the use of interdisciplinary and cross-cultural methodologies, which have opened up new and highly controversial issues, challenging previous paradigms and creating fresh fields of study. As this book shows, gender studies in religion raises new and difficult questions about the gendered nature of religious phenomena, the relationship between