Religion, gender, and the public sphere /
Reilly, Niamh.
Scriver, Stacey.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Religion, Gender, and the Public Sphere: Mapping the Terrain / Niamh Reilly. Section I Identity, Religion, Migration, and Muliculture. Introduction / Stacey Scriver -- Cultural Agency, Critical Agency: Multicultural Feminist Perspectives / Sawitri Saharso -- Religion and Gender in Contemporary Political Projects of Belonging / Nira Yuval-Davis -- Gendering Religious Capital: A Case Study of Female Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong / Sam Wong -- Gendering Religious Authority in the Diaspora: Shii Women in Ireland / Yafa Shanneik -- Section II. Contesting Religious Subjectivities. Introduction / Ellis Ward -- The End of "Woman" and the Ends of Women: A Reflection on Women's Rights in the Context of Catholicism and the Abortion Debate / Tina Beattie -- Contesting Subjectivities: Feminist Hermeneutics of Sikh Scripture / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- The Gendered Politics of Religious Intimacies / Stephanie Y. Mitchem -- Gender, Buddhism, and the Bhikkhuni Ordination: Transnational Strategies for the Feminist Transformation of Religion in the 21st Century / Emma Tomalin -- Rebellious Bodies and Disordered Desires: The Challenge of Transsexuality to Influential Christian Theologies of Creation / Duncan Dormor -- Section III. Religion, Law, and Human Rights. Introduction / Niamh Reilly -- Safeguarding Religious Freedom and Gender Equality: The Case For and Against Uniform European Human Rights Standards / Titia Loenen -- Strengthening Women's Rights in Contexts of Legal Pluralism: The Example of Mahr (Dower) Practices by Pakistani Muslims in Denmark / Rubya Mehdi -- Regulating Women's Bodies in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights / Esra Demir Gursel -- Guardianship in Marriage: Gender and Islamic Law in Palestine / Fadwa Al-Labadi -- The Right to Freedom of Religion: Equal Right or Male Right? / Alison Stuart -- Section IV. Religion, States, and Civil Society. Introduction / Rachel Pokora -- Contentious Encounters: A Comparison of Developments in the Contemporary Indian and Pakistani Women's Movements' Relationships with Islam / Nida Kirmani -- Feminist Politics and the Governance of Migrant Integration through Religious Organizations / Breda Gray -- Defending Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Poland: A Pro-Choice Catholic Perspective / Anka Grzywacz -- Religious Persecution in Eritrea and the Role of the European Union in Tackling the Challenge / Daniel R. Mekonnen and Mirjam Van Reisen -- Section V. Researching Religion, Constructing Knowledge: Theoretical Revisions and Methodological Challenges. Introduction / Stacey Scriver -- Demythologizing Gender and Religion within Nation-States: Toward a Politics of Disbelief / Naomi R. Goldenberg -- From Fraternite to Mixite: Notes on How Gender Matters to the Secular / Sarah Bracre -- Exploring Religion, Sexuality, and Identity in Context: Reflections on Sociological Perspectives / Vesna Malesevic -- Conclusion: Gender Justice and the "Postsecular" Public Sphere: Toward Nonoppressive Reconfigurations / Niamh Reilly and Stacey Scriver.
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Women and religion.
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