Title: Gender, religion, and education in a chaotic postmodern world /
Authors: Gross, Zehavit.; Davies, Lynn.; Diab, Al-Khansaa
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer,
Physical description: vii, 392 pages : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: The immense changes that the world is undergoing in terms of globalization and migration of peoples have had a profound effect on cultures and identities. The question is whether this means shifts in religious identities for women and men in different contexts, whether such shifts are seen as beneficial, negative or insufficient, or whether social change actually means new conservatisms or even fundamentalisms. Surrounding these questions is the role of education is in any change or new contradiction. This unique book enhances an interdisciplinary discourse about the complex intersections between gender, religion and education in the contemporary world. Literature in the social sciences and humanities have expanded our understanding of women's involvement in almost every aspect of life, yet the combined religious/educational aspect is still an under-studied and often under-theorized field of research. How people experience their religious identity in a new context or country is also a theme now needing more complex attention. Questions of the body, visibility and invisibility are receiving new treatments. This book fills these gaps. The book provides a strong comparative perspective, with 15 countries or contexts represented. The context of education and learning covers schools, higher education, non-formal education, religious institutions, adult literacy, curriculum and textbooks. Overall, the book reveals a great complexity and often contradiction in modern negotiations of religion and secularism by girls and boys, women and men, and a range of possibilities for change. It provides a theoretical and practical resource for researchers, religious and educational institutions, policy makers and teachers.
Contents: The contested role of education, religion and gender -- Gender, Religion, and the Work of Homeschooling / Michael W. Apple -- Women's Theologies, Women's Pedagogies: Globalization, Education, and Liberation in Nicaragua / Lauren Ila Jones -- Gender, Buddhism and Education: Dhamma and Social Transformation Within the Theravada Tradition / Caroline Starkey, Emma Tomalin -- Shakti as a Liberatory and Educative Force for Hindu Women / Reva Joshee, Karen Sihra -- Shame and Borders: The 'Aisyiyah's Struggle for Muslim Women's Education in Indonesia / Tutin Aryanti -- The Role of Silencing Among Religious Girls in Jewish, Christian-Arab, Muslim, and Bedouin Schools in Israel / Zehavit Gross -- Religious education and the study of religion -- Gendering Religious Studies: Reconstructing Religion and Gender Studies in Japan / Noriko Kawahashi, Kayoko Komatsu, Masako Kuroki -- The Implications of the Feminization of Theology: Deconstructing Sacred Texts as an Educational Issue / Tamar Ross -- Religious Education Beyond Multireligious Instruction: Pupils' and Students' Reactions to Religious Education in a Context of Diversity / Ina ter Avest -- "Holiness Class": "Constructing a Constructive Woman" in a Zionist Religious Ulpana / Tamar Rapoport -- Migration and identity -- Recovering the Voice of Women in Islam: Lessons for Educators and Others / Terence Lovat, Ibtihal Samarayi, Belinda Green -- Germany, Islam, and Education: Unveiling the Contested Meaning(s) of the Headscarf / Katie Sandford-Gaebel -- Palestinian-Educated Women: Between Religion and Society / Al-Khansaa Diab, Ruba Daas -- Defying Religion or Changing Through Religion? Shifting Concepts of Religion, Culture, and Self / Naomi Weiner-Levy -- Islam, Education, and Gender: Discourses and Practices Among Pakistani Diaspora in the UK / Saeeda Shah -- Sexuality, masculinity, the body and gendered space -- The Role of Islam in the Lives of Girls and Women in Physical Education and Sport / Tansin Benn, Haifaa Jawad, Yousra Al-Sinani -- Homophobic Bullying in Catholic High Schools: Five US Studies in Heterosexism, Authority, Masculinity, and Religion / Michael J. Maher -- Teenage Boys and Life Experience: Towards a Theory of Spirituality and Religiosity / Kath Engebretson -- Embodying the Veil: Muslim Women and Gendered Islamophobia in 'New Times' / Heidi Safia Mirza -- Rights, equality, secularism -- Learning Through Living: Intersections of Religion and Gender / Mary Ann Maslak -- A World Beyond the Veil: Pursuing Gender Equality in Pakistan / Filomena Critelli -- Fundamentalist Religion and Gender: The Case for an Inclusive Secular Education / Lynn Davies -- Conclusion: Intersections and Drivers of Change in Gender, Religion and Education / Lynn Davies.
Subject headings (LCSH): Church and education.; Education--Religious aspects.; Education--Social aspects; Postmodernism--Cross-cultural studies.; Religion and sociology; Religious education--Cross-cultural studies.; Sexism in religion--Cross-cultural studies.; Social change--Religious aspects; Women--Education--Cross-cultural studies.; Women--Religious life--Cross-cultural studies.