Feminism and religion in the 21st century
Subtitle: technology, dialogue, and expanding borders
By: edited by Gina Messina-Dysert and Rosemary Ruether
Edition: 1 [edition].
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780415831932; 9780203509326
Subjects: Social media; Feminism and science; Kvinnor och teknik; Women in technology; Sociala medier; Religious aspects; Women and religion; Religion; Kvinnor och religion; Feminismus; Feminism; Sexuality & Gender Studies; Teknik; Neue Medien; RELIGION; Religiösa aspekter; Technology
Other titles: Feminism and religion in the Twenty First Century
Description: This anthology of brand new essays will explore the new directions of conversations occurring in relation to feminism and religion, as well as the technological modes being utilized to continue dialogue, expand borders, and create new frontiers in feminism. It is a cross generational project bringing together the voices of foremothers with those of the twenty-first century generation of feminist scholars to discuss the changing direction of feminism and religion, new methods of dialogue, and the benefits for society overall. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: #Fem religionsFuture: the New Feminist Revolution in religion / Gina Messina-Dysert; title: Blogging as religious feminnist activism: ministry to, through, with and from / Monica A. Coleman with C. Yvonne Augustine; title: Mormon Feminist blogs and heavenly mother: spaces for ambivalence and innovation in practice and theology / Caroline Kline; title: Being undone by the other: feminisms, blogs, and critique / Xochitl Alvizo; title: The Catholic Church and social media: embracing [fighting] a feminist ideological theo-ethical discourse and discursive activism / Michele Stopera Freyhauf; title: From typewrites to social networking: a feminist organization's techno history / Mary E. Hunt; title: Television, social networking, and cultural criticism: alternative methodologies for feminist scholarship / Elise M. Edwards; title: Finding ancestor connection via the internet / Carol P. Christ; title: Private space, public forum: a netnographic exploraiton of muslim american women, access, and agency in "islamic" cyberspace / Kristina Benson; title: Faith from nowhere: feminist ecclesiological reflections on the "liquid catholicism" of new media / Brett C. Hoover; title: From telephone to live broadcast: becoming a brick-and-mortar synagogue without walls / Bracha Yael; title: Creating "open-source" community: just hospitality or cyberspace ivory tower? / Kate M. Ott; title: The morman "ordain women" movement: the virtue of virtual activism / Margaret M. Toscano; title: Experimenting with feminist pedagogy and technology in the classroom / Grace Yia-Hei Kao; title: Inter-cedent bodies: a study of cyborgs, relational theo/alogy, and multiple embodiment in 21st-century gaming / Sara M. Frykenberg; title: Broken body, virtual body: cyberfeminism and the changing goddess / Rachel Wagner and Sarah Scott.