Feminism Sexuality And The Return Of Religion

Author : Linda Martín Alcoff
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253223040
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion written by Linda Martín Alcoff and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminist theory and reflections on sexuality and gender rarely make contact with contemporary continental philosophy of religion. Where they all come together, creative and transformative thinking occurs. In Feminism, Sexuality, and the Return of Religion, internationally recognized scholars tackle complicated questions provoked by the often stormy intersection of these powerful forces. The essays in this book break down barriers as they extend the richness of each philosophical tradition. They discuss topics such as queer sexuality and religion, feminism and the gift, feminism and religious reform, and religion and diversity. The contributors are Hélène Cixous, Sarah Coakley, Kelly Brown Douglas, Mark D. Jordan, Catherine Keller, Saba Mahmood, and Gianni Vattimo.

Author : Linda Hurcombe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317590287
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex and God (RLE Women and Religion) written by Linda Hurcombe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories, essays and poems by women examine the connections feminists are making between sex and God. The women write from very different perspectives, cutting across the spectrum of feminist writing about sexuality and spirituality within the Judeo-Christian tradition. Some writers, though critical, are determined to retain their radicality in the very teeth of patriarchy by remaining within the traditional forms of faith. Others – impatient, suggests the editor, with the ‘great inseminator in the sky’ – have moved on to what might be described as a post-patriarchal spirituality. Contributions indicate the exciting spiritual journeys women are currently making and focus on the following areas: monogamy and promiscuity; sex, politics and spirituality; childbirth; sex and healing in dying; feminist sexual psychology; lesbian identity; and feminist ‘embodied’ theology. The recent and continuing debate about women priests in the Anglican church uneasily echoes the rumblings of change at a fundamental level in the relationship between women and religion. This book, with its reflections on both the politics of Christian feminism and the more widespread expression of women’s spirituality, makes an important contribution to that change. First published in 1987.

Author : Linell E. Cady
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231162480
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion, the Secular, and the Politics of Sexual Difference written by Linell E. Cady and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global struggles over women’s roles, rights, and dress have taken center stage in a drama that casts the secular and the religious in tense if not violent opposition. Advocates for equality speak of the issue in terms of rights and modern progress while reactionaries ground their authority in religious and scriptural appeals. Both sides presume women’s emancipation is tied to secularization. This volume upsets these certainties by blending diverse voices and traditions, both secular and religious, in studies historicizing, questioning, and testing the implicit links between secularism and expanded freedoms for women. Rather than treat secularism as the answer to conflicts over gender and sexuality, these essays show how it structures the conditions generating them.

Author : Naomi R. Goldenberg
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resurrecting the Body written by Naomi R. Goldenberg and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asserting that the reverse of the biblical text "And the Word was made flesh" is true, that it is in and through the flesh that every philosophy, every discourse, is born, Goldenberg explores her own divided identity as feminist, atheist, and Jew. "Through a series of insightful, passionate, and sometimes humorous essays, Goldenberg examines the way (feminism and psychoanalysis) interact with, contradict, and deepen one another".--Hypathia.

Author : Lisa Isherwood
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814737684
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good News of the Body written by Lisa Isherwood and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God has assumed a significant role in the sex lives of believers. It is God who decrees which types of sexual expression are permitted, and which forbidden. Through the Church, a patriarchal sexual landscape has been enacted to control sexual bodies which exerts its influence even in our secular culture. The Good News of the Body is a wide-ranging anthology on feminist sexual theology. Noting that Jesus, while being declared divine, took human form, the volume questions what happens when the flesh, rather than the Word, is placed at the center of theological reflection. What happens when women's bodies form the incarnational starting point for sexual politics and theology? Contributors, including Rosemary Ruether, Mary Hunt, and Melissa Raphael, examine such topics as the possibility of a Roman Catholic approach to sexuality bringing together the three aspects of Christian love of eros, philia, and agape; Jewish sexual and mystical teaching; the de-sexing of the disabled; erotic celibacy; human sexuality and the concept of the goddess; and the sometimes surprisingly similar conclusions about contraception reached by feminists and popes.

Author : Linda Hurcombe
Publisher : Routledge Library Editions: Women and Religion
ISBN 13 : 9781138821156
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex and God written by Linda Hurcombe and published by Routledge Library Editions: Women and Religion. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories, essays and poems by women examine the connections feminists are making between sex and God. The women write from very different perspectives, cutting across the spectrum of feminist writing about sexuality and spirituality within the Judeo-Christian tradition. Some writers, though critical, are determined to retain their radicality in the very teeth of patriarchy by remaining within the traditional forms of faith. Others ¿ impatient, suggests the editor, with the ¿great inseminator in the sky¿ ¿ have moved on to what might be described as a post-patriarchal spirituality. Contributions indicate the exciting spiritual journeys women are currently making and focus on the following areas: monogamy and promiscuity; sex, politics and spirituality; childbirth; sex and healing in dying; feminist sexual psychology; lesbian identity; and feminist ¿embodied¿ theology. The recent and continuing debate about women priests in the Anglican church uneasily echoes the rumblings of change at a fundamental level in the relationship between women and religion. This book, with its reflections on both the politics of Christian feminism and the more widespread expression of women¿s spirituality, makes an important contribution to that change. First published in 1987.

Author : Loreen Maseno
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532697570
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women within Religions written by Loreen Maseno and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are the majority in almost every cultural or social group. However, their roles vary in various cultures, religions, and traditions. In some cultures and religions, they are highly honored, while in others they are neglected, oppressed, and segregated. This book examines women’s role in a few selected world religions, namely Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It also surveys the concept of patriarchy and the various theoretical perspectives surrounding it. Eventually, this book discusses the concept of ecofeminism and how feminists perceive of the relationship between nature and the oppression of women. The book grapples with the question, “In what way do world religions perceive of women and their role in their teachings and traditions?” This book is important for students and teachers of gender studies, African theology, and Christian theology as a whole.

Author : Nancy Nason-Clark
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759101982
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feminist Narratives and the Sociology of Religion written by Nancy Nason-Clark and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2001 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 14 essays, US and Canadian sociologists of religion cultivate the growing gender and feminist consciousness in their profession, and challenge established scholars and graduate students to be cognizant of it. They combine biography and scholarly pursuits, academic rigor and personal passion. There is no index. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Darlene Juschka
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826447272
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feminism in the Study of Religion written by Darlene Juschka and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-08-02 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by feminist scholars over a period of nearly thirty years, the selected readings are wide-ranging in content, offer a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural perspective, and reflect the work of scholars working within religious studies as well as other disciplines.The introductory essays link the sections and are packed with useful information on resources, issues, and the current debates. The book illustrates how debates about feminism within the study of religions have been impacted by broader theoretical discussions and provides evidence that feminist scholars working on religion have made their own contribution to feminist theory.

Author : Patricia Beattie Jung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Good Sex written by Patricia Beattie Jung and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of religion, women's studies, or both from a wide range of cultures explore what feminists have to contribute to the understanding and embodiment of good sex in a globalized world. Some of the essays have been published previously. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR