Women and Religion: Contemporary and Future Challenges in the Global Era
Elisabetta Ruspini, Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, and Consuelo Corradi
Abstract
This book provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women's identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women's changes to religion in different parts of the world and among different religious traditions and practices. The chapters address a diverse range of themes and issues including the attitudes of diffe ... More
This book provides interdisciplinary, global, and multi-religious perspectives on the relationship between women's identities, religion, and social change in the contemporary world. The book discusses the experiences and positions of women, and particular groups of women, to understand patterns of religiosity and religious change. It also addresses the current and future challenges posed by women's changes to religion in different parts of the world and among different religious traditions and practices. The chapters address a diverse range of themes and issues including the attitudes of different religions to gender equality; how women construct their identity through religious activity; whether women have opportunity to influence religious doctrine; and the impact of migration on the religious lives of both women and men.
Keywords:
women's identities,
religion,
social change,
religiosity,
religious change,
gender equality,
identity,
religious activity,
religious doctrine
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781447336358 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2019 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447336358.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Elisabetta Ruspini, editor
University of Milano-Bicocca
Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, editor
University of Lethbridge
Consuelo Corradi, editor
Lumsa University
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