The series invites proposals for books that address the entanglements of religion and gender from a diversity of social scientific perspectives, based on contemporary empirical research on a variety of religious and spiritual manifestations and dynamics in religious contexts. Religion everywhere concerns itself with gender, often upholding and inscribing gender differences. Some feminists have argued that religion is inherently patriarchal and oppressive. At the same time, very often religion is dominated at least numerically by women and social scientists have emphasized the empowering effects that religious experiences can have for women.
The nexus of religion, gender and society raises many interesting questions. How do religious and spiritual practitioners negotiate gender, ethnicity and class in their everyday lives, political projects and spiritual practices? How do they create alternative ways of being and acting in the world? How do they attempt to transform the structures and processes that shape our social and cultural worlds? This series intends to be a platform for research that addresses these kinds of questions. Contributions may come from a variety of disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, religious studies, gender studies, political sciences, history, geography and psychology. We welcome monographs and edited volumes that adopt a gender lens to explore religion using qualitative or mixed methods, investigating also the intersections of ethnicity, class, LGBTQ rights and other relevant topics.
SERIES EDITORS
Anna Fedele, CRIA - Lisbon University Institute
Kim Knibbe, University of Groningen
Kristin Aune, Coventry University
Laurel Zwissler, Central Michigan University
Co-founder: Mia Lövheim, Uppsala University
To discuss a book proposal, please contact the series editors:
Editorial Board:
Alberta Giorgi (University of Bergamo)
Andrea Peto (Central European University)
Anna Clot (University of Barcelona)
Dorota Hall (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Jelle Wiering (University of Groningen)
Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (Coventry University)
Syed Adnan Hussein (St. Mary's University in Haliax, Canada)
Edited
By Sarah-Jane Page, Katy Pilcher
August 01, 2022
Taking the notion of embodiment as a starting point, this volume maps the interconnecting relationships between religion, gender and sexuality. The chapters highlight how the body – its location, the narratives that surround it, its movement and negotiations – is central to understanding these ...
Edited
By Anna Fedele, Kim E. Knibbe
June 03, 2020
Secular Societies, Spiritual Selves? is the first volume to address the gendered intersections of religion, spirituality and the secular through an ethnographic approach. The book examines how ‘spirituality’ has emerged as a relatively ‘silent’ category with which people often signal that they are...
