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Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality (Hardcover)
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Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality (Hardcover)
Series: Gender, Theology and Spirituality
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Shame strikes at the heart of human individuals rupturing
relationships, extinguishing joy and, at times, provoking conflict
and violence. This book explores the idea that shame has
historically been, and continues to be, used by an oftentimes
patriarchal Christian Church as a mechanism to control and regulate
female sexuality and to displace men's ambivalence about sex. Using
a study of Ireland's Magdalen laundries as a historical example,
contemporary feminist theological and theoretical scholarship are
utilised to examine why the Church as an institution has routinely
colluded with the shaming of individuals, and moreover why women
are consistently and overtly shamed on account of, and indeed take
the blame for, sex. In addition, the text asks whether the
avoidance of shame is in fact functional in men's efforts to adhere
to patriarchal gender norms and religious ideals, and whether women
end up paying the price for the maintenance of this system. This
book is a fresh take on the issue of shame and gender in the
context of religious belief and practice. As such it will be of
significant interest to academics in the fields of Religious
Studies, but also History, Psychology and Gender Studies.
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