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Comprised of fourteen original chapters from a team of esteemed
contributors. Covers multiple religious and cultural contexts,
including Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist contexts as well
as newer spiritual movements. Blending case studies with empirical
research, this book will be an outstanding resource to theologians
and researchers interested in Practical Theology, Gender Studies,
Sociology of Religion, and Anthropology.
The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical
deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken
out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current
literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain
and beyond. Reading Spiritualities presents both commentary and
vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of
reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that
extend the notion of 'text' itself. The contributors draw on a
range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature,
drama and jazz, women's writings, emerging church blogs, Neopagan
websites, the reading practices of Buddhist nuns, empirical studies
on the reading experiences of Gujarati, Christian and
post-Christian women, Chicana short stories, the mosque, cinema,
modern art and literature. These examples open up understandings of
where and how 'sacred texts' are emerging and being reassessed
within contemporary religious and spiritual contexts; and make room
for readings where the spiritual resides not only in the textual,
but in other unexpected places. Reading Spiritualities includes
contributions from Graham Holderness, Ursula King, Michael N.
Jagessar, David Jasper, Anthony G. Reddie, Michele Roberts, and
Heather Walton to reflect and encourage the interdisciplinary study
of sacred text in the broad arena of the arts and social sciences.
It offers a unique and well-focused 'snapshot' of the textual
constructions and representations of the sacred within the
contemporary religious climate - accessible to the general reader,
as well as more specialist interests of students and researchers
working in the crossover fields of religious, theological, cultural
and literary studies.
Presenting cutting edge research on how religion can confront and
obscure social inequalities in everyday life, Religion, Equalities
and Inequalities argues that when religion is left out of social
scientific analyses, it can result in incomplete analyses that
conceal pathways to social inclusion and exclusion. Bringing
together an international and interdisciplinary group of
contributors who operate at the vanguard of theoretical and
empirical work on how social structures of power, institutions and
bodies can generate equalities and inequalities in religion, the
collection shows how religion can enable and challenge the
inequities that affect people's everyday lives. Academics and
students of religious studies, sociology, politics and social
policy will all find this book offers useful insights into the
relationship between religion and contemporary culture.
The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical
deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken
out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current
literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain
and beyond. Reading Spiritualities presents both commentary and
vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of
reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that
extend the notion of 'text' itself. The contributors draw on a
range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature,
drama and jazz, women's writings, emerging church blogs, Neopagan
websites, the reading practices of Buddhist nuns, empirical studies
on the reading experiences of Gujarati, Christian and
post-Christian women, Chicana short stories, the mosque, cinema,
modern art and literature. These examples open up understandings of
where and how 'sacred texts' are emerging and being reassessed
within contemporary religious and spiritual contexts; and make room
for readings where the spiritual resides not only in the textual,
but in other unexpected places. Reading Spiritualities includes
contributions from Graham Holderness, Ursula King, Michael N.
Jagessar, David Jasper, Anthony G. Reddie, Michele Roberts, and
Heather Walton to reflect and encourage the interdisciplinary study
of sacred text in the broad arena of the arts and social sciences.
It offers a unique and well-focused 'snapshot' of the textual
constructions and representations of the sacred within the
contemporary religious climate - accessible to the general reader,
as well as more specialist interests of students and researchers
working in the crossover fields of religious, theological, cultural
and literary studies.
Through original interviews and research, Llewellyn uses
spirituality to uncover new commonalities between the second and
third feminist waves, and sacred and secular experiences. Her
lively approach highlights the importance of reading cultures in
feminist studies, connecting women's voices across generations,
literary practices, and religions.
Presenting cutting edge research on how religion can confront and
obscure social inequalities in everyday life, Religion, Equalities
and Inequalities argues that when religion is left out of social
scientific analyses, it can result in incomplete analyses that
conceal pathways to social inclusion and exclusion. Bringing
together an international and interdisciplinary group of
contributors who operate at the vanguard of theoretical and
empirical work on how social structures of power, institutions and
bodies can generate equalities and inequalities in religion, the
collection shows how religion can enable and challenge the
inequities that affect people's everyday lives. Academics and
students of religious studies, sociology, politics and social
policy will all find this book offers useful insights into the
relationship between religion and contemporary culture.
Many of the available resources for teaching courses on feminist
spirituality either come from the 1980s to 1990s or are written by
the same authors as those earlier texts, thus showing us a
progression of spiritual beliefs and practices of 'second-wave'
feminists. This is useful, but when addressing this topic with
university students it is also important to show the ways in which
spirituality has been rethought by 'third-wave' feminists. This
rethinking can be found in various small circulation 'zines, but
these are not always accessible to a wide audience. This anthology
addresses the experiences of third-wave feminists in the
construction and reformulation of spirituality. It examines the
experiences of young feminists and others who have been influenced
by second-wave feminist spirituality and engaged in developing and
critiquing themes of Goddess religion, queer theory, protest
movements, and popular culture.
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