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This book sheds an interdisciplinary light on 'transforming
bodies': bodies that have been subjected to, contributed to, or
have resisted social transformations within religious or secular
contexts in contemporary Europe. It explores the intersections of
race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and religion that underpin
embodied transformations. Using post-secularist, postcolonial and
gender/queer perspectives, it aims to gain a better understanding
of the orchestrations and effects of larger social transitions
related to religion. This volume is the outcome of the intensive
collaboration of the authors, who for years have been meeting
regularly in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to discuss themes related to
religion and 'the challenge of difference', with an added afterword
by Prof. Pamela Klassen from the University of Toronto. The book is
divided in three subsections that focus on particular types of
embodiment: body politics in governmental and NGO organisations;
the role of the body in literary and/or autobiographical
narratives; and ethnographic case studies of bodies in daily life.
Doing so, it provides an innovative exploration of contemporary
religion and the body. It will, therefore, be of great interest to
scholars of Religious Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies,
Post-Colonial Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Theology, and
Philosophy.
This book sheds an interdisciplinary light on 'transforming
bodies': bodies that have been subjected to, contributed to, or
have resisted social transformations within religious or secular
contexts in contemporary Europe. It explores the intersections of
race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and religion that underpin
embodied transformations. Using post-secularist, postcolonial and
gender/queer perspectives, it aims to gain a better understanding
of the orchestrations and effects of larger social transitions
related to religion. This volume is the outcome of the intensive
collaboration of the authors, who for years have been meeting
regularly in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to discuss themes related to
religion and 'the challenge of difference', with an added afterword
by Prof. Pamela Klassen from the University of Toronto. The book is
divided in three subsections that focus on particular types of
embodiment: body politics in governmental and NGO organisations;
the role of the body in literary and/or autobiographical
narratives; and ethnographic case studies of bodies in daily life.
Doing so, it provides an innovative exploration of contemporary
religion and the body. It will, therefore, be of great interest to
scholars of Religious Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies,
Post-Colonial Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Theology, and
Philosophy.
This volume addresses three things many people do not discuss
candidly with strangers or mere acquaintances: God, sex, and
politics. These can easily become topics of fierce debate,
particularly when taken together, as has been the case with
same-sex marriage legislation, the Vatican's criticism of "gender
ideology," or the repeatedly asserted claim that Islam,
homosexuality, and gender equality are essentially incompatible.
This volume investigates what is at stake in these constructions of
religion and homosexuality in public discourses. Starting with the
Netherlands as a special case study, it proceeds with contributions
on other predominantly postsecular countries in central, northern,
and southern Europe as well as several postcommunist and
postcolonial countries "beyond Europe." Combining contemporary and
historical perspectives and approaches from both the humanities and
the social sciences, the contributors explore how national and
European identities are constructed and contested in debates on
religion and homosexuality. Chapter 2 and Chapter 8 of this book
are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at
link.springer.com.
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