Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World

✍ Scribed by Zehavit Gross (auth.), Zehavit Gross, Lynn Davies, Al-Khansaa Diab (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 381
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The immense changes that the world is undergoing in terms of globalization and migration of peoples have had a profound effect on cultures and identities. The question is whether this means shifts in religious identities for women and men in different contexts, whether such shifts are seen as beneficial, negative or insufficient, or whether social change actually means new conservatisms or even fundamentalisms. Surrounding these questions is the role of education is in any change or new contradiction. This unique book enhances an interdisciplinary discourse about the complex intersections between gender, religion and education in the contemporary world.

Literature in the social sciences and humanities have expanded our understanding of women’s involvement in almost every aspect of life, yet the combined religious/educational aspect is still an under-studied and often under-theorized field of research. How people experience their religious identity in a new context or country is also a theme now needing more complex attention. Questions of the body, visibility and invisibility are receiving new treatments. This book fills these gaps.

The book provides a strong comparative perspective, with 15 countries or contexts represented. The context of education and learning covers schools, higher education, non-formal education, religious institutions, adult literacy, curriculum and textbooks.

Overall, the book reveals a great complexity and often contradiction in modern negotiations of religion and secularism by girls and boys, women and men, and a range of possibilities for change. It provides a theoretical and practical resource for researchers, religious and educational institutions, policy makers and teachers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction: Challenging Patriarchy: New Advances in Researching Religious Feminism and Religious Education....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Gender, Religion, and the Work of Homeschooling....Pages 21-39
Women’s Theologies, Women’s Pedagogies: Globalization, Education, and Liberation in Nicaragua....Pages 41-53
Gender, Buddhism and Education: Dhamma and Social Transformation Within the Theravada Tradition....Pages 55-71
Shakti as a Liberatory and Educative Force for Hindu Women....Pages 73-82
Shame and Borders: The ‘Aisyiyah’s Struggle for Muslim Women’s Education in Indonesia....Pages 83-92
The Role of Silencing Among Religious Girls in Jewish, Christian-Arab, Muslim, and Bedouin Schools in Israel....Pages 93-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Gendering Religious Studies: Reconstructing Religion and Gender Studies in Japan....Pages 111-123
The Implications of the Feminization of Theology: Deconstructing Sacred Texts as an Educational Issue....Pages 125-136
Religious Education Beyond Multireligious Instruction: Pupils’ and Students’ Reactions to Religious Education in a Context of Diversity....Pages 137-149
“Holiness Class”: “Constructing a Constructive Woman” in a Zionist Religious Ulpana ....Pages 151-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Recovering the Voice of Women in Islam: Lessons for Educators and Others....Pages 173-184
Germany, Islam, and Education: Unveiling the Contested Meaning(s) of the Headscarf....Pages 185-197
Palestinian-Educated Women: Between Religion and Society....Pages 199-219
Defying Religion or Changing Through Religion? Shifting Concepts of Religion, Culture, and Self....Pages 221-240
Islam, Education, and Gender: Discourses and Practices Among Pakistani Diaspora in the UK....Pages 241-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
The Role of Islam in the Lives of Girls and Women in Physical Education and Sport....Pages 255-270
Homophobic Bullying in Catholic High Schools: Five US Studies in Heterosexism, Authority, Masculinity, and Religion....Pages 271-284
Teenage Boys and Life Experience: Towards a Theory of Spirituality and Religiosity....Pages 285-301
Embodying the Veil: Muslim Women and Gendered Islamophobia in ‘New Times’....Pages 303-316
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Learning Through Living: Intersections of Religion and Gender....Pages 319-329
A World Beyond the Veil: Pursuing Gender Equality in Pakistan....Pages 331-338
Fundamentalist Religion and Gender: The Case for an Inclusive Secular Education....Pages 339-359
Conclusion: Intersections and Drivers of Change in Gender, Religion and Education....Pages 361-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-392

✦ Subjects

Religion and Education; International and Comparative Education; Sociology of Education; Teaching and Teacher Education; Higher Education