Religion, Gender and Citizenship: Women of Faith, Gender Equality and Feminism
β Scribed by Line Nyhagen, Beatrice Halsaa (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 282
- Series
- Citizenship, Gender and Diversity
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Christian and Muslim Women in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom Talk about Faith, Citizenship, Gender and Feminism....Pages 1-29
Towards Lived Religion and Lived Citizenship: Binaries and Complexities in the Study of Religion, Gender, Feminism and Citizenship....Pages 30-69
Religious Identities and Meaning-making....Pages 70-113
Religion and Citizenship as Lived Practice: Intersections of Faith, Gender, Participation and Belonging....Pages 114-152
Religious Women and Gender Equality....Pages 153-185
Religious Women, Womenβs Movements and Feminism....Pages 186-212
Faithful Women: Lived Religion and Citizenship, Gender Equality and Feminism....Pages 213-224
Back Matter....Pages 225-271
β¦ Subjects
Gender Studies; Sociology of Religion; Ethnicity Studies; Sociology, general; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Social Aspects of Religion
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