Transforming Bodies and Religions: Powers and Agencies in Europe (Routledge Critical Studies in Religion, Gender and Sexuality)

By: Mariecke Van Den Berg and Lieke Schrijvers and Jelle Wiering and Anne-Marie Korte

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 230 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000195811
Related ISBNs:: 9780367559670, 9780367407285, 9780367808754
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/02/20
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Mariecke van den Berg, Lieke L. Schrijvers, Jelle O. Wiering, and Anne-Marie Korte
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Mariecke van den Berg
Edited by:: Lieke Schrijvers
Edited by:: Jelle Wiering
Edited by:: Anne-Marie Korte