Religion and Gender Equality around the Baltic Sea: Ideologies, Policies, and Private Lives (Gendering the Study of Religion in the Social Sciences)

Synopsis

This volume aims to rethink the intersections of gender and religion, as well as the secular and religious, in implementing and challenging gender equality at individual, institutional, and societal levels in the regions around the Baltic Sea. Acknowledging the diversity of societies and the significance of socio-historical contexts, the empirical data discussed in this book draw attention to the under-researched region of post-socialist Baltic states. The analyses presented in the chapters are based on fieldwork carried out in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Norway. This volume includes sociological, anthropological, historical, political science, and theological perspectives and covers five broad research areas: a shifting concept of gender equality and its developments in Baltic and Nordic countries; a diversity of developments within religious groups related to issues of gender equality and the negotiation of competing gender ideologies; inter-religious developments and gender equality; the role of religions in the construction of public discourse on gender equality; and religious socialization, focusing on the promotion of religious gender models through socialization and public education.

Copyright:

2025

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ISBN-13:

9781040224724

Related ISBNs:

9781032705385, 9781040224717, 9781032678115

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

11/21/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Milda Ališauskienė, Eglė Aleknaitė and Marianne Bjelland Kartzow

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Milda Ališauskienė

Edited by:

Eglė Aleknaitė

Edited by:

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow