Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World

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 benef...

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Other Authors: Gross, Zehavit (Editor), Davies, Lynn (Editor), Diab, Al-Khansaa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Challenging Patriarchy: New Advances in Researching Religious Feminism and Religious Education
  • Section I: The Contested Role of Education, Religion and Gender
  • 1. Gender, Religion and the Work of Home Schooling
  • 2. Women’s Theologies, Women’s Pedagogies: Globalisation, Education and Liberation in Nicaragua
  • 3. Gender, Buddhism and Education: Dhamma and Social Transformation within the Thervada Tradition
  • 4. Shakti as a Liberatory and Education Force for Hindu Women
  • 5. Shame and Borders: The ‘Aisyiyah’s Struggle for Muslim Women’s Education in Indonesia
  • 6. The Role of Silencing among Religious Girls in Jewish, Christian-Arab, Muslim and Bedouin Schools in Israel
  • Section II.  Religious Education and the Study of Religion
  • 7.  Gendering Religion Studies: Reconstructing Religion and Gender Studies in Japan
  • 8. The Implications of the Feminization of Theology: Reconstructing Sacred Texts as an Educational Issue
  • 17.  Homophobic Bullying in Catholic High Schools: Five US Studies in Heterosexism, Authority, Masculinity and Religion
  • 18. Teenage Boys and Life Experiences: towards a Theory of Spirituality and Religiosity
  • 19. Embodying the Veil: Muslim Women and Gendered Islamophobia in ‘New Times’
  • Section V:  Rights, Equality, Secularism
  • 20. Learning through Living: Intersections of Religion and Gender
  • 21. A World beyond the Veil: Pursuing Gender Equality in Pakistan
  • 22. Fundamentalist Religion and Gender: the Case for an Inclusive Secular Education
  • Conclusion: Intersections and Drivers of Change in Gender, Religion and Education
  • Index
  • 9. Religious Education beyond Multireligious Instruction: Pupils and Students’ Reactions to Religions Education in a Context of Diversity
  • 10.  ‘Holiness Class: ‘Constructing a Constructive Woman’ in a Zionist Religion Ulpana
  • Section III:  Migration and Identity
  • 11. Recovering the Voice of Women in Islam: Lessons for Educators and Others
  • 12. Germany, Islam and Education: Unveiling the Contested Meaning(s) of the Headscarf
  • 13. Palestinian Educated Women: Between Religion and Society
  • 14. Defying Religion or Changing through Religion? Shifting Concepts of Religion, Culture and Self for Druze Women Students
  • 15. Islam, Education and Gender: Discourses and Practices among Pakistani Diaspora in the UK
  • Section IV: Sexuality, Masculinity, the Body and Gendered Space
  • 16. The Role of Islam in the Lives of Girls and Women in PhysicalEducation and Sport