Transforming Bodies and Religions - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0367559676 ISBN 13 : 9780367559670

Editeur : Routledge, 2022

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mariecke van den Berg studied Theology (BA) and Gender Studies (RMA) at Utrecht University. She obtained her PhD in Public Administration in 2014 at the University of Twente. She currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at Utrecht University in the project Beyond 'Religion versus Emancipation' Gender and Sexuality in Women's Conversion to Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contemporary Western Europe, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for scientific Research (NWO). She is assistant managing editor at the open access journal Religion and Gender.

Lieke L. Schrijvers is a PhD candidate for a joint doctorate at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Utrecht University; and the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender at Ghent University. Her current research is a comparative ethnographic study of religion, gender and sexuality among female converts in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities in the Netherlands. With this project, she is part of the NWO-funded project Beyond 'Religion versus Emancipation' Gender and Sexuality in Women's Conversion to Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contemporary Western Europe.

Jelle O. Wiering is a cultural anthropologist whose main interest lies in the field of religious studies. He is a lecturer in religious studies and sociology at the university of Groningen and Utrecht University. He recently finished his PhD at the University of Groningen. This project focused on the intersections of religion, secularity, and sexuality in the Netherlands. Previously, he researched Western Buddhists, and Dutch pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela.

Anne-Marie Korte is Professor in Religious Studies at Utrecht University. She holds the chair of Religion and Gender, which aims to explore categories of gender, sexuality and diversity when investigating the significance and operations of religion(s) in cultural processes and current social developments. She is currently project leader of the Beyond 'Religion versus Emancipation' Gender and Sexuality in Women's Conversion to Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contemporary Western Europe, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for scientific Research (NWO), and was the founding director of the journal Religion and Gender. Korte's current research is directed at the role of gender and sexuality in contemporary accusations of blasphemy, and on contemporary miracle stories.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367559676
• ISBN 13: 9780367559670
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Éditeur: Van Den Berg Mariecke, Schrijvers Lieke, Wiering Jelle, Korte Anne-Marie
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