Everyday life and the sacred : re/configuring gender studies in religion /

Everyday life and the sacred : re/configuring gender studies in religion /

An interdisciplinary gender-sensitive approach toward perspectives on the everyday and the sacred are the hallmark of this volume. Looking beyond the dualistic status-quo, the authors probe the categories, textures, powers, and practices that define how we experience, embody, and understand religion...

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Other Authors: Berlis, Angela, 1962-, Korte, Anne-Marie, 1957-, Biezeveld, Kune, 1948-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Studies in Theology and Religion 23.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004328082.

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Sex > Religious aspects.
Women and religion.
Life > Religious aspects.

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Call Number: BL65.S4

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Everyday Life and the Sacred: Gender Sensitive Explorations-Introduction /
  • Angela Berlis and Anne-Marie Korte
  • Categories
  • God in Everyday Life1 /
  • Kune Biezeveld †
  • The Hope to Become Holy: Bringing Holiness and Everyday Life Together /
  • Helga Kuhlmann
  • A Momentary Sacred Space: Religion, Gender, and the Sacred in Everyday Life /
  • Maaike de Haardt
  • Time, Gender, the Sacred, and Everyday Life /
  • Akke van der Kooi
  • Textures
  • Menstruation and the Sacred in (Post) Biblical Discourse /
  • Dorothea Erbele-Küster
  • Holy Wit: A Good Laugh with Samson (Judges 13-16) /
  • Willien van Wieringen
  • Hats, Heads, and Holiness in 1 Corinthians /
  • Magda Misset-van de Weg
  • Hijab: The Female Body as Boundary /
  • Gé Speelman
  • Powers
  • The Power of Place: Port-Royal, a Wounded Place Transfigured /
  • Angela Berlis
  • Power of Communities: The Daily Practice of Holiness by the Sisters of the Common Life at Deventer /
  • Mathilde van Dijk
  • The Power of Words: Sacred and Forbidden Love Magic in Medieval Ireland /
  • Jacqueline Borsje
  • The Power of the Voice: Stabat Mater in Music and Text /
  • Hedwig Meyer-Wilmes
  • Practices
  • Women as Ritual Experts in Sacralising Everyday Home Life /
  • Goedroen Juchtmans
  • Peace Women: Traces of the Holy/ the Sacred in the Midst of Injustice and Violence /
  • Riet Bons-Storm
  • Music as a Bridge: Young Women in Migrant Churches in Amsterdam /
  • Alma Lanser
  • Signs from Heaven: Figuring the Sacred in Contemporary Miracle Stories /
  • Anne-Marie Korte
  • Homemade Holiness: Re/Configuring Gender Studies in Religion-Epilogue /
  • Anne-Marie Korte.