RT Book
T1 Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity
T2 Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
A2 Aune, Kristin
A2 Bucur, Maria
A2 Gurchiani, Ketevan
A2 Hayden, Milica
A2 Kapaló, James
A2 Kupari, Helena
A2 Merdjanova, Ina
A2 Merdjanova, Ina
A2 Qadir, Tatiana
A2 Sotiriou, Eleni
A2 Swartz, Sarah
A2 Tocheva, Detelina
A2 Aune, Kristin
A2 Bakic-Hayden, Milica
A2 Bucur, Maria
A2 Gurchiani, Ketevan
A2 Kapalo, James
A2 Kupari, Helena
A2 Merdjanova, Ina
A2 Riccardi-Swartz, Sarah
A2 Sotiriou, Eleni
A2 Tiaynen-Qadir, Tatiana
A2 Tocheva, Detelina
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Fordham University Press
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785993445
AB Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity fills a significant gap in the sociology of religious practice: Studies focused on women’s religiosity have overlooked Orthodox populations, while studies of Orthodox practice (operating within the dominant theological, historical, and sociological framework) have remained gender-blind.The essays in this collection shed new light on the women who make up a considerable majority of the Orthodox population by engaging women’s lifeworlds, practices, and experiences in relation to their religion in multiple, varied localities, discussing both contemporary and pre-1989 developments. These contributions critically engage the pluralist and changing character of Orthodox institutional and social life by using feminist epistemologies and drawing on original ethnographic research to account for Orthodox women’s previously ignored perspectives, knowledges, and experiences.Combining the depth of ethnographic analysis with geographical breadth and employing a variety of research methodologies, this book expands our understanding of Orthodox Christianity by examining Orthodox women of diverse backgrounds in different settings: parishes, monasteries, and the secular spaces of everyday life, and under shifting historical conditions and political regimes. In defiance of claims that Orthodox Christianity is immutable and fixed in time, these essays argue that continuity and transformation can be found harmoniously in social practices, demographic trends, and larger material contexts at the intersection between gender, Orthodoxy, and locality.Contributors: Kristin Aune, Milica Bakić-Hayden, Maria Bucur, Ketevan Gurchiani, James Kapaló, Helena Kupari, Ina Merdjanova, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Eleni Sotiriou, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, Detelina Tocheva
CN BX342.5
SN 9780823298631
K1 Christian women : Religious life
K1 Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church
K1 RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
K1 Orthodox Christianity
K1 Orthodox Church
K1 continuity
K1 gender
K1 religiosity
K1 transformation
K1 women
DO 10.1515/9780823298631