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Religion & Gender

Gender has played a critical role in many of our episodes over the past decade from discussions of sexual ethics and queer studies to eco-spirituality, corporeality, violence, religious affiliation, and the occult. Please enjoy this selection of episodes that frame the challenges and rewards of the critical framework of gender for religious studies scholarship.

Episodes in this playlist

  1. Why are Women more Religious than Men?

    The relationship of religion to gender is a highly complex and disputed area. However, it is well-documented that (to take some UK-based examples), ‘men are proportionately under-represented’ in (mainstream ‘Christian’) ‘religious’ services, and ‘women outnumber men on all indices of religiosity and spirituality’. In fact, Marta Trzebiatowska and Steve Bruce, ...
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    Marta Trzebiatowska

    Christopher R. Cotter

  2. Gender, queer theory and religion

    In this interview, Dr. Mary Jo Neitz continues the conversation about religion and gender by focusing on theories from LGBT studies and queer studies. Using her work as an ethnographer, as well as the work of American philosopher Judith Butler, Neitz distinguishes the categories ...
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    Mary Jo Neitz

    Martin Lepage

  3. Religion and Feminism

    'Religion' and 'Feminism' are two concepts that have a complex relationship in the popular imaginary. But what do academics mean by these two concepts? And how can we study their interrelationship? What can we say about 'religion and feminism', about the academic study of 'religion and feminism', ...
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    Dawn Llewellyn

    Christopher R. Cotter

  4. Religion, gender and corporeality

    How can religious studies be informed by theories around gender and corporeality? How is gender expressed in today's women's spirituality and in religions that consider femininity to be a way to access power around sexuality and procreation? When it comes to the study of gender and religion, ...
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    Anna Fedele

    Martin Lepage

  5. Sexual Ethics and Islam

    Sexual ethics and Islam? How might one begin to study such a vast and "problematic" topic? What are some of the most prescient issues that recur in this contested field? And what is the broader significance of this discussion for Religious Studies in general?
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    Kecia Ali

    Christopher R. Cotter

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