An Epistemology of Religion and Gender
Biopolitics, Performativity and Agency
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:13th Dec '21
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This book puts forward a new epistemological framework for a theory of religion and gender’s role in the public sphere. It provides a sophisticated understanding of gender and its relation to religion as a primarily performative category of knowledge production, rooting that understanding in case studies from around the world.
Gender and religion are examined alongside biopolitics and the influence of capitalism, neoliberalism and empire. The book analyses the interdependence of religion, gender and new nationalisms in the Palestinian territories, South Africa and the USA, scrutinising the biopolitical interferences of nation states and dominant political and religious institutions. It then moves on to uncover counter-discourses and spaces of activism and agency in contexts such as East Germany and the Occupy Wall Street movement. Using gender, queer and trans theory in tandem with postcolonial and post-secular perspectives, readers are shown a more nuanced understanding of critical contemporary questions related to religion, gender and sexuality.
This is a bold new take on religion, gender and public life. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of Religious Studies and Gender Studies, as well as those working on religion’s interaction with Politics, Sociology and Social Activism.
"Through extensive research across continents and informed by large scale collaborations across disciplines, An Epistemology of Religion and Gender, demonstrates the stakes of academic undertakings. Professor Auga shows her readers that by rethinking religion and gender we might also shift longstanding public controversies over and sexuality, decolonise public space, create new ways of responding to conflict and even violence, undertake innovative activism in response to injustice, and imagine the future differently. It is a journey well worth taking."
Janet R. Jakobsen, Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York City
"Ulrike Auga’s An Epistemology of Religion and Gender is a trailblazing work in its development of new epistemic insights and angles for the study of religion, the body, and power. This book brings together a body of original theoretical work, exemplary case studies and innovative perspectives that are likely to influence the field for many years to come."
Bee Scherer, Professor of Religious Studies and Gender Studies (INCISE, Canterbury, U.K.) and Founder-Facilitator of Queering Paradigms
"From a perspective of situated knowledge, the book brings together epistemological debates from religious studies, gender studies and performance studies and applies them on such various fields as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York, agency photography in Mali and masculine hegemony in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. By capturing worldwide past and present debates, it invites students and scholars to creatively rethink semantic categories."
Monika Salzbrunn, Full Professor of Religion, Migration, Diaspora Studies, University of Lausanne
ISBN: 9781032237008
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 503g
364 pages