Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity

This volume engages women's lifeworlds, practices, and experiences in relation to Orthodox Christianity in multiple, varied localities, discussing both contemporary and pre-1989 developments. It critically engages the pluralist and changing character of Orthodox forms of institutional and socia...

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Main Author: Merdjanova, Ina (Author)
Contributors: Aune, Kristin (Contributor) ; Bakic-Hayden, Milica (Contributor) ; Bucur, Maria (Contributor) ; Gurchiani, Ketevan (Contributor) ; Kapalo, James (Contributor) ; Kupari, Helena (Contributor) ; Riccardi-Swartz, Sarah (Contributor) ; Sotiriou, Eleni (Contributor) ; Tiaynen-Qadir, Tatiana (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Fordham University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Ser.
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Summary:This volume engages women's lifeworlds, practices, and experiences in relation to Orthodox Christianity in multiple, varied localities, discussing both contemporary and pre-1989 developments. It critically engages the pluralist and changing character of Orthodox forms of institutional and social life in relation to gender by using feminist epistemologies and drawing on original ethnographic research.
Cover -- WOMEN AND RELIGIOSITY IN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Women in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword -- Introduction -- Women and Greek Orthodoxy in the Twenty-First Century: Charting Elements of Change -- Women, Orthodox Christianity, and Neosecularization in Bulgaria -- Lay Women and the Transformation of Orthodox Christianity in Russia -- Women and the Georgian Orthodox Church -- Women and Orthodox Dissent: The Case of the Archangelist Underground Movement in Soviet Moldavia -- Gender and Religiosity in Communist Romania: Continuity and Change -- Doubly Neglected: Histories of Women Monastics in the Serbian Orthodox Church -- Women as Agents of Glocalization in the Orthodox Church of Finland -- Head Coverings, Vaccines, and Gender Politics: Contentious Topics among Orthodox Christian Women in US-based Digital Spaces -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Index.
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ISBN:0823298639

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