The Mother, the Warrior, the Midwife and the Holy Whore: An Ethnographic Study of Women’s Faith, Sacralisation and Embodiment
This article deliberately selects findings from a feminist, cross-cultural, multi-faith ethnographic study of women’s religious identities, interpretations and practices in Malaysia and Britain. Findings pertaining to the embodied sacred are examined in terms of religious significance towards a sacr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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| In: |
Feminist theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-59 |
| RelBib Classification: | BG World religions KBF British Isles KBM Asia NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Sacred Female B Iconography B Goddess B Faith |
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| Summary: | This article deliberately selects findings from a feminist, cross-cultural, multi-faith ethnographic study of women’s religious identities, interpretations and practices in Malaysia and Britain. Findings pertaining to the embodied sacred are examined in terms of religious significance towards a sacralised female iconography. Focusing on sacred female representations, three distinct domains emerge relating to symbolic, sacred regenerative powers and the potency of a gendered infecund deification, where each domain relates to aspects of religious and ritualistic aspects loosely conforming to goddess typology. A nuanced account is offered privileging the experiential regarding how participants reconcile subordinated spiritual positions within patriarchal structures and discourses in seeking responsive woman-centric faiths. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09667350231183073 |