Women and religiosity in Orthodox Christianity /
Women and religiosity in Orthodox Christianity /
Ina Merdjanova, editor.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (xix, 287 pages.).
- Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought .
- Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword / 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 / Kristin Aune -- Ina Merdjanova -- Eleni Sotiriou -- Ina Merdjanova -- Detelina Tocheva -- Ketevan Gurchiani -- James Kapaló -- Maria Bucur -- Milica Bakić-Hayden -- Helena Kupari and Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir -- Sarah Riccardi-Swartz -- Introduction / Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors.
"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 research methodologies, this book expands our understanding of Orthodox Christianity by examining Orthodox women of diverse backgrounds in different settings: parishes, monasteries, 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"--
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22573/ctv1zjm8kj JSTOR
Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church.
Christian women--Religious life.
Femmes dans l'Église orthodoxe.
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
Christian women--Religious life
Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church
Orthodox Christianity. Orthodox Church. continuity. gender. religiosity. transformation. women.
Electronic books.
BX342.5 / .W67 2021
248.4/815
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword / 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 / Kristin Aune -- Ina Merdjanova -- Eleni Sotiriou -- Ina Merdjanova -- Detelina Tocheva -- Ketevan Gurchiani -- James Kapaló -- Maria Bucur -- Milica Bakić-Hayden -- Helena Kupari and Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir -- Sarah Riccardi-Swartz -- Introduction / Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors.
"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 research methodologies, this book expands our understanding of Orthodox Christianity by examining Orthodox women of diverse backgrounds in different settings: parishes, monasteries, 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"--
9780823298631 0823298639 9780823298624 0823298620 9781531500610 1531500617
40030825296
22573/ctv1zjm8kj JSTOR
Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church.
Christian women--Religious life.
Femmes dans l'Église orthodoxe.
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox
Christian women--Religious life
Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church
Orthodox Christianity. Orthodox Church. continuity. gender. religiosity. transformation. women.
Electronic books.
BX342.5 / .W67 2021
248.4/815