Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity
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Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
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Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity

About this book

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 of research methodologies, this book expands our understanding of Orthodox Christianity by examining Orthodox women of diverse backgrounds in different settings: parishes, monasteries, and 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. Contributors: Kristin Aune, Milica Bakic-Hayden, Maria Bucur, Ketevan Gurchiani, James Kapaló, Helena Kupari, Ina Merdjanova, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Eleni Sotiriou, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, Detelina Tocheva

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. WOMEN AND RELIGIOSITY IN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. Women in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. Women and Greek Orthodoxy in the Twenty-First Century: Charting Elements of Change
  9. Women, Orthodox Christianity, and Neosecularization in Bulgaria
  10. Lay Women and the Transformation of Orthodox Christianity in Russia
  11. Women and the Georgian Orthodox Church
  12. Women and Orthodox Dissent: The Case of the Archangelist Underground Movement in Soviet Moldavia
  13. Gender and Religiosity in Communist Romania: Continuity and Change
  14. Doubly Neglected: Histories of Women Monastics in the Serbian Orthodox Church
  15. Women as Agents of Glocalization in the Orthodox Church of Finland
  16. Head Coverings, Vaccines, and Gender Politics: Contentious Topics among Orthodox Christian Women in US-based Digital Spaces
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. List of Contributors
  19. Index