In this collection, continental and diasporan African women interrogate the concept "sacred text" and analyze ways oral and written religious "texts" intersect with violence against African-descended women and girls. While the sanctioned idea of a sacred text is written literature, this project interrupts that conception by drawing attention to speech and other embodied practices that have sacral authority within the social imaginary. As a volume focused on religion and violence, essays in this collection analyze religions' authorization of violence against women and girls; contest the...
In this collection, continental and diasporan African women interrogate the concept "sacred text" and analyze ways oral and written religious "texts" ...
Feminist Theory and the Bible conceptualizes, contextualizes, and maps a new kind of burgeoning scholarship that has emerged in recent decades. The chapters included here consider both the theory and practice of feminist Biblical studies.
Feminist Theory and the Bible conceptualizes, contextualizes, and maps a new kind of burgeoning scholarship that has emerged in recent decades. The ch...
This book argues that Jewish feminist theory is currently limited by several frames of reference that are usually taken for granted. The critical analysis is intended to release the grip of these limiting frames on Jewish feminism so as to let it evolve, grow, and live up to its fullest potential.
This book argues that Jewish feminist theory is currently limited by several frames of reference that are usually taken for granted. The critical anal...
This book argues that Jewish feminist theory is currently limited by several frames of reference that are usually taken for granted. The critical analysis is intended to release the grip of these limiting frames on Jewish feminism so as to let it evolve, grow, and live up to its fullest potential.
This book argues that Jewish feminist theory is currently limited by several frames of reference that are usually taken for granted. The critical anal...
