Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity - (Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought) by Ina Merdjanova (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity</i> 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. <p/>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. <p/>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. <p/><b>Contributors</b>: 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</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christian Contexts</i> addresses its topic globally, with contributions devoted to women's lived Orthodox experiences and identities from regions in which Orthodoxy has played a historically prominent role--Greece, Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia, Serbia, Romania, and Moldova--and countries where Orthodox Christians have historically been a distinct minority--Finland, but especially the United States.<b>---Vera Shevzov, Smith College, <i></i></b><br><br>This innovative collection of essays offers fresh and much needed perspectives on Orthodox worlds as experienced by women. These ethnographies not only bring us into the lived religious experiences of Orthodox women but show how they are animated by broader dynamics of political theology and neoliberalism. A must read for anyone interested in Orthodoxy today.<b>---Catherine Wanner, Pennsylvania State University, <i></i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ina Merdjanova </b>is Visiting Professor at Coventry University's Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations & Senior Researcher and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Religious Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. She has held visiting fellowships at Oxford University, New York University, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, and Aleksanteri Institute at Helsinki University, among others. She is author of four books and numerous articles on religion and politics in post-communist society. Her recent publications include <i>Religion as a Conversation Starter: Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in the Balkans</i>, and <i>Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans between Nationalism and Transnationalism</i>.
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