Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gross, Zehavit. (Editor), Davies, Lynn. (Editor), Diab, Al-Khansaa. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Education.; Education, Higher.; Religion and education.; Religion and Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Sociology of Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Higher Education.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5270-2

The immense changes that the world is undergoing in terms of globalization and migration of peoples have had a profound effect on cultures and identities.� The question is whether this means shifts in religious identities for women and men in different contexts, whether such shifts are seen as benef...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Challenging Patriarchy: New Advances in Researching Religious Feminism and Religious Education
• Section I: The Contested Role of Education, Religion and Gender
• 1. Gender, Religion and the Work of Home Schooling
• 2. Womens Theologies, Womens Pedagogies: Globalisation, Education and Liberation in Nicaragua
• 3. Gender, Buddhism and Education: Dhamma and Social Transformation within the Thervada Tradition
• 4. Shakti as a Liberatory and Education Force for Hindu Women
• 5. Shame and Borders: The Aisyiyahs Struggle for Muslim Womens Education in Indonesia
• 6. The Role of Silencing among Religious Girls in Jewish, Christian-Arab, Muslim and Bedouin Schools in Israel
• Section II.� Religious Education and the Study of Religion
• 7. �Gendering Religion Studies: Reconstructing Religion and Gender Studies in Japan
• 8. The Implications of the Feminization of Theology: Reconstructing Sacred Texts as an Educational Issue
• 9. Religious Education beyond Multireligious Instruction: Pupils and Students Reactions to Religions Education in a Context of Diversity
• 10. �Holiness Class: Constructing a Constructive Woman in a Zionist Religion Ulpana
• Section III:� Migration and Identity
• 11. Recovering the Voice of Women in Islam: Lessons for Educators and Others
• 12. Germany, Islam and Education: Unveiling the Contested Meaning(s) of the Headscarf
• 13. Palestinian Educated Women: Between Religion and Society
• 14. Defying Religion or Changing through Religion? Shifting Concepts of Religion, Culture and Self for Druze Women Students
• 15. Islam, Education and Gender: Discourses and Practices among Pakistani Diaspora in the UK
• Section IV: Sexuality, Masculinity, the Body and Gendered Space
• 16. The Role of Islam in the Lives of Girls and Women in Physical Education and Sport
• 17. �Homophobic Bullying in Catholic High Schools: Five US Studies in Heterosexism, Authority, Masculinity and Religion
• 18. Teenage Boys and Life Experiences: towards a Theory of Spirituality and Religiosity
• 19. Embodying the Veil: Muslim Women and Gendered Islamophobia in New Times
• Section V:� Rights, Equality, Secularism
• 20. Learning through Living: Intersections of Religion and Gender
• 21. A World beyond the Veil: Pursuing Gender Equality in Pakistan
• 22. Fundamentalist Religion and Gender: the Case for an Inclusive Secular Education
• Conclusion: Intersections and Drivers of Change in Gender, Religion and Education
• Index.