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Gender-critical Studies in Religious Studies

Gender-critical Studies in Religious Studies GENDER-CRITICAL STUDIES IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES B  R. L  Elizabeth A. Castelli (ed.), Women, Gender, Religion: A Reader . New York: Palgrave, 2001. xv + 550 pp. ISBN 0-312-24030-9. Darlene M. Juschka (ed.), Feminism in the Study of Religion: A Reader . London and New York: Continuum, 2001. xi + 700 pp. ISBN 0-8264- 4727-9. Arvind Sharma (ed.), Methodology in Religious Studies: The Interface with Women’s Studies . Albany, NY: SUNY, 2002. xi + 253. ISBN 0-7914- 5348-0. In 1960, Valerie Saiving published an essay entitled “The Human Situation: A Feminine View”. 1 This essay is an examination of religion which places women’s experience at the centre of its analysis, the cen- tral premise of feminist scholarship. Although this feminist analysis of religion was published three years before Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique , the publication credited with signalling the beginnings of what is commonly spoken of as the second wave of feminist consciousness, Religious Studies has lagged behind other academic disciplines in incor- porating the gender-critical analyses engendered by the feminist move- ment into its mainstream. Those engaged in gender-critical studies, which until very recently have focussed almost exclusively on women, have been equally reluctant to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Brill

Gender-critical Studies in Religious Studies

Lee, Becky
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion , Volume 16 (4): 386 – Jan 1, 2004
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GENDER-CRITICAL STUDIES IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES B  R. L  Elizabeth A. Castelli (ed.), Women, Gender, Religion: A Reader . New York: Palgrave, 2001. xv + 550 pp. ISBN 0-312-24030-9. Darlene M. Juschka (ed.), Feminism in the Study of Religion: A Reader . London and New York: Continuum, 2001. xi + 700 pp. ISBN 0-8264- 4727-9. Arvind Sharma (ed.), Methodology in Religious Studies: The Interface with Women’s Studies . Albany, NY: SUNY, 2002. xi + 253. ISBN 0-7914- 5348-0. In 1960, Valerie Saiving published an essay entitled “The Human Situation: A Feminine View”. 1 This essay is an examination of religion which places women’s experience at the centre of its analysis, the cen- tral premise of feminist scholarship. Although this feminist analysis of religion was published three years before Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique , the publication credited with signalling the beginnings of what is commonly spoken of as the second wave of feminist consciousness, Religious Studies has lagged behind other academic disciplines in incor- porating the gender-critical analyses engendered by the feminist move- ment into its mainstream. Those engaged in gender-critical studies, which until very recently have focussed almost exclusively on women, have been equally reluctant to

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