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.
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.
Ina Merdjanova 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 Religion as a Conversation Starter: Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in the Balkans, and Rediscovering the Umma: Muslims in the Balkans between Nationalism and Transnationalism.
Inhaltsangabe
Women in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword vii Kristin Aune Introduction 1 Ina Merdjanova Women and Greek Orthodoxy in the Twenty-First Century: Charting Elements of Change 15 Eleni Sotiriou Women, Orthodox Christianity, and Neosecularization in Bulgaria 50 Ina Merdjanova Lay Women and the Transformation of Orthodox Christianity in Russia 76 Detelina Tocheva Women and the Georgian Orthodox Church 101 Ketevan Gurchiani Women and Orthodox Dissent: The Case of the Archangelist Underground Movement in Soviet Moldavia 129 James Kapaló Gender and Religiosity in Communist Romania: Continuity and Change 155 Maria Bucur Doubly Neglected: Histories of Women Monastics in the Serbian Orthodox Church 176 Milica Bakic-Hayden Women as Agents of Glocalization in the Orthodox Church of Finland 206 Helena Kupari and Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir Head Coverings, Vaccines, and Gender Politics: Contentious Topics among Orthodox Christian Women in US-based Digital Spaces 241 Sarah Riccardi-Swartz Acknowledgments 275 List of Contributors 277 Index 281
Women in Orthodox Christianity: A Foreword vii Kristin Aune Introduction 1 Ina Merdjanova Women and Greek Orthodoxy in the Twenty-First Century: Charting Elements of Change 15 Eleni Sotiriou Women, Orthodox Christianity, and Neosecularization in Bulgaria 50 Ina Merdjanova Lay Women and the Transformation of Orthodox Christianity in Russia 76 Detelina Tocheva Women and the Georgian Orthodox Church 101 Ketevan Gurchiani Women and Orthodox Dissent: The Case of the Archangelist Underground Movement in Soviet Moldavia 129 James Kapaló Gender and Religiosity in Communist Romania: Continuity and Change 155 Maria Bucur Doubly Neglected: Histories of Women Monastics in the Serbian Orthodox Church 176 Milica Bakic-Hayden Women as Agents of Glocalization in the Orthodox Church of Finland 206 Helena Kupari and Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir Head Coverings, Vaccines, and Gender Politics: Contentious Topics among Orthodox Christian Women in US-based Digital Spaces 241 Sarah Riccardi-Swartz Acknowledgments 275 List of Contributors 277 Index 281
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