Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity / / ed. by Ina Merdjanova.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• MitwirkendeR: Aune, Kristin,; Bakic-Hayden, Milica,; Bucur, Maria,; Gurchiani, Ketevan,; Hayden, Milica,; Kapalo, James,; Kapaló, James,; Kupari, Helena,; Merdjanova, Ina,; Qadir, Tatiana,; Riccardi-Swartz, Sarah,; Sotiriou, Eleni,; Swartz, Sarah,; Tiaynen-Qadir, Tatiana,; Tocheva, Detelina,
• HerausgeberIn: Merdjanova, Ina,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 4 b/w illustrations

Women and Religiosity in Orthodox Christianity 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.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.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.Contributors: Kristin Aune, Milica Bakić-Hayden, Maria Bucur, Ketevan Gurchiani, James Kapaló, Helena Kupari, Ina Merdjanova, Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Eleni Sotiriou, Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir, Detelina Tocheva

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Women in Orthodox Chris tian ity: A Foreword -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Women and Greek Orthodoxy in the TwentyFirst Century: Charting Ele ments of Change -- Women, Orthodox Chris tian ity, and Neosecularization in Bulgaria -- Lay Women and the Transformation of Orthodox Chris tian ity in Rus sia -- Women and the Georgian Orthodox Church -- Women and Orthodox Dissent: The Case of the Archangelist Under ground Movement in Soviet Moldavia -- Gender and Religiosity in Communist Romania: Continuity and Change -- Doubly Neglected: Histories of Women Monastics in the Serbian Orthodox Church -- Women as Agents of Glocalization in the Orthodox Church of Finland -- Head Coverings, Vaccines, and Gender Politics: Contentious Topics among Orthodox Christian Women in USbased Digital Spaces -- Acknowl edgments -- List of Contributors -- Index