Gender and Interreligious Dialogue  

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King, Ursula

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: East Asian Pastoral Review vol. 44 no. 1 (2007), page 52-67.
Topik: Interreligious Dialogue; Gender; Reflection

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Gender issues deeply affect the way religion is studied and practised. Widely debated and often misunderstood, gender concerns have immense significance; they are at present also part of the international political, social, and academic agenda of most countries. Existing gender gaps in different societies have been globally monitored by the Gender Development Index since 1996, showing clearly how much still needs to be done before a truly equi¬table gender balance is reached. Critical gender perspectives have made a significant difference to most academic fields, including the study of religion. Yet many scholarly publications on religion still seem to give too little or no recognition to the profound epistemo¬logical, methodological, and substantive changes which contempo¬rary gender studies, especially women’s scholarship and feminist theories, but also the growing field of men’s studies in religion, have brought about over the last 30 years. I do not wish to speak here about this important general theme, which finds wide coverage in the new edition of the Encyclopedia of Religion.’ Instead, I wish to address the important theme of interreligious dialogue from the perspective of women. Much of what we understand today by “interreligious dialogue” has come about through the initiative and influence of different Christian groups. Interreligious dialogue has also historical roots in earlier colonial and missionary activities. Like all of these, it is also, at the same time, linked to strongly established patriarchal structures and androcentric modes of thought.

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