Religiosities Beyond Liberation or Oppression: Exploring Intersections between Religiosity, Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality in Different Times and Places

Description

During the last two decades, religious practices and belongings have gained increased visibility on a global scale and the relationship between secularity and religion have become the object of intense interdisciplinary and international debates. While the secular and the religious have previously had a marginalized position within the academic field of gender studies, we can now observe a growing interest for religion and spirituality within academic and activist feminism as well as a critical reflection on the emancipatory potential of secularity. This panel aims to take this interest seriously by providing a space for cross-disciplinary and transregional conversations on the entanglements and borders of religions and secularities in everyday life, as well as in art, culture and knowledge production, and to develop new approaches to explore these dynamic relationships. Aspiring to problematize and move beyond the liberation or oppression dichotomy in understandings of religiosity and secularity, contributions to this panel will explore the intersections between religiosity, gender, race, ethnicity and sexuality, situated in an understanding of religion as being both a category of knowledge and a marker of identity.

Period	2021 Mar 10 → 2021 Mar 12
Event title	Religious transformation and gender
Event type	Conference
Location	Utrecht, NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International