Gendering Religion and Politics: Untangling Modernities

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Nativism and the Politics of Gender in Catholicism and Islam....Pages 21-50
Imagined Communities: State, Religion, and Gender in Jewish Settlements....Pages 51-73
Contemporary American Catholicism and the Challenge of Gender Equality....Pages 75-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
From the Moabite Ruth to Norly the Filipino: Intermarriage and Conversion in the Jewish Nation State....Pages 101-124
Seeking Recognition: Women’s Struggle for Full Citizenship in the Community of Religious Worship....Pages 125-151
“Subway Women” and the American Near East Relief in Anatolia, 1919–1924....Pages 153-171
Global Sisterhood: Transnational Perspectives on Gender and Religion....Pages 173-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Feminism, Democracy, and Empire: Islam and the War on Terror....Pages 193-215
Patriarchal Ecumenism, Feminism, and Women’s Religious Experiences in Costa Rica....Pages 217-238
The Boundaries of Liberation, the Chains of Freedom: Urban Women in 1960s Egyptian Popular Cinema....Pages 239-258
Language, Gender, and Power in Morocco....Pages 259-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-297