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The Impact of Gender on Religious Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Morny Joy
Morny Joy*
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University of Calgary
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Abstract

The theme of gender in religion has not been dealt with homogenously given the many research areas that feed into the discipline of religious studies. This paper reviews the different uses of “gender” over the last 20 years. It notes that, though there is no single definition of the word, “gender” as a term has had a very great impact on the way women have formulated their demand for equality of treatment and renegotiated or even raised new claims as regards their integrity and identity.

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Diogenes , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 2010, pp. 93 - 102
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Copyright © ICPHS 2010

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