Conversion, Gender, Race
This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands. In a unique comparative approach, it is based on ethnographic research in Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities. What does it mean to join a religious communit...
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| description | This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands. In a unique comparative approach, it is based on ethnographic research in Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities. What does it mean to join a religious community as a woman in a largely secularised country? How does gender impact processes of religious conversion? How can we understand processes of racialization of converts who join a minority group? The book highlights how the formation of a religious self is shaped by gender and vice versa at the level of religious community, families and individual embodiments. It considers the apparent paradox in women’s conversion: When secular women join religious groups associated with gender conservatism, they are often perceived as lacking agency, or using their conversion primarily for external reasons (such as marriage). Underneath this assumption is a strong idea that ‘secularity’ offers women their freedom, whilst ‘traditional religions’ would limit women’s emancipation and freedom. Drawing on insights from gender studies and religious studies, the author critically reflects on concepts and theories about women’s religiosity, conversion, and the role of gender and sexuality in the construction of a religion/secular binary. The study offers fresh and nuanced insight into the similarities between religious groups, which are usually examined individually. At the same time, it recognizes that the social context and difference in social position of the three groups studied have a deep impact on the process of conversion. The book includes analysis of how new Jewish and Muslim women deal with the experience of becoming a (racialized) minority in the Netherlands, as well as how the comparison with the experiences of Christian women reflect on Christian privilege. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1777602026-06-22T05:06:27Z Conversion, Gender, Race Schrijvers, Lieke L. Race Religion and gender studies Ethnography Female religious identity Judaism Society Ethnographic analysis Secularisation in Europe Community Minority religious experience Comparative Racialisation in faith communities Religiosity Intersectionality in religious conversion Lived religion Europe Religious conversion Christianity Women Islam Netherlands thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAC Comparative religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVP Religious life and practice::QRVP7 Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities This book explores the intersections of religion, gender, sexuality and race in the everyday lives of female converts in the Netherlands. In a unique comparative approach, it is based on ethnographic research in Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities. What does it mean to join a religious community as a woman in a largely secularised country? How does gender impact processes of religious conversion? How can we understand processes of racialization of converts who join a minority group? The book highlights how the formation of a religious self is shaped by gender and vice versa at the level of religious community, families and individual embodiments. It considers the apparent paradox in women’s conversion: When secular women join religious groups associated with gender conservatism, they are often perceived as lacking agency, or using their conversion primarily for external reasons (such as marriage). Underneath this assumption is a strong idea that ‘secularity’ offers women their freedom, whilst ‘traditional religions’ would limit women’s emancipation and freedom. Drawing on insights from gender studies and religious studies, the author critically reflects on concepts and theories about women’s religiosity, conversion, and the role of gender and sexuality in the construction of a religion/secular binary. The study offers fresh and nuanced insight into the similarities between religious groups, which are usually examined individually. At the same time, it recognizes that the social context and difference in social position of the three groups studied have a deep impact on the process of conversion. The book includes analysis of how new Jewish and Muslim women deal with the experience of becoming a (racialized) minority in the Netherlands, as well as how the comparison with the experiences of Christian women reflect on Christian privilege. 2026-06-22T05:06:26Z 2026-06-22T05:06:26Z 2026-06-21T15:56:26Z 2026 book book ONIX_20260621T103021_9781040512234_16 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114330 9781040512234 9781040635216 9781032702216 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177760 eng Gendering the Study of Religion in the Social Sciences open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114330/1/9781040512234.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781032702216 10.4324/9781032702216 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 bcc508f3-55cf-4743-88c6-113ff40529a4 d86a0fcd-0938-4a99-9278-f8e9f0c8b62a 9781040512234 9781040635216 9781032702216 Routledge 172 Oxford [...] Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen, NWO Social Sciences and Humanities 10.13039/501100024871 open access |
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