Masculinities in World Religions. Some Introductory Remarks

Through the history of religions, their holy texts and norms have been sources of men’s images in societies and have presented forms of masculinity that have been expressed in religious acts. This paper examines how this reciprocal influence has shifted from the perspective of the sociology of relig...

Verfasser: Gerster, Daniel
Krüggeler, Michael
Dokumenttypen:Teil eines Buches
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2018
Publikation in MIAMI:17.04.2019
Datum der letzten Änderung:17.04.2019
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:Gerster, Daniel; Krüggeler, Michael (Hrsg.): God's Own Gender? Masculinities in World Religions. Baden Baden : Ergon, 2018, (Religion in der Gesellschaft ; Bd. 44) ISBN 978-3-95650-453-2, S. 7-36
Schlagwörter:Exzellenzcluster Religion und Politik; Centrum für Religion und Moderne; Religion; Geschlecht; Geschichte Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics; Center for Religion and Modernity; Religion; Gender; History
Fachgebiet (DDC):200: Religion
Lizenz:InC 1.0
Sprache:English
Anmerkungen:Die Veröffentlichung erfolgt mit freundlichen Genehmigung des Ergon Verlages.
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-75129536358
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.5771/9783956504549-7
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-75129536358
Onlinezugriff:gerster-krueggeler_2018_masculinities.pdf

Through the history of religions, their holy texts and norms have been sources of men’s images in societies and have presented forms of masculinity that have been expressed in religious acts. This paper examines how this reciprocal influence has shifted from the perspective of the sociology of religion and history of religion. It is the introduction to an edited volume which brings together research on religious traditions from experts in the field. The article analyses similarities and differences in the interwoven relationships between specific religions and between concepts and practices of masculinity in different societies and cultures, such as Western forms of Christianity during the last centuries, European Judaism and Arabic Islam during the Middle Ages and South Asian Buddhism and Hinduism. It is the first comparative research on a variety of religions and forms of masculinity, and thereby contributes to the growing field of interdisciplinary research on (critical) men’s studies in Religion.