God&#039;s Own Gender?: Masculinities in World Religions

Dr. Daniel Gerster; Dr. Michael Krüggeler

doi:10.5771/9783956504549

Summary

Throughout the history of religions, their holy texts and norms have been sources of images of men in societies around the world and have presented forms of masculinity that have found expression in religious acts and rituals. This volume examines how this reciprocal influence has shifted over time by bringing together research on different religious traditions from noted experts in the field, such as Björn Krondorfer, Yvonne Maria Werner and John Powers. It 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 19th and 20th centuries, European Judaism and Arabic Islam during the Middle Ages, and South Asian Buddhism and Hinduism. This book is the first to compare research on a variety of religions and forms of masculinity, and thereby contributes to the steadily growing field of interdisciplinary research on (critical) men’s studies in religion.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2018
Copyright Year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-95650-453-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-95650-454-9
Publisher: Ergon, Baden-Baden
Series: Religion in der Gesellschaft
Volume: 44
Language: English
Pages: 304
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
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1. 1. State of Research No access
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2. 2. Theoretical Reflections No access
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3. 3. Contributions to this Volume No access
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4. 4. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. The Religious Turn in Gender Research No access
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    1. 2.1 The Theory of a Feminization of Christianity No access
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    2. 2.2 The Concept of Confessionalization No access
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  3. 3. Christian Masculinity in Northern Europe No access
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  4. 4. Conclusions No access
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  1. 1. Theoretical Considerations on Religious Masculinity in Crisis and its Media No access
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  2. 2. The Emergence of ‘Moral Leaders’ in the United States No access
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  3. 3. Televisualization No access
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  4. 4. Preachers Born Again in Politics No access
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  5. 5. Conclusion: Tuning in the Moral Leader’s Game No access
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    1. 1.1 Are Men Religiously “Tone-Deaf”? The Question of the Invisibility of Unchurched Men as the Starting Point of the Research Project No access
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    2. 1.2 Feminization or (Re-)Masculinization of Religiosity? No access
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    1. 2.1 Three Patterns of Gender-Role Orientation No access
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    2. 2.2 Determinants of Gender-Role Orientations No access
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    3. 2.3 Gender-Role Orientations as Determinants of Religiosity, Spirituality, and Church Involvement No access
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    4. 2.4 Gender-Role Orientations as Determinants of Worldviews No access
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  3. 3. Conclusion No access
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    1. 1.1 Gender-Relevant Terms in the Qur’an No access
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    2. 1.2 Constructions of Gender and Masculinity in Muslim Legal Discourse No access
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    3. 1.3 Constructions of Gender and Masculinity in Muslim Exegetical Discourse No access
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    1. 2.1 Scholarship on Muslim Masculinities and its Pitfalls No access
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    2. 2.2 The Racialized, Securitized and Sexualized Image of ‘the Muslim Man’ in Public European Discourse No access
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  3. 3. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. The Qur’anic World of Prophets and Ideals of Masculinity No access
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  2. 2. Bridging Messy and Dysfunctional Worlds: Earthly and Divine No access
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  3. 3. The Pluralist Challenge in Muslim Worlds: The Lawful and Prohibited No access
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  4. 4. Islamophobia and Homophobia – Two Sides of the Same Coin? No access
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  5. 5. Conclusions No access
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  1. 1. Men as the Wielders of Authority and Power in Jewish Sources No access
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  2. 2. Male Control of the Female: An Initial Insight No access
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  3. 3. Reasons Why the Inferior Position of the Jewish Woman in the Past Did Not Cause Suffering No access
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  4. 4. The Changing Male Hegemony in Different Times and Places No access
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  5. 5. On Men’s Knowledge as Imparting Authority and on the Exclusion of Women from Torah Study No access
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  6. 6. The Response of the Jewish Male Establishment to the Struggle by Women in the Modern Period to Attain Equal Standing No access
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  7. 7. On the Nature of Jewish Masculinity No access
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  1. 1. The Traditional Gendered Subdivision of Torah Laws No access
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  2. 2. Torah Study for Jewish Men Only No access
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  3. 3. Socio-Economic Consequences No access
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  4. 4. The Zionist Gender Revolution No access
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  5. 5. Post-Zionist Neo-Talmudism versus Neo-Orthodox Masculinism No access
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  1. 1. The David Story No access
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  2. 2. Christian Interpretation: David as a Model of Penitence No access
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  3. 3. Jewish Interpretations: David’s Perfect Piety No access
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  4. 4. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. Sexual Fluidity No access
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  2. 2. Karma No access
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  3. 3. Sex Change No access
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  4. 4. Pollution No access
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  5. 5. Sexual Activity No access
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  6. 6. Fathers No access
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  7. 7. Husbands No access
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  8. 8. The Instability of Masculinity No access
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  9. 9. Conclusion No access
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  1. 1. The Perfect Body of the Ultimate Man No access
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  2. 2. Conflicted Hegemonies: The Buddha as Brahman and Warrior No access
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  3. 3. Hybrid Masculinity: The Buddha as a New Type of Man No access
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  4. 4. Marketing Strategies: The Creation of the Literary Figure ‘Buddha’ No access
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  5. 5. Concluding Remarks No access
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    1. 1.1 Human, Worldly Masculinity No access
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    2. 1.2 Human, Martial Masculinity No access
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    3. 1.3 Human, Priestly Masculinity No access
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    4. 1.4 Human, Ascetic Masculinity, or, more precisely, Human, Ascetic Non-Masculinity No access
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    1. 2.1 Divine, Peaceful Masculinity No access
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    2. 2.2 Divine, Martial Masculinity No access
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    3. 2.3 Divine, Ambivalent Masculinity No access
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    4. 2.4 Divine, Ascetic Masculinity No access
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  3. 3. Masculinity in Danger: Wild Goddesses and Dangerous Women No access
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  4. 4. Masculinity Today No access
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  1. 1. God’s Veiled Sex and Men’s Non-Absence No access
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  2. 2. A Brief History of ‘Critical Men’s Studies in Religion’ No access
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  3. 3. On Male Imaginations and Gender Justice No access
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  4. 4. Testicular Logic and Sexualized Violence No access
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  5. 5. Outlook No access
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Acknowledgements No access Pages 301 - 302
Notes on Contributors No access Pages 303 - 304