Theological and popular conceptions of motherhood have shifted significantly over the centuries, reflecting accompanying political motives and holding powerful implications…
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the body
CFP: Religion, Gender and Body Politics
October 24, 2014
The "Interdisciplinary Innovations in the Study of Religion and Gender: Postcolonial, Post-secular and Queer Perspectives" project has announced its final…
Religion and the body
February 13, 2012
The Scholar & Feminist Online, an e-journal published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women, recently launched a special…
Elsewhere, in the saturation of the body
July 27, 2011
About eight months into my fieldwork, I began to have dreams about the morning disciplinary routines at OISCA’s training centers.…
Is there a secular body?
November 15, 2010
Is there a secular body? Or, in somewhat different terms, is there a particular configuration of the human sensorium—of sensibilities,…