Afterword

TY - CHAP

T1 - Afterword

AU - Woodhead, Linda

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016.

PY - 2016/1/1

Y1 - 2016/1/1

N2 - This concluding reflection sets the volume and its chapters in context. It begins by explaining why the 1980s were so important for the emergence of religion and gender as an area of study, and ends by considering where the field is currently heading. In between, it reflects on what has been achieved. It shows how fundamentally the study of religion as a whole has been changed by the work of a relatively small number of scholars, but how gender studies and theology (and mainstream Christian churches) have been less affected, despite the important role of feminist theologians in shaping this approach.

AB - This concluding reflection sets the volume and its chapters in context. It begins by explaining why the 1980s were so important for the emergence of religion and gender as an area of study, and ends by considering where the field is currently heading. In between, it reflects on what has been achieved. It shows how fundamentally the study of religion as a whole has been changed by the work of a relatively small number of scholars, but how gender studies and theology (and mainstream Christian churches) have been less affected, despite the important role of feminist theologians in shaping this approach.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009674061&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-42598-6_15

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-42598-6_15

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85009674061

SN - 9783319425979

SP - 335

EP - 352

BT - Contemporary Encounters in Gender and Religion

PB - Springer International Publishing

ER -