Exploring how religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.
Although Côte d’Ivoire embraces gender equality concerns, the state concept of gender does not include the LGBTQ community and focuses mainly on closing the gender gap between men and women.
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Scholars and practitioners of feminist, gender, and critical race theory have long questioned the self-righteousness, rigid categorizations, and violence of dominant modern discourse.
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The collection offers Catholics a chance to see themselves anew in a contemporary context of spiritual, sexual, and gender fluidity.
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Imagine you’re a young Christian woman from the United States. A veiled Pakistani woman tells you that she has more freedom than you. How would you react?
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Men’s clothing is the marker of the nation’s power and modernity; women’s clothing is the marker of its morality, honor, and ethnic identity.
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The concept that women’s confinement in the home is for their protection was irreconcilable to me. But in our differences we found learning opportunities instead of distance.
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How do religious women in Cameroon navigate their faith vis-à-vis their communities and religious hierarchies?
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Aisha, the wife of the prophet, protected and physically made space for transgender persons to pray behind her. As such, LGBT groups are assured protection.
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Modernity is embraced for its scientific and technological wonders, but is also associated with moral decline especially with regard to family and sexual ethics.
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Designer clothing brands that cater to Muslim consumers in the Middle East have mushroomed, in spite of the fact that some of this clothing is manufactured in Muslim-unfriendly countries.
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