The fields of gender and religious studies have often been criticized for neglecting to engage
with one another and this volume responds to this dearth of interaction by placing the fields
in an intimate dialogue. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach and drawing on feminist
scholarship the book undertakes theoretical and empirical explorations of relational and
co-constitutive encounters of gender and religion. Through varied perspectives the chapters
address three interrelated themes: religion as practice the relationship between religious
practice and religion as prescribed by formal religious institutions and the feminization of
religion in Europe.
