Feminism in Religion Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Cross-Cultural Encounters with India
Dorothy FigueiraListen to Feminist Talk Religion's latest podcast episode: "Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Interview with Dr. Nikky Singh on Sikh Sacred Texts and Academic Culture" Listen and subscribe here: https://t.co/5O2JnwRbph
Paperback, 2018
$47.95Member price:$47.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Torah Chronicles: My Unorthodox Life
Torah Love"Seeing this “My Unorthodox Life” in the context of immigrant narratives helps us remember that identity shifts are rarely absolute." Today's blog in FSR's latest @theTable series, "Unorthodox Media," by @dory_fox https://t.co/XLvyHFaTag
Paperback, 2022
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity
Kathleen Gallagher ElkinsThe spring 2021 issue of the journal is now live on our website and JSTOR. This issue features poetry, Short Takes on teaching re: child sexual abuse in the classroom, a conversation on Kathleen Gallagher Elkins’s book, “Mary, Mother of Martyrs,” and more! https://t.co/C6rvcbW9Yl
Hardcover, 2020
$44.00Member price:$22.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Longings
Sue Monk KiddToday's blog (the 3rd blog in FSR's latest @theTable series, "FSR Summer Book Club) is by Christy Cobb and explores Sue Monk Kidd's hermeneutical imagining of biblical women in The Book of Longings https://www.fsrinc.org/feminist-hermeneutical-imagination-in-the-book-of-longings-thetable- #FSRreads #feministfiction
Paperback, 2021
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Women and Gender in the Qur'an
Celene IbrahimHappy Friday! This month we celebrate three publications by our amazing board members. Celene Ibrahim has a new book out on women and gender in the Qur'an, and Alison L. Joseph and Kate Ott both have edited volumes that have recently been published. https://t.co/EPVOd7c1g6
Hardcover, 2020
$38.99Member price:$38.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women
Grace Ji-Sun KimCheck out Grace Ji-Sun Kim's new book, "Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women" and join us for an AAR/SBL discussion on FSR's history, practices, and proposed actions to combat institutionalized racism. https://t.co/UvCi8G8XX0 https://t.co/0LKOdKuroO
Paperback, 2021
$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism
Bernadette J. BrootenThe Fall 2022 issue is now live on our website and Project Muse. It features our New Scholar Award winners, several compelling articles, and a fantastic special section on Bernadette Brooten's book Love Between Women. https://t.co/pS7gtTEhQp https://t.co/EUHsa1Ccmo
Paperback, 1998
$33.00Member price:$33.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: Desert as Borderland
Peter Anthony MenaOur December "Off the Press," features Peter Anthony Mena, who won the Annual Hispanic Theological Initiative Book Prize for his book, "Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: Desert as Borderland" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). https://t.co/TsqZWKxYmb
Hardcover, 2019
$99.99Member price:$94.99 + Free shipping5% off
A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick
Megha MajumdarToday's blog in the FSR Summer Book Club @theTable reviews "A Burning." "What really makes it binge-worthy...are snapshots Majumdar provides of the dreams and aspirations of those who are least privileged and most marginalized." https://t.co/xStjA9daht #FSRreads #feministfiction
Paperback, 2021
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book