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Feminism in Religion Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: The Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Cross-Cultural Encounters with India, Dorothy Figueira

The Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Cross-Cultural Encounters with India

Dorothy Figueira
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

Listen 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)
Book Cover for: The Torah Chronicles: My Unorthodox Life, Torah Love

The Torah Chronicles: My Unorthodox Life

Torah Love
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

"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
Book Cover for: Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity, Kathleen Gallagher Elkins

Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity

Kathleen Gallagher Elkins
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

The 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
Book Cover for: The Book of Longings, Sue Monk Kidd

The Book of Longings

Sue Monk Kidd
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

Today'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
Book Cover for: Women and Gender in the Qur'an, Celene Ibrahim

Women and Gender in the Qur'an

Celene Ibrahim
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

Happy 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)
Book Cover for: Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women, Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women

Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

Check 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
Book Cover for: Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, Bernadette J. Brooten

Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism

Bernadette J. Brooten
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

The 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)
Book Cover for: Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: Desert as Borderland, Peter Anthony Mena

Place and Identity in the Lives of Antony, Paul, and Mary of Egypt: Desert as Borderland

Peter Anthony Mena
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

Our 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
Book Cover for: A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick, Megha Majumdar

A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick

Megha Majumdar
Feminism in ReligionFeminism in Religion

Today'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