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The growing connections between media, culture and religion are increasingly evident in contemporary society, but until now have rarely been theoretically linked. The contributors to this volume effectively combine these areas into a coherent whole. The issues they examine include: the decline of religious institutions during the late twentieth century; the increasing autonomy and individualized practice of religion; and the surge of media and media-based icons that are often imbued with religious qualities, and the ensuing effect on cultural practices.
A Utopian on Main Street
A Utopian on Main Street
Women's resistances are defined by the alterations they forge in the systems of rules that create their scripture and limit their practice.
A “classic” feminist philosophy of resistance to patriarchal culture developed globally in the 20th century. The argument resists subjugation of women by any philosophy contrary to the utopian, liberationist principles that define feminism. This chapter addresses the congruent thought in contemporary feminist theology and philosophy as well as in women's critical reading of ancestral or sacred texts that constructs “neo-feminism” as a postmodern philosophy.
In North America, women first directed their energies toward achieving the vote, then control over domestic life, then access to jobs and better wages (Lerner, 1977,1993). Women's concurrent resistance to ...
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