Blurring boundaries and advancing interreligious understanding by engaging textual ‘others’ in a women’s interfaith book group
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12720922 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise K Gramstrup (School of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 298-316 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-5610 • E-ISSN: 1475-5629 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14755610.2018.1466820 |
| OpenAlex | W2801655142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article casts analytical light on how Jewish, Christian and Muslim women develop understanding of religious identities by engaging with multidimensional textual ‘others’ in the Daughters of Abraham interfaith book groups. It focuses on a group discussion of a rabbi’s memoir about her religious journey. Drawing on ethnographic material and Talal Asad’s analysis of the relationship between text and reader, I examine how narratives outside primary religious texts influence ideas about Jewish, Christian and Muslim identities. I argue that the Daughters members’ appropriation of literary voices advances their engagement with religious diversity by developing understanding of religious self and others. Moreover, members’ navigation of inter- and intra-religious relations during discussions of texts blur boundaries for inclusion into this interfaith encounter. This examination raises questions about issues of identity, power dynamics and interfaith relations. Importantly, it provides novel insight into the understudied areas of women’s interreligious encounter and shared reading practices
Aesthetics · Appropriation · Art · Epistemology · Identity (music · Interfaith Dialogue · Islam · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Reading (process · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
Forgotten readers
"The Need of Their Genius"
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Reading Communities from Salons to Cyberspace
Come, bright Improvement
Gender Issues in Ethnography
Reading Beyond the Book
Formations of the Secular
The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace
Safe Space
Safe Space
Literature as a Spur to Collective Action
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |