Sifting Through Tradition

The Creation of Jewish Feminist Identities

Bibliographic Data

ID2247135
AuthorsLynn Resnick Dufour (corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume39
Issue1
Pages90-106
Publication date2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0021-8294.00008
OpenAlexW2040122117
LanguageEN
Citations received56
References cited22

In recent decades, feminists have been questioning patriarchal religions. As a result, many find themselves ambivalent about their religious and spiritual identities. This paper presents a model of identity formation that addresses the processes by which potentially conflicted identities are integrated. This model is based on research about how women who identify themselves as both Jewish and feminist create unconflicted Jewish feminist identities. Through a process ofsifting through their available options, they have chosen to identify with only those aspects of Judaism and feminism that satisfy their feminist, religious, and perhaps most importantly, their spiritual, needs. Because these needs vary, what it means to be a Jewish feminist is not static. Three types of Jewish feminist identity-inclusionist, transformationist, and reinterpretationist-are identified

Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Feminism · Identity (music) · Judaism · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology

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