RT Article
T1 Contestations of Feminism, Secularism and Religion in the West: The Discursive Othering of Religious and Secular Women
JF Nordic journal of religion and society
VO 32
IS 1
SP 4
OP 21
A1 Nyhagen, Line
LA English
PB Universitetsforlaget
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1667242563
AB Secular and religious women have a history of fighting for women's rights and gender equality. Yet, contemporary feminist and women's movements in the West are largely understood as secular and as rejecting religion, and religion is often perceived as the antithesis of empowerment and emancipation. In this article, I problematise the relationship between feminism, secularism and religion via a discussion of secular feminist views on women and religion, and religious women's views on secular feminism. Bringing together previously separate strands of work, this article provides an original analysis of how both secular feminist women and non-feminist religious women engage in discursive articulations of Othering, constructing inferior subjects who are (dis)placed outside the boundary of "women like us." Such discursive representations, which are rooted in perceptions of feminism and religion as unitary and static, contribute to the construction and maintenance of sharp boundaries between secular and religious women, thus hindering the potential for dialogue and collaboration in support of women's rights and gender equality.
K1 Othering
K1 Secular Feminism
K1 Feminism
K1 Religion
K1 religious feminism
K1 Secularism
DO 10.18261/issn.1890-7008-2019-01-01