Doing Gender - Doing Religion

The articles in this volume deal with the debate in social sciences on the so-called intersectionality of structural inequality and apply this to ancient religious texts. The articles focus on the question of how gender role concepts and religious ideals are mutually dependent and influence each other. Fundamental articles on the analysis of intersectionality are followed by case studies on the entanglement of gender constructions in early Jewish, early Christian and contemporary pagan texts as well as those of the ancient church and early Islam. The question of the interdependence of gender concepts and religious constructions proves to be very. At the same time, the authors show that gender and religion are not to be isolated from further categories, in particular the social status. Contributors: Ulrike Auga, Bärbel Beinhauer-Köhler, Bernadette J. Brooten, Doris Decker, Ute E. Eisen, Aliyah El Mansy, Christine Gerber, Catherine Hezser, Brigitte Kahl, Karen L. King, Christiane Krause, Martin Leutzsch, Christl M. Maier, Shelly Matthews, Moisés Mayordomo, Friederike Oertelt, Silke Petersen, Angela Standhartinger