Traditionally, Buddhism has been opposed to women taking on leadership roles. However, nuns in many Buddhist-majority countries are challenging the patriarchal rules.
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The Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which in 2022 begins on the evening of Dec. 18, focuses on the story of the male Maccabees. But women are also heroes in histories from that era, including Judith and Hannah.
Witch trials relied on a medieval text called the “Malleus Maleficarum” – a book this reference librarian can hold in her hands.
Interest in Wicca and witchcraft appears to be increasing, but what exactly is Wicca in the first place?
A religion data analyst scraped the texts of all Southern Baptist resolutions over the last 150 years. Here’s what he found.
A scholar of gender and religion who grew up Southern Baptist explains how literal teachings on the Bible inform members’ views on women.
Younger and older American men tend to identify more with being religious ‘nones’ than women of the same age, but between 35 and 45 the rates merge. A data and religion expert probes why.
The response to the sex scandal that led to Jerry Falwell Jr. resigning as president of Liberty University falls into a gendered pattern often seen among evangelicals.
Kurdish women have fought on the front lines of military battles since the 19th century. A scholar explains the origins of Kurdistan’s relative gender equality in a mostly conservative Muslim region.
A controversy has erupted yet again among Southern Baptists over women’s preaching. An expert explains how despite this 300-year-old controversy, Baptist women have shown remarkable leadership.
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Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University
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Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University
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Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Florida
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Assistant Professor Sport Management, Ripon College
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program, Avila University
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Affliated Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
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Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University
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Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, Rutgers University
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Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
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Adjunct Professor and Reference Librarian, General Theological Seminary
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Assistant Director of the Center for Global Mormon Studies, Claremont Graduate University
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Distinguished President’s Fellow for Global Development, Purdue University
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Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School, Distinguished Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University
