Canadian Women Shaping Diasporic Religious Identities

398 Pages·2016·18.655 MB·English

by  Becky R. Lee (editor), Terry Tak-ling Woo (editor)

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Women Shaping
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Etudes sur les femmes et la religion
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Canadian
Women Shaping
Diasporic Religious
Identities
WILFRID LAURIER
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Canadian women shaping diasporic religious identities / Becky R. Lee and
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(Studies in women and religion ; v. 13)
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1. Women—Religious life —Canada. 2. Feminism—Religious aspects —Canada.
3. Canada—Religion—21st century. I. Lee, Becky R., [date], editor II. Woo, Terry Tak-ling,
1952-, editor III. Series: Studies in women and religion (Waterloo, Ont.) ; v. 13
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Contents
Acknowledgements _ vii
Introduction ix
Part A
Christianity and Judaism in Newfoundland,
Ontario, and Alberta
1 “He's My Best Friend”
Relationality, Materiality, and the Manipulation of Motherhood
in Devotion to St. Gerard Majella in Newfoundland
MARION BOWMAN. 3
2 “She Couldn't Come to the Table 'til She Was Churched”
Anglican Women, Childbirth, and Embodied Christian Practice
in Conception Bay, Newfoundland
BONNIE MORGAN 35
3 On the Margins of Church and Society
Roman Catholic Feminisms in English-Speaking Canada
BECKY R. LEE 65
4 Unveiling Leah
Examining Women's Voices in Two Canadian Jewish
Worship Services
AVIVA GOLDBERG 107
Part B
New Religions in Canada
5 Charity Chicks
A Discourse-Analysis of Religious Self-Identification
of Rural Canadian Mormon Women
KATE POWER 141
6 “The Whole World Opened Up”
Women in Canadian Theosophy
GILLIAN MCCANN. 197
7 Belief, Identity, and Social Action
in the Lives of Baha'i Women
LYNN ECHEVARRIA 233
Part C
South Asian Religions in Southwest Ontario
8 Being Hindu in Canada
Experiences of Women
ANNE M. PEARSON WITH PREETI NAYAK 269
9 Women in Hinduism
Ritual Leadership in the Adhi Parasakthi
Temple Society of Canada
NANETTE R. SPINA 301
Conclusion 337
Bibliography for Women and Religion from 1951 to 2013 341
About the Contributors 351
Index 355
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