274 - Special Session. Intersecting Identities (co-sponsored with Association for the Sociology of Religion)

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Intersectional approaches to religion are just beginning to be explored. This session brings together scholars who approach the study of religion from a variety of different intersections: religion and race, religion and gender, and religion and sexuality. The session explores the different insights that result from examining religion from intersectional perspectives.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Ryan T. Cragun, The University of Tampa

Presider

• Lain A.B. Mathers, University of Illinois at Chicago

Individual Presentations

• Reflections on Intersectionality as Method - Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri

• Doing Gender, Doing Religion: The Case for Intersectionality in Theorizing Gender and Religion - Orit Avishai, Fordham University

• The Virtues and Challenges of Religious Space for People of Color in America - Korie L. Edwards, Ohio State University

• Exploring (non)religious LGBTQ Intersections - J. E. Sumerau, University of Tampa