Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam
Dialogical lecture series Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (video recording available)
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Religion and feminism may sound like a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, religiously grounded approaches that aim to reread religious texts from a feminist perspective are currently taking shape. What are the lines of conflict between traditional readings and these new interpretations, and how do the religious communities perceive such innovations?
recording available
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Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy,
Klaus Mangold Auditorium
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
(Opposite the Museum)
Recording of the presentations and panel discussion Feminist Approaches to Judaism and Islam on 14 April 2016, in English; Jewish Museum Berlin
Discussants: Judith Plaskow, New York, religious scholar and author of one of the first works of Jewish feminist theology, and Ziba Mir-Hosseini, London, researcher on Islamic law and gender.
Dialogical lecture Series in the Context of the Jewish-Islamic Forum of the W. Michael Blumenthal Academy
Lecture Series 2015/16: Judaism & Islam in the Diaspora (5)