Religion, gender, and sexuality in everyday life [Book] / edited by Peter Nynäs and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Re-framing the intersection between religion, gender and sexuality in everyday life / Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip and Peter Nynäs -- The resistance from an alterspace : Pakistani and Indonesian Muslims beyond the dominant sexual and gender norms / Vanja Hamzi -- Spirituality, activism, and the "postsecular" in the sisters of perpetual indulgence / Melissa M. Wilcox -- Hindu, Muslim and Sikh young adults : gendered practices in the negotiation of sexuality and relationship / Sarah-Jane Page and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- Coping with religious and cultural homophobia : emotion and narratives of identity threat among British Muslim gay men / Rusi Jaspal -- Sexualities in the migration context : religious influences on views on abortion and homosexuality / Bernadetta Siara -- Queering conversion : exploring new theoretical pathways to understand religious conversion in a Western context / Wim Peumans and Christiane Stallaert -- Body and sexuality constructions among youth of the ultra-orthodox Jewish community / Sara Zalcberg and Sima Zalcberg -- When God is not so good : corporate religion contra new social movements / Kenneth Houston.

Exploring the intersection between religion, gender and sexuality within the context of everyday life, this volume examines contested identities, experiences, bodies and desires on the individual and collective levels. With rich case studies from the UK, USA, Europe, and Asia, Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life sheds light on the manner in which individuals appropriate, negotiate, transgress, invert and challenge the norms and models of various religions in relation to gender and sexuality, and vice versa. Drawing on fascinating research from around the world, this book charts central features of the complexities involved in everyday life, examining the messiness, limits, transformations and possibilities that occur when subjectivities, religious and cultural traditions, and politics meet within the local as well as transnational contexts. As such, it will be of interest to scholars of sociology, anthropology, geography and cultural studies examining questions of religion and spirituality, gender and sexuality, and individual and collective identities in contemporary society.