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Sport, Politics and Religion
Colette Gilhooley is writing her MLitt in Postcolonial Studies under Professor David Murphy. A combination of International Women’s Day and the anticipation of the Olympics may make this an opportune time to look at issues facing female athletes which have … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, body, Critical Religion, culture, gender, Muslim, performance, politics, religion, sport, women
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On Theory and Practice in Religious Studies
This is the first time I have ever ‘blogged’. In fact the latter word was so new to my PC that I had to add it to the dictionary in the software. In the course of the past two decade … Continue reading
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Tagged body, Critical Religion, culture change, decathexis, managerialism, religious studies, spiritualities, theology, university
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Some thoughts on body shame and plastic surgery…
There is little if anything that is straightforward or indeed ‘natural’ about body. It is a cultural canvas constructed through metaphors: from Socrates’ and Plato’s view of it as a prison for the soul, to the Apostle Paul’s invocation of … Continue reading
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Tagged body, Christian, Critical Religion, gender, power
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