Outputs (31)

Cosmic Households and Primordial Creativity: Worlding the World with (and as) Devī in a Contemporary Indian Śrīvidyā Tradition (2022)
Thesis
Hirmer, M. Cosmic Households and Primordial Creativity: Worlding the World with (and as) Devī in a Contemporary Indian Śrīvidyā Tradition. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Mostly focusing on ancient texts, Tantric studies reflect (and perpetuate) the notion that Tantric traditions are largely extinct, or practiced in utter secrecy. By looking at Śaktipur’s contemporary Śrīvidyā tradition, I provide new insights from an... Read More about Cosmic Households and Primordial Creativity: Worlding the World with (and as) Devī in a Contemporary Indian Śrīvidyā Tradition.

Calls, Invitations, Summons: ‘Gender’ in the aftermath of Politics of Piety (2019)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, S. (2019). Calls, Invitations, Summons: ‘Gender’ in the aftermath of Politics of Piety. Radical Philosophy, 2(5), 54-59

The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability (2019)
Thesis
Jacobs, N. L. The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis argues that, in many churches, disabled people are conceptualised as objects of care. However, disabled Christians are capable of being active agents in churches, with service, ministry and theologies of their own to offer. In Part A, I e... Read More about The Upside-down Kingdom of God : A Disability Studies Perspective on Disabled People’s Experiences in Churches and Theologies of Disability.

At the Edge of Time: Postcolonial Temporalities in An Intimate Rebuke (2019)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, S. (2019). At the Edge of Time: Postcolonial Temporalities in An Intimate Rebuke. Journal of Africana religions, 7(2), 291-299. https://doi.org/10.5325/jafrireli.7.2.2019.0291

In this response I challenge the neglect of postcolonial theory in Laura Grillo's An Intimate Rebuke: Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in Côte d'Ivoire and argue instead for its inclusion as a resource for immanent critique. I argue that G... Read More about At the Edge of Time: Postcolonial Temporalities in An Intimate Rebuke.

Inhospitable Landscapes: Disciplinary Territories and the Feminist "Paradigm Shift" (2018)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, S. (2018). Inhospitable Landscapes: Disciplinary Territories and the Feminist "Paradigm Shift". Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions, 19, 36-55. https://doi.org/10.18792/jbasr.v19i0.15

This paper examines Ursula King's claim in her edited volume Religion and Gender (1995) that introducing feminist gender-critical approaches in the study of religions constitutes a paradigm shift for the field/discipline. I will sketch a broadly posi... Read More about Inhospitable Landscapes: Disciplinary Territories and the Feminist "Paradigm Shift".

“Reparative Reading” as Queer Pedagogy (2018)
Journal Article
Hawthorne, S. (2018). “Reparative Reading” as Queer Pedagogy. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 34(1), 155-160. https://doi.org/10.2979/jfemistudreli.34.1.24

Gender: God (2017)
Book
Hawthorne, S. (Ed.). (2017). Gender: God. Macmillan Reference USA

Discusses how the category of gender brings to light the concepts and images of God across a variety of domains: divine imaginaries; bodies, subjects, selves; image, text, speech; past, present, future; and landscape, power, and place

Origin Myths and Temporal Orders (2017)
Book Chapter
Hawthorne, S. (2017). Origin Myths and Temporal Orders. In S. Hawthorne (Ed.), Gender: God (247-262). Macmillan Reference USA

Homonationalism and the Challenge of Queer Theology (2017)
Book Chapter
Hawthorne, S., & Auga, U. (2017). Homonationalism and the Challenge of Queer Theology. In S. Hawthorne (Ed.), Gender: God (367-383). Macmillan Reference USA

Genealogical Fictions: Origins Myths and Temporal Orders (2017)
Book Chapter
Hawthorne, S. (2017). Genealogical Fictions: Origins Myths and Temporal Orders. In S. Hawthorne (Ed.), Gender: God. Macmillan Reference USA