Terror, Trump & Trauma
edited by S. Dievenkorn
Socially and politically, many things have changed for women in recent years. A gender political “turn-back” is taking place. Power relations shift in micro- and macro-social areas. The election of Donald Trumps as US President – a women-disparaging man who presents a very flexible relationship not only to the reality of facts but also to the dignity of women – marks a strengthening of male-chauvinist power. Worldwide, women have been pushed back into pre-feminist places. The European Society for Women in Theological Research (ESWTR) dedicates its current journal to the theological reflections on religious experiences, social border-situations and traumatic events, which in Europe are not only symbolically linked to the last US presidential elections. With its deliberate interreligious and theological perspective, the journal aims to contribute to the public debate on political events in Europe.
Socially and politically, many things have changed for women in recent years. A gender political “turn-back” is taking place. Power relations shift in micro- and macro-social areas. The election of Donald Trumps as US President – a women-disparaging man who presents a very flexible relationship not only to the reality of facts but also to the dignity of women – marks a strengthening of male-chauvinist power. Worldwide, women have been pushed back into pre-feminist places. The educated and experienced woman, who also stood for election, lost. She did not lose absolutely, but relatively. Her loss had been conditioned by the system of elections and she can easily be seen as a victim of established power structures. With her, women worldwide lost. At first glance, this seems to be very far from Europe and very placative, but it is not. Fine structures change. Realities shift. Facts lose weight. Post-factual arguments are blurring axioms of logic and science. Convictions are being based on opinions. Positions are becoming flexible. In the shifting of identity and virtuality, reality is being redefined. Feminism and Gender Studies are being defamed as ideology. Respect relativizes itself in the face of new social power relations and anonymous virtual possibilities. All of these put basic social values in question. Fundamentalism of all kinds gains space. Churches, synagogues and mosques thus become symbolic spaces of political power or powerlessness. The “European Society for Women in Theological Research” (ESWTR) dedicates its current journal to the theological reflections on religious experiences, social border-situations and traumatic events, which in Europe are not only symbolically linked to the last US presidential elections. With its deliberate interreligious and theological perspective, the journal aims to contribute to the public debate on political events in Europe.
- Edited by S Dievenkorn
Other Titles in this Series
Feminist Approaches to Interreligious Dialogue – Perspectivas feministas acerca del dialogo interreligioso – Feministische Zugange zum interreligiosen Dialog
Volume 17
Holy Texts
Authority and Language - Heilige Texte: Autoritat und Sprache - Textes Sacres: Autorite et Langue
Volume 12
Theological Women’s Studies in Southern Europe – Theologische Frauenforschung in Südeuropa – Recherche théologique des femmes en Europe Méridionale
Volume 13
Building Bridges in a Multifaceted Europe. Religious Origins, Traditions, Contexts and Identities – Brucken bauen in einem vielgestaltigen Europa. Religiose Ursprunge, Traditionen, Kontexte und Identitaten – Construire des ponts dans une Europe multiform
Volume 14
Resistanceand Visions / Resistencias y visiones / Widerstand und Visionen
Postcolonial, Post-secular and Queer Contributions to Theology and the Study of Religions / Contribuciones postcoloniales, postseculares y queer a la teologia y a los estudios de las religiones / Der Beitrag postkolonialer, postsakularer und queerer
Volume 22
Scandinavian Critique of Anglo-American Feminist Theology – Skandinavische Kritik angloamerikanischer feministischer Theologie – Critique scandinave de la theologie feministe anglo-americaine
Volume 15
In-between Spaces
Creative Possibilities for Theologies of Gender - Entre espacios: propuestas creativas para las teologias de genero - Zwischenraume: Kreative Moglichkeiten fur Gender-Theologien
Volume 21
Feminist Theology and Visual Arts – Teologia feminista y bellas artes – Feministische Theologie und Bildende Kunste
Volume 19
Sharing the Word of Hope with the World / Das Wort der Hoffnung mit der Welt teilen / Compartiendo la Palabra de la Esperanza en el Mundo
Volume 24
Feminist Theology
Listening, Understanding and Responding in a Secular and Plural World - La teologia feminista: escuchar, comprender y responder en un mundo secular y plural - Feministische Theologie: Zuhoren, verstehen und antworten in einer sakularen
Volume 20
500 Years of Reformation / 500 anos de Reforma / 500 Jahre Reformation
Tensions between Mission and Culture / Las tensiones entre Mision y Cultura / Spannungen zwischen Mission und Kultur
Volume 25
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