Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, & Difference—Women's Studies in Religion Panel 2022
Harvard Divinity School
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What Are Jewish Midwives Pulling From the Outside?
In Amsterdam, Jewish midwives stood apart from the larger medical establishment. Cersis uses a close reading of ritual practice to trouble assumptions about what constitutes humanity and religion. Why is it important to look at academic approaches to the study of gender and religion from the perspective of Santa Maria? What can we learn by doing so?
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