"Gendering Religion and Politics explores the multi-dimensional nature and inherently contingent qualities of modernity as they are revealed in the entwined relations between gender, religion, and politics. Evocative case studies by sociologists, historians anthropologists, political scientists, and theologians situate the discussion in Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities. Twelve scholars delve into the interconnections of religion, gender, and politics that lie beneath domestic and international conflicts. "--Jacket.