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This book tells the story of how a parish women's meeting started in 1876 by a Victorian vicar's wife is now the most authentic and powerful organization of women in the new global Christianity. Its cross-disciplinary approach examines how religious faith and shifting ideologies of womanhood and motherhood in the imperial and post colonial worlds acted as a source of empowerment for conservative women in their homes, communities and churches. In contrast to much of feminist history, A History of the Mothers' Union 1876-2008: Women, Anglicanism and Globalisation shows how the beliefs of ordinary women led them to become advocates and activists long before women had the vote or could be ordained priests.

Having survived an identity crisis over social and theological liberalism in the 1960s, the Mothers' Union provides a model of unity and reconciled diversity for a divided world wide church. Today it is hailed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and international development practitioners as an outstanding example of global Christian engagement with poverty and social transformation issues at the grass roots.

The material is arranged both thematically and chronologically. Case studies of Australia, Ghana and South Africa trace how the Mothers' Union arrived with white British women but evolved into indigenous organizations.

CORDELIA MOYSE is Adjunct Professor of Church History at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, USA.

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There's a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap, precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet it's no secret that meals cooked from scratch with nutritious, locally sourced ingredients are better for children, workers, and the environment. So why not empower "lunch ladies" to do more than just unbox and reheat factory-made food? And why not organize together to make healthy, ethically sourced, free school lunches a reality for all children? The Labor of Lunch aims to spark a progressive movement that will transform food in American schools, and with it the lives of thousands of low-paid cafeteria workers and the millions of children they feed. By providing a feminist history of the US National School Lunch Program, Jennifer E. Gaddis recasts the humble school lunch as an important and often overlooked form of public care. Through vivid narration and moral heft, The Labor of Lunch offers a stirring call to action and a blueprint for school lunch reforms capable of delivering a healthier, more equitable, caring, and sustainable future.

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"A new history of sex dolls that challenges how contemporary society understands tech designed for sex"--

History of engineering & technology --- Advertising & society --- Sex;technology;sexual technologies;sex tech;sex dolls;sex toys;history of sexuality;history of technology;sexual history;history of sex dolls;history of sex toys;history of sex tech;technological history;historiography;computer history;feminist history;media history;sex robots;digital media;feminist media studies;gender;sexuality;queer;race;colonialism;masculinity;alternate histories --- Sex dolls --- Sex --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex in mass media. --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Pornography in mass media --- Mass media --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Love dolls --- Companion dolls --- Sex toys --- Psychological aspects

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The contributions explore Muslim religious leadership in multiple forms and settings. While traditional authority is usually correlated with theology and piety, as in the case of classically trained ulema, the public advocacy of Muslim community concerns is often headed by those with professionalized skillsets and civic experience. In an increasingly digital world, both women and men exercise leadership in novel ways, and sites of authority are refracted from traditional loci, such as mosques and seminaries, to new and unexpected places. This collection provides systematic focus on a topic that has hitherto been given rather diffuse consideration. It complements historical work on community leadership as well as more contemporary discussion on the training and role of Islamic religious authorities. It will be of interest to scholars in Religious Studies, Sociology, Political Science, History, and Islamic Studies.

Religion & beliefs --- authentic Islam --- imams --- inclusion --- mosque governance --- mosques --- Muslim women --- Islam in Britain --- British Muslims --- religious authority --- individualism --- rationalisation of religion --- representation --- leadership --- religious leadership --- religious tribunals --- Shariah tribunals --- Islamic law --- Muslim leadership --- Muslim teachers --- Muslims in Britain --- education --- religious education --- RE teachers --- tactical religion --- strategic religion --- authority --- journalism --- journalist-source relations --- civic journalism --- qualitative methods --- mosque --- conflict --- imam --- committee members --- religious/bureaucratic authority --- Islam --- Muslim --- Bangladeshi --- Britain --- Fultoli --- Fultolir Sahib --- Sylhet --- Shah Jalal --- Tablighi Jama'at --- British mosques --- Dewsbury Markaz --- Hafiz Patel --- Nizamuddin --- Islamic revival --- Deobandi --- authority and leadership --- Islamic knowledge --- gender and piety --- female Muslim authorities --- Muslim subjectivities --- Imam training --- Muslim religious leadership --- Islamic education --- darul-ulums --- Islamic studies --- British Islam --- Dar al-Uloom --- Deoband --- ulama --- tradition --- Darul Uloom --- seminary --- chaplaincy --- accreditation --- servant leadership --- paraguiding --- the jurisprudence of reality --- British Muslim history --- feminism --- feminist history --- British Muslim studies --- Media Studies --- Religious Studies --- Islamic Studies --- identity --- Fuad Nahdi --- Q-News --- Sufism --- faith-based representation --- umbrella organisation --- MCB --- civil society --- political participation --- religious institutions --- darul uloom --- islamic education --- ulema --- authentic Islam --- imams --- inclusion --- mosque governance --- mosques --- Muslim women --- Islam in Britain --- British Muslims --- religious authority --- individualism --- rationalisation of religion --- representation --- leadership --- religious leadership --- religious tribunals --- Shariah tribunals --- Islamic law --- Muslim leadership --- Muslim teachers --- Muslims in Britain --- education --- religious education --- RE teachers --- tactical religion --- strategic religion --- authority --- journalism --- journalist-source relations --- civic journalism --- qualitative methods --- mosque --- conflict --- imam --- committee members --- religious/bureaucratic authority --- Islam --- Muslim --- Bangladeshi --- Britain --- Fultoli --- Fultolir Sahib --- Sylhet --- Shah Jalal --- Tablighi Jama'at --- British mosques --- Dewsbury Markaz --- Hafiz Patel --- Nizamuddin --- Islamic revival --- Deobandi --- authority and leadership --- Islamic knowledge --- gender and piety --- female Muslim authorities --- Muslim subjectivities --- Imam training --- Muslim religious leadership --- Islamic education --- darul-ulums --- Islamic studies --- British Islam --- Dar al-Uloom --- Deoband --- ulama --- tradition --- Darul Uloom --- seminary --- chaplaincy --- accreditation --- servant leadership --- paraguiding --- the jurisprudence of reality --- British Muslim history --- feminism --- feminist history --- British Muslim studies --- Media Studies --- Religious Studies --- Islamic Studies --- identity --- Fuad Nahdi --- Q-News --- Sufism --- faith-based representation --- umbrella organisation --- MCB --- civil society --- political participation --- religious institutions --- darul uloom --- islamic education --- ulema

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The contributions explore Muslim religious leadership in multiple forms and settings. While traditional authority is usually correlated with theology and piety, as in the case of classically trained ulema, the public advocacy of Muslim community concerns is often headed by those with professionalized skillsets and civic experience. In an increasingly digital world, both women and men exercise leadership in novel ways, and sites of authority are refracted from traditional loci, such as mosques and seminaries, to new and unexpected places. This collection provides systematic focus on a topic that has hitherto been given rather diffuse consideration. It complements historical work on community leadership as well as more contemporary discussion on the training and role of Islamic religious authorities. It will be of interest to scholars in Religious Studies, Sociology, Political Science, History, and Islamic Studies.

Religion & beliefs --- authentic Islam --- imams --- inclusion --- mosque governance --- mosques --- Muslim women --- Islam in Britain --- British Muslims --- religious authority --- individualism --- rationalisation of religion --- representation --- leadership --- religious leadership --- religious tribunals --- Shariah tribunals --- Islamic law --- Muslim leadership --- Muslim teachers --- Muslims in Britain --- education --- religious education --- RE teachers --- tactical religion --- strategic religion --- authority --- journalism --- journalist-source relations --- civic journalism --- qualitative methods --- mosque --- conflict --- imam --- committee members --- religious/bureaucratic authority --- Islam --- Muslim --- Bangladeshi --- Britain --- Fultoli --- Fultolir Sahib --- Sylhet --- Shah Jalal --- Tablighi Jama’at --- British mosques --- Dewsbury Markaz --- Hafiz Patel --- Nizamuddin --- Islamic revival --- Deobandi --- authority and leadership --- Islamic knowledge --- gender and piety --- female Muslim authorities --- Muslim subjectivities --- Imam training --- Muslim religious leadership --- Islamic education --- darul-ulums --- Islamic studies --- British Islam --- Dar al-Uloom --- Deoband --- ulama --- tradition --- Darul Uloom --- seminary --- chaplaincy --- accreditation --- servant leadership --- paraguiding --- the jurisprudence of reality --- British Muslim history --- feminism --- feminist history --- British Muslim studies --- Media Studies --- Religious Studies --- Islamic Studies --- identity --- Fuad Nahdi --- Q-News --- Sufism --- faith-based representation --- umbrella organisation --- MCB --- civil society --- political participation --- n/a --- religious institutions --- darul uloom --- islamic education --- ulema --- Tablighi Jama'at