Editorial Special Issue: Religion at the Intersection of Gender, Health, and Leadership in Contemporary Times

Abstract

Nowadays there is a global growing recognition of the need to foster gender equality, health, and leadership in diverse spheres. However, numerous factors continue to impede gender equality, health, and leadership. The outbreak of the global pandemic, COVID-19 also disrupted the gains which had been made in advancing gender equality, health, and leadership. As part of a larger societal context, religion is both shaped by, and has an effect on health, gender, and leadership dynamics in society. This interaction often manifests in the role that religion plays in shaping the ways in which a society promotes gender equality, health, and leadership within and beyond religious circles. This Special Issue of the June edition of the Journal for the Study of Religion navigates the ways in which religion has shaped the gendered narratives of resilience in relation to health and leadership positions. This interaction of religion with gender, health, and leadership can either result in positive or negative outcomes as articles in this volume will indicate.