Embracing Faith and Desire. Queer and Feminist Engagements with Islam and Christianity as Lived Religions

Published by Routledge (2025), the volume co-edited with Viola Thimm  investigates the intersection of gender, sexuality, and religion from an anthropological lens. Taking women’s, non-binary, and queer religious life-worlds in Muslim and Christian contexts as a cross-cutting research theme, the book brings together scholars from different disciplines and regional contexts who are interested in the interconnectedness of gender dynamics, queerness, and religious principles.

The book is an outcome of the 2023 Autumn School “Embracing Faith and Desire – on the Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality, and Religion” held at FAU. It also features a foreword by amina wadud and an afterword by Melissa Wilcox.

More information is available on the publisher's website.