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Metadata only record ; The author argues that development programs concerned with gender have made gender synonymous with women, rather than focusing on men and women's separate associations, opportunities and constraints of their gender. Males have gender issues as well, and cannot always be seen as the problem. Focusing only on women does not enhance the goals of equity and empowerment that many gender in development programs seek. Furthermore, creating static categories of analysis of men and women does not accurately reflect the many roles and identities that contribute to forming a gender identity, nor does it account for cultural variations on the praised qualities associated with masculinity or femininity. Thus, the author concludes that theory and practice need to join together to create programs that reflect the complexity of gender, rather than positioning men in one corner and women in the other. In order for development programs to be successful, men and women must both be included and traditional feminist theories must be moved past to accurately understand gender as a whole.

This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the death of Henry VIII. The uprisings reveal a harsh background of economic and social injustice, intensified at the time by inflation. Peasants in North Devon rose against the imposition of the English Prayer Book, and with the local authorities paralysed and the government wavering between conciliation and repression, a general rebellion broke out. Reinforced by Cornishmen, rallying to the defence of their national identity, the peasants assembled a formidable army and laid siege to Exeter itself. Only after three major battles was the revolt suppressed. The Norfolk peasants rose against agrarian abuses, routing a small royal force and occupying Norwich. Ably led by Robert Kett, they expelled the gentry and governed the county on a programme of social justice until they were crushed by the forces released by the collapse of the other risings. These revolts display the deep-seated resentments and injustices felt by the peasantry of the sixteenth century.

Introducing un/familiar theology -- Generativity: the disruption of biological origins -- The content of marriage: two and only two? -- Natality: reproduction and the possibility of new beginnings -- Adopting our own: worldless newcomers or children of a common God? -- Full quivers and the diversities of generativity -- Un/familiar institutions: repetition and difference

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 Reflecting and Reproducing: The History of Intersex -- CHAPTER 3 Relinquishing and Relating: Intersex/DSD and Marginal Bodies in the Body of Christ -- CHAPTER 4 Reassigning and Redefining: Intersex/DSD and Theologies from Transgender -- CHAPTER 5 Remembering and Re-Membering: Intersex/DSD and Theologies from Disability -- CHAPTER 6 Resisting and Reappropriating: Intersex/DSD and Queer Theologies -- CHAPTER 7 Realizing and Remaking: Conclusions

Intersex bodies, not easily classifiable as male or female, challenge the binary sex system operative in Western societies. They have often been pathologized, problematized, or altered via surgical intervention to make them less exceptional. Such bodies have been figured as troubling: by doctors; by parents; by religious institutions; and by society at large. In this volume, scholars engage with intersex from a range of perspectives, including constructive and pastoral theologies, biblical studies, and sociology of religion. This volume suggests that intersex's capacity to 'trouble' might also be understood positively, challenging unquestioned norms and dubious assumptions in religion and beyond

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: A Forgotten Life -- 1. The Devil's Wall -- 2. A German Bohemian Education -- 3. The Sacrifice -- 4. Rebirth -- 5. The Militant Youth Mission -- 6. Eros -- 7. A Leap into Ice-Cold Water -- 8. Sudeten Foreign Minister -- 9. Premonition of Disaster -- 10. The Cell -- Epilogue: Rutha's Ghost -- Place Names in German and Czech -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Main description: Heinz Rutha, pioneer of a youth movement that emphasized male bonding in its quest to reassert German dominance over Czechoslovakia, was arrested in 1937 for corrupting male adolescents. This led to an international scandal. Cornwall's biography is the first to tackle the long-taboo intersection of youth, homosexuality, and fascist nationalism.