Dr. Dawn Coleman
Book Details
Title
Sex and Secularism
Author
Award Year
ISBN
9780691160641
Honoree Information
Dr. Dawn Coleman
Position
Professor
Department
English
Occasion
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Dawn Coleman's promotion to Professor.
Why Chosen
This book was a revelation to me when I read it a year after its publication, in 2019. Against conventional wisdom, it argues that the church-state separation fundamental to secular republicanism intensified gender inequality by reinforcing a link between women and religion and sidelining both from political discourse. This idea grounded several of my subsequent articles and is important to my book in progress.