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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Arvind Sharma |
| ISBN: | 0791416879 9780791416877 0791416887 9780791416884 |
| OCLC Number: | 27109178 |
| Description: | xii, 459 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Aboriginal women's religion / Diane Bell -- Women in Hinduism / Katherine K. Young -- Women in Buddhism / Nancy J. Barnes -- Women, the state, and religion today in the People's Republic of China / Miriam Levering -- Women and Chinese religion in contemporary Taiwan / Barbara Reed -- Today's Jewish women / Denise L. Carmody -- Christianity and women in the modern world / Rosemary R. Ruether -- Women in Islam / Jane I. Smith -- Studying women and religion / Rita M. Gross. |
| Series Title: | McGill studies in the history of religions. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Arvind Sharma ; introduction by Katherine K. Young. |
Abstract:
This book examines how the women's movement is affecting traditional religions and civilizations throughout the world. It reviews cases of global impact in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Australian aboriginal religion. This volume completes the trilogy devoted to women in world religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. The second book in the series is entitled Religion and Women. The present work surveys the position of women in the religious traditions covered in the first volume of the trilogy, Women in World Religions, placing these traditions in contemporary context.
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