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This collection of spiritual testimonies is committed to the idea that genuine dialogue between men and women that acknowledges the essential fully-gendered human aspect of each is the foundation for achieving true liberation of the sexes. This study looks to the traditions of the five major religions of the world for guidance. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism are examined by five women who, drawing on their own personal experiences, individually address how the issues of justice and equality are manifested in their respective religions, and search for teachings within those traditions that would promote meaningful dialogue.
Of central concern to the text is the concept that both sexes have responsibility for extracting the core lessons from their own particular cultural and religious framework, and the inclusion of writings by men as partners in this pursuit evidences the work's dialogical approach. Hopeful that men and women will witness the essential equality that is the heart of our belief systems, the work concludes with an outline of educational methods designed to encourage the kind of dialogue that can promote authentic freedom.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction"Each Night" by Myra Shapiro
The Quest for Dialogue between Men and Women: Introductory Remarks by Leonard Grob
"Jihad Fi Sabil Allah": A Muslim Woman's Faith Journey from Struggle to Struggle to Struggle by Riffat Hassan
Witnesses for a Spiritual FeminismWoman Jews by Tikvah Frymer-Kensky
A Christian Feminist's Struggle with the Bible as Authority by Constance F. Parvey
The Issue of Woman-Man Equality in the Islamic Tradition by Riffat Hassan
Women and the Hindu Tradition by Kana Mitra
"The Dharma.Is Neither Male Nor Female": Buddhism on Gender and Liberation by Rita M. Gross
A Spiritual Challenge for MenMale-Female Relations and the Dialogical Imperative by Leonard Grob
Yeshua, Feminist and Androgynous: An Integrated Human by Leonard Swidler
Educating for Dialogue between Men and WomenSartre, Transcendence, and Education for Equality between the Sexes by Betty Cannon
Men's and Women's Sharing of Freedom: The Educational Task by Haim Gordon
Selected Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
HAIM GORDON is Professor of Education at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev-Israel. Professor Gordon has published extensively, his latest project is a Dictionary of Existentialism (Greenwood Press, 1999).
