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Women and Religious Traditions uses a critical feminist lens to explore the roles and interactions of women with major world faith traditions. Within each particular tradition, the text examines the history and status of women, family structures, sexuality, and social change, as well as texts, rituals, and interpretations by and for women.
List of contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1: Leona M. Anderson: Women in Hindu Traditions
- 2: Jacoba Kuikman: Women in Judaism
- 3: Eva K. Neumaier: Women in the Buddhist Traditions
- 4: Lee D. Rainey: Women in the Chinese Traditions
- 5: Dawn Martin-Hill: Women in Indigenous Traditions
- 6: Pamela Dickey Young: Women in Christianity
- 7: L. Clarke: Women in Islam
- 8: Doris R. Jokobsh: Women in Sikhism
- 9: Leona M. Anderson and Pamela Dickey Young: Women in New Age Traditions
- Case Studies
- Both Guru and Goddess: Mata Amritanandamayi of Kerala
- Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha Unite
- L'autre Parole: A Christian and Feminist Collective in Quebec
- Two Muslim Women in North America
- Interpreting Religion in the Female Idiom: Women's Writing, Women's Religiosity, and Popular Religion in China NEW
- Index
About the author
Leona M. Anderson is professor emeritus in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Regina. Her research interests include Sanskrit literature, classical and popular Hinduism, Hindu ritual, and iconography. Her publications include the Vasantotsava: Indian Spring Festival, Text and Contexts (New Delhi: DK Printworld, 1993/4); The Ganesh Festival (51 mins., colour video [vhs] documentary, 1999 and 2009), and The Orishas of Cuba (dvd, 2008). Her current research focuses on Santeria traditions in Cuba and the Ashtavinayakas in India.
Pamela Dickey Young is professor of religious studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. She is author of many books and articles on feminist theology, women and religion, and religion and sexuality. Her current research focuses on religion, gender, and sexuality among youth in Canada. Her most recent book is Religion, Sex and Politics: Christian Churches and Same-Sex Marriage in Canada (Fernwood Publishing, 2012).
Summary
Women and Religious Traditions uses a critical feminist lens to explore the roles and interactions of women with major world faith traditions. Within each particular tradition, the text examines the history and status of women, family structures, sexuality, and social change, as well as texts, rituals, and interpretations by and for women.
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Extremely readable. . . . An excellent introduction to the topic. . . . The chapters do a very good job introducing students to the religious tradition in question, and the structure of each chapter, despite the different authors, helps the student of comparative religion to analyze the information."
