McGill Studies in the History of Religions Feminism and World Religions

Type

Book

Authors

ISBN 10

0791440249

ISBN 13

9780791440247

Tags

Comparative Religion, Sociology, Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, BU-RELI, World religion

Series Name

McGill Studies in the History of Religions

Description

Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and fine-tuned treatment of seven of the world's religions from a feminist perspective by leading women scholars. Feminism and World Religions contains chapters on Hinduism by Vasudha Narayanan, Buddhism by Rita M. Gross, Confucianism by Terry Woo, Taoism by Karen McLaughlin and Eva Wong, Judaism by Ellen M. Umansky, Christianity by Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Islam by Riffat Hassan, along with a general introduction and a postscript by Katherine K. Young and a preface by Arvind Sharma. The fact that these authors share a dual but undivided commitment both to themselves as women and to their traditions as adherents imparts to their voices a prophetic quality, and if Mahatma Gandhi is to be believed, even scriptural value. - from Amzon

Biblio Notes

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1999.
Includes bibliographies and indexes (name, subject, and terms).

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