Title:
Feminism and religion : how faiths view women and their rights / Michele A. Paludi and J. Harold Ellens, editors.
Author:
Paludi, Michele Antoinette, editor.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
Call Number:
BL458 .F4538 2016
Abstract:
At a conference in 2013, Gloria Steinem noted that religion is the "biggest problem" facing feminism today. In this insightful volume, a team of researchers, psychologists, and religious leaders led by editors Michele A. Paludi and J. Harold Ellens supply their expertise and informed opinions to examine the problems, spur understanding, and pose solutions to the conflicts between religion and women's rights, thereby advocating a global interest in justice and love for women. Examples of subjects addressed include the pro-life/pro-choice debate, feminism in new age thought, and the complex intersections of religion and feminism combined with gender, race, and ethnicity. The contributed work in this unique single-volume book enables a better understanding of how various religions view women—both traditionally and in the modern context—and how feminist thinking has changed the roles of women in some world religions. Readers will come away with clear ideas about how religious cultures can honor feminist values, such as family-friendly workplace policies, reproductive justice, and pay equity, and will be prepared to engage in conversation and constructive debate regarding how faith and feminism are interrelated today. (Publisher).
ISBN:
9781440838880
Series:
Women's psychology
Women's psychology (Westport, Conn.)
Physical Description:
xxx, 390 pages ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Views from the Bible and Buddhism to the Quran and Taoism. Is faith in the Bible and feminism compatible? / The goddess-worshipping age : feminist egalitarianism in prehistory and early history / Feminist perspectives from the Hebrew Bible / The Church, woman, leadership, and the body / Feminism re-frames who wrote Hebrew scriptures : 10th-century Tamar, the "master" storyteller / Women in the Holy Quran / Feminism in Hinduism : female deities and their influence on South Asian culture / Feminism in Buddhism / Femineity in the gospel of John / Feminism in the Eastern Orthodox Church / The mystical feminine in Baha'i scriptures / Religious philosophy in feminism and feminist action. Martial religion, ravaging warfare, and rape : polytheistic Greek and monotheistic Israelite views / Judaism and feminism / A room prepared : women and the mystic experience / The feminine spiritual / Feminism and the pro-life/pro-choice debate / Historical resonances of the feminine in the Brazilian Christian religions / Faith and feminism : resolving the gender issue through mythology and archetype / Feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies in conversation / Confucianism and feminism / Men are not yang and women are not yin : gender construction in the Tao Te Ching and the I Ching / American Muslim women and faith-inspired activism / Special women in the Holy Quran / Feminism and the future of religion
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