In recent decades, religious conservatives and secular liberals have battled over the appropriate role of women in society. Christ and mary daly, have had the challenging duty of representing feminist scholars in this field of past androcentric focus this book reads like a whos who of feminist scholars and works as a good jumpingoff place for further study. The introductory article, written specifically for this volume, summarizes the conclusions gross has reached about gender and feminism after forty years of searching and. Gross offers an engaging survey of the changes feminism has wrought in religious ideas, beliefs, and practices around the world, as well as in the study and understanding of religion itself. Feminist trauma theologies explores the relationship between trauma and feminist theologies, highlighting methodological, theological, and practical similarities between the two. See more ideas about world religions, religion and world. Published august 1st 1991 by orbis books, 169 pages, paperback. There is no single definition of feminism and this is a place of many voices. Resistance, identity, and religious change in israel. This book was intended to be a brief survey without an indepth analysis. Rita gross is one of the pioneers in the movement of feminist study in religion. Feminism and world religions contains chapters on hinduism by vasudha narayanan. Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and finetuned treatment of seven due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Feminist views on the role of religions sociology tutor2u.
Feminist transformations of the world religions by. Feminism and world religions arvind sharma, editor, katherine k. You are invited to take part and bring your own contribution to this work at the intersection of feminism and religion. With contributions from a diverse team of scholars, this book is an essential resource for all thinkers and practitioners who are trying to navigate the current. Faith and feminism book by helen lakelly hunt official. Shows how racialization and islamophobia do not shape similar intersectional dynamics of exclusion in feminist movements and explores the connection between the two. Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. By feminism, she means a critical and reconstructive stance visavis the institutions and values of ones own culture, religion, and academic environment.
Harold ellens lead readers through a detailed exploration of the feminist methods, issues, and theoretical frameworks that have made women central, not marginal, to religions around the world. Feminism and world religions by arvind sharma nook book. Until very recently, women have been invisible workers in the worlds religions. The worlds religions by huston smith, paperback barnes.
Between feminism and orthodox judaism resistance, identity. In women healing earth, theologian rosemary radford ruether brings together the writings of fourteen latin american, asian and african women on the meaning of ecotheological issues in their own contexts. Seeding the future when possible extinction stares us in the face. Gross, confucianism by terry woo, taoism by karen mclaughlin and eva wong, judaism by ellen m. Using original sources, previously unavailable in english, the book describes the lives of figures considered saintly in world religions including judaism. The essayists explore fundamentalism as a system or method of limiting womens. Illuminations of hildegard of bingen book by matthew fox. After laying out the data on the depth of patriarchy and sexism in traditional religions, gross says the question for a religious feminist is what to do next.
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Religion, feminism, and the family paperback anne carr. Written collectively by nine authors from various disciplines, womens realities, womens choices, fourth edition, has been updated to incorporate the latest research and statistics in the field. This book will be an important resource for all ongoing work in feminist teaching. For in the eucharist he is still, as ever, fulfilling the old covenant and ratifying the new. The introductory essays by the volume editor linking some of the sections are packed with information about and reflections upon questions, resources, issues and debates visavis feminism and the study of religions. Her teaching creds serve her well in this book, in which she defines feminism, religion, and religious studies and briefly tells the history of the interaction between feminism and religion. Then she addresses four central issues, probably the major one being. Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings. The book shows how debates about feminism within the study of religion have been influenced by broader theoretical discussions. Rosemary ruether is the first name in feminist studies in religion and this book represents an integration of her most important themes. With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. Anything and everything you need to know about the world of.
Margaret mead, the subject of my next book project, was a. Women saints in world religions deepens our understanding of the concept of sainthood, brings to light original material, and presents the first comparative analysis of female sainthood. How has feminism changed the world s religions and the way we study them. Dec 11, 2018 articles, books, and resources about world religions and how to reach people from other religions with the gospel of jesus christ. Capitalism, feminism, and the corporate politics of development by kathryn moeller is the winner of the 2018 national womens studies association sarah a. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. With objectivity and accessibility, this book looks at the histories, scriptures, places of worship, religious leaders, gods, and major festivals that are the foundations of many of the world s religions. Gross feminism and world religions by arvind sharma flight of the goose by lesley thomas the birth of the. By renewing the churchs appreciation of the new covenant, cardinal ratzinger proposes a fully integrated christian life, with christ at the center of the scriptures, but also at the center of the church today. It contains three articles on religion that i was interested in strategies for a feminist revalorization of buddhism by rita m. This is a book by women about women in the religions of the world. This volume brings together essays by feminist scholars from different.
Gross offers an engaging survey of the changes feminis. Feminist transformations of the world religions 9780883447482 by paula cooey. Her goal in this book is to follow one golden thread of feminism in americathe prolife threadto show why it has been ignored by the media and left out of. Postcolonial feminism is a form of feminism that developed as a response to feminism focusing solely on the experiences of women in western cultures. The image of the serpent, because of its association with life, rejuvenation, fertility, and regeneration, was a symbol of immortality. Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and finetuned treatment of seven of the world s religions from a feminist perspective by leading women scholars. It skilfully clarifies many issues that too often are blurred in the discussion of world religions, and it argues the authors own views with gracefulness, maturity, and cogency. Postcolonial feminism seeks to account for the way that racism and the longlasting political, economic, and cultural effects of colonialism affect nonwhite, nonwestern women in the postcolonial world. Buddhism, christianity, confucianism, hinduism, islam, judaism, taoism, and tribal religions. They still hold most of the power in the economy, in government, in religions, in the media and often in the family too. Religion, feminism, and the family is designed to stimulate discussion on both the contemporary womens movement and the future of the american family. Not all feminists agree that religion is essentially patriarchal, arguing that many early religions featured prominent goddesses and other female figures. For readers new to religious feminisms, tanenbaum provides accessible introductions to major. Fatima mernissis book, the forgotten queens of islam, is a crucial piece in feminist theology for islam and how it relates to a non western state.
The contributors show that postsecular feminism is a variety of feminism that is not necessarily either secularist or antisecular. Womens realities, womens choices paperback sarah chinn. Marie griffith challenges the simple generalizations often made about charismatic or spiritfilled christian women and uncovers. This collection of essays by internationally renowned women scholars both contests the notion of fundamentalism and attempts to find places where it might convege with womens roles in the various world s religions. See more ideas about religion, christian denomination, protestant denominations. It examines a range of themes from the viewpoint of identifiable traditions such as judaism, christianity, islam and buddhism, from a theoretical and. Shop from a range of bestselling titles to improve your knowledge at. The essays in a garland of feminist reflections represent the major aspects of her work and provide an overview of her methodology in womens studies in religion and feminism. Integrating ecofeminism, globalization, and world religions. Ecofeminists in the north must listen carefully to women in the south since common problems can only be solved by understanding cultural and historical differences. Matthew fox writes from a lifelong theological experience in and out of the church.
Hinduism, buddhism, confucianism, taoism, islam, judaism, and christianity. The coiled serpent with its tail in its mouth was a circle of infinitude indicating omnipotence and omniscience. Feminist trauma theologies by karen odonnell, katie cross. Third world women on ecology, feminism, and religion. A series devoted to international scholarship 9780791440247. She has articulated a feminist and spiritual perspective, which creates nonviolent possibilities in the midst of the inevitabilities of the violence of corporate rule and religious fundamentalism. More importantly, they reveal how farreaching the transformations of world religions must be in order to retrieve a liberation core that will be emancipatory for all. Ruether has spent the last several years exploring the environmental crisis, the roles of religion and feminists, and what third world women have to say. By viewing japanese religious history through the eyes of women, women in japanese religions presents a new narrative that offers strikingly different vistas of japans pluralistic. I picked up a copy of feminism and world religions edited by arvind sharma and katherine young at the uw library. Covering the most recent developments in politics, labor, family life, religion, and culture, the book also features extensive research on relevant. Feminism and world religions mcgill studies in the history of. Feminist perspectives from the world s religions available in paperback. Distinguished religion scholar rita gross explores how the feminist social vision transformed religious thought, ritual, leadership, and institutions around the world, from christianity.
Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and finetuned treatment of seven of the worlds religions from a feminist perspective by leading women scholars. Buy feminism and world religions suny series, mcgill studies in the history of religions, a series devoted to international scholarship by arvind sharma isbn. Combining insightful text with graphic illustrations, this engaging book introduces young adult readers to a subject that should matter to everyone. Gross, confucianism and feminism by terry woo, and feminism andin taoism by karen laughlin and eva wong. Ruether has spent the last several years exploring the environmental crisis, the roles of religion and feminists and what third world women have to say. Anthology of world religions paperback lewis vaughn. Choice 1999 outstanding academic book addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and finetuned treatment of seven of the world s religions from a feminist perspective by leading women scholars. Its an academic analysis of various world religions sort of like a comparative study and how the lens of feminism can be applied to revolutionize or reject them in some cases. At the same time, many men are questioning traditional views about what it means to be a man. It presents all the basic facts and ideological issues concerning the position of women in the major religious traditions of humanity. Mathematics mystery fiction non fiction novels offers paranormal people and relationships personal development poetry programming religion romance science science fiction self help short stories spirituality the. The family, culture, and religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the american family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the. Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and finetuned treatment of seven. She taught comparative religion at the university of wisconsin. Feminism and world religions contains chapters on hinduism by vasudha narayanan, buddhism by rita m. Participants plan their own program by choosing which religious groups to learn about, visit and relate to their own growing faith. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. The title of this anthology, women and world religions, was chosen deliberately to emphasize that its primary focus is on actual women and their experiences as active agents of their spiritual livesas opposed to women in religion as goddesses or other images and symbols of females that are found in religious myths, art, and scriptures. In this new conjuncture, women from within islam and islamist movements in farflung places around the world from malaysia, to morocco, to iran, and to the united statesbegan to articulate a holistic, gendersensitive construction of citizenship within the framework of an islamic modernity. Integrating ecofeminism, globalization, and world religions addresses the practical relevance of the interconnection of feminism, ecology, and religious theological thought, and will ask questions about the lack of attention to gender issues in both ecological theology and deglobalization theory. Feminism, law, and religion 1st edition marie failinger. A remarkable book that focuses on the idea that spirituality and feminism are really different expressions of the same impulse to make life more whole, faith and feminism offers a powerful catalyst for reflecting on our sense of self and for living and loving according to.
Who can be saved reassessing salvation in christ and world. In sex and the catholic feminist, browder challenges the notion that you cant be a feminist and believe in god. Feminism and religion is an allvolunteer project that comes together through the collaborative work of a diverse community of thinkers, writers, activists. Feminism and world religions by arvind sharma, katherine k. By name a z by name z a featured by price low to high by price high to low by publishing date newer to older by publishing date older to newer. This riveting paperback explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from hatshepsut to cleopatra, and shines a piercing light on perceptions of powerful women today. At a conference in 20, gloria steinem noted that religion is the biggest problem facing feminism today. She echoes john paul iis call for catholics to embody a new feminism, a radical new view of womens dignity. This book will be an important resource for all ongoing work in feminist teaching and research in religion.
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Feminist critiques of religion, however, have begun to question centuries of. Feminism and world religions mcgill studies in the. Feminism and world religions paperback nov 1 1998 amazon. The term islamic feminism began to be heard in the 1990s in various global locations. Unsettling a common claim that feminism is western and dismantling the alleged opposition between feminism and islam, the book demonstrates how the egyptian feminist movement in the first half of this century both advanced the nationalist cause and worked within the parameters of islam. Psychoanalysis, feminism, and theology 9780300067699 by james w. Feminist theology and islam is also used to strengthen the spiritual connection to the women of islam when they undergo severe trauma, to promote human rights especially those of women. Feminism and religion provides a comprehensiveat times provocativeanswer to this important question. Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and finetuned treatment of seven of the world s religions from a feminist perspective by leading women. Instead they argue that patriarchal societies have changed religions in order to ensure they reflected and reinforced patriarchal values. A special feature of the book is its phenomenological approach, wherein scholars.