Women within Religions: Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Role of Women in Selected World Religions 1532697570, 9781532697579

Women in Yoruba Religions 9781479814022

Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba peop

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Women in Japanese Religions 9781479898695

Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. M

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Theory of Women in Religions 9781479860814

An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures While women have made gains in equality over the pa

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Ritual Soundings : Women Performers & World Religions 9780252051135

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Women and Gender in Ancient Religions: Interdisciplinary Approaches 3161505794, 9783161505799

Following a scholarly conference given in honor of Adela Yarbro Collins, this collection of essays offers focused studie

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Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism 9780253338730, 0253338735

"The essays are provocative and enhance knowledge of Third World women’s issues. Highly recommended... " —Choi

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Daoism and Ecology: Ways within a Cosmic Landscape (Religions of the World and Ecology) 0945454295, 9780945454298

Until now, no single work has been devoted to both a scholarly understanding of the complexities of the Daoist tradition

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Great World Religions: Islam

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Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division Of Labour 9781350221703, 9781783601691

First published in 1986, Maria Mies’s progressive book was hailed as a major paradigm shift for feminist theory, and it

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Great Religions of the Modern World 9781400877638

Here is the answer to the desire of many thoughtful laymen for an intelligent appraisal of the great contemporary faiths

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