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What men owe to women : men's voices from world religions / edited by John C. Raines and Daniel C. Maguire.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women and religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 303 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2001]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "What Men Owe to Women brings together a distinguished group of male scholars to address gender justice in world religions. It includes contributions representing a wide range of traditions: Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Taoism, Buddhism, and African and Native American religions. This book acknowledges the patriarchal overload of these traditions and institutes a creative search for the helpful, but neglected, resources of the traditions themselves. The contributors show how these resources support the economic and political empowerment of women and assist a rethinking of gender relations in terms of genuine mutuality. In addition they share information on their own lives and those of the women in their families that illuminate the discussion." "The book builds upon the enormous international feminist literature that has indicted the religions of the world for their insensitivity to women and their sacralization of sexism. It then looks into the causes of the fear that underlies much sexism and studies the distortion of religious symbols that supports sexism and masks men's obligations."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- A Hindu perspective / Anantanand Rambachan
- A Protestant Christian perspective / Marvin M. Ellison
- Bumuntu paradigm and gender justice: sexist and antisexist trends in African traditional religions / Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha
- Islam, women, and gender justice / Asghar Ali Engineer
- A Jewish perspective / Zeʹev W. Falk
- A Roman Catholic perspective / Gerard S. Sloyan
- Islam and gender justice: beyond simplistic apologia / Farid Esack
- A Thai Buddhist perspective / Tavivat Puntarigvivat
- A Taoist perspective: appreciating and applying the principle of femininity / Liu Xiaogan
- A Native North American perspective: to protect the ground we walk on / Christopher Ronwanièn:te Jocks
- Conclusion / Daniel C. Maguire.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7914-9155-2
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