Women and Religion : Global Lives in Focus / edited by Susan M. Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Susan M., editor.

Series:

Women and Society around the World.

Women and Society around the World

Standardized Title:

Women and religion (ABC-Clio Information Services).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 320 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Westport, CT : Greenwood, 2009.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This volume offers students a broad examination of the impact of religion on the lives of women around the world, focusing on differences among women, indigenous religions, the impact of religion in colonization, and resistance to religious oppression. Sexism, pervasive in religion, limits access to high leadership positions; dictates gender-related religious practices and roles; portrays women in limited ways in sacred texts; excludes or condemns them if they are lesbian, bisexual, or transgender; and makes them subject to violence by people of other faiths as well as their own. This volume is organized into eight chapters, each focusing on a different region of the world-North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, and Oceania. Chapters cover women's status and experiences in the religions of each region, including indigenous religions and such major world religions as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Additionally, they cover issues of religion for women, such as women in religious leadership, women in sacred texts, LGBTQ issues in religion, the intersections of religion and politics for women, the legacy of Christian missionaries on the colonial project, religious violence against women, and women's resistance to religious oppression.

Contents:

North America / Kali Furman, Jennifer A. Venable, Leida (LK) Mae, Luhui Whitebear, Rebecca J. Lambert

Latin America and the Caribbean / Karen J. Shaw, Anuncia Escala

Europe / Janet Lockhart

North Africa and the Middle East / Hanan Hammad, Amina Zarrugh

Sub-Saharan Africa / Mary-Antoinette Smith

Central and East Asia / Suzanne E. Schier-Happell

South and Southeast Asia / Shannon Garvin

Oceania / Karen G. Massey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216036814

9798216166320

9781440871979

1440871973

OCLC:

1245247299