CiNii Books - Feminism and religion : how faiths view women and their rights

Renowned subject experts Michele A. Paludi and J. 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. 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.

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Series Foreword Michele A. Paludi Foreword J. Harold Ellens Acknowledgments Introduction Michele A. Paludi PART I: VIEWS FROM THE BIBLE AND BUDDHISM TO THE QURAN AND TAOISM 1. Is Faith in the Bible and Feminism Compatible? Virginia Ingram 2. The Goddess-Worshipping Age: Feminist Egalitarianism in Prehistory and Early History Maija Jespersen 3. Feminist Perspectives from the Hebrew Bible Ilona Rashkow 4. The Church, Woman, Leadership, and the Body Silvia Geruza Fernandez Rodrigues 5. Feminism Re-frames Who Wrote Hebrew Scriptures: 10th-Century Tamar, the "Master" Storyteller Adrien J. Bledstein 6. Women in the Holy Quran Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi 7. Feminism in Hinduism: Female Deities and Their Influence on South Asian Culture Divyaben Patel, Katherine Anne E. Scott, Paula K. Lundberg-Love, and Jeanine M. Galusha-Glasscock 8. Feminism in Buddhism Linda Chiang 9. Femineity in the Gospel of John Kamila Blessing 10. Feminism in the Eastern Orthodox Church Maria Stoyadinova 11. The Mystical Feminine in Baha'i Scriptures Paula A. Drewek PART II: RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY IN FEMINISM AND FEMINIST ACTION 12. Martial Religion, Ravaging Warfare, and Rape: Polytheistic Greek and Monotheistic Israelite Views Kathy L. Gaca 13. Judaism and Feminism Ilona Rashkow 14. A Room Prepared: Women and the Mystic Experience Anna Byrne 15. The Feminine Spiritual Deborah Brock 16. Feminism and the Pro-Life/Pro-Choice Debate Jennifer Elisa Veninga 17. Historical Resonances of the Feminine in the Brazilian Christian Religions Patricia Nobre 18. Faith and Feminism: Resolving the Gender Issue through Mythology and Archetype Deborah Brock 19. Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Theologies in Conversation Suzanne M. Coyle 20. Confucianism and Feminism Mary Wittbold 21. Men Are Not Yang and Women Are Not Yin: Gender Construction in the Tao Te Ching and the I Ching Maija Jespersen 22. American Muslim Women and Faith-Inspired Activism Asma Uddin and Firdaus Arastu 23. Special Women in the Holy Quran Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi 24. Feminism and the Future of Religion J. Harold Ellens About the Editors and Contributors Index

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