Women within Religions
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Women within Religions

Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Role of Women in Selected World Religions

  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Women within Religions

Patriarchy, Feminism, and the Role of Women in Selected World Religions

About this book

Women are the majority in almost every cultural or social group. However, their roles vary in various cultures, religions, and traditions. In some cultures and religions, they are highly honored, while in others they are neglected, oppressed, and segregated. This book examines women's role in a few selected world religions, namely Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It also surveys the concept of patriarchy and the various theoretical perspectives surrounding it.Eventually, this book discusses the concept of ecofeminism and how feminists perceive of the relationship between nature and the oppression of women. The book grapples with the question, "In what way do world religions perceive of women and their role in their teachings and traditions?" This book is important for students and teachers of gender studies, African theology, and Christian theology as a whole.

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Table of contents

  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. FOREWORD BY ESTHER MOMBO
  3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  4. ABBREVIATIONS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. FACES OF GENDER INEQUALITY
  7. CHAPTER 1: THE CONCEPT OF PATRIARCHY
  8. CHAPTER 2: FEMINISM, HISTORY, AND THEORY
  9. CHAPTER 3: THEOLOGY OF AFRICAN WOMEN
  10. CHAPTER 4: WOMEN WITHIN THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
  11. CHAPTER 5: WOMEN WITHIN CHRISTIANITY
  12. CHAPTER 6: WOMEN WITHIN ISLAM
  13. CHAPTER 7: WOMEN WITHIN BUDDHISM
  14. CHAPTER 8: WOMEN WITHIN HINDUISM
  15. CHAPTER 9: ECOFEMINISM AND THE SACRED215
  16. BIBLIOGRAPHY