Today's Woman in World Religions
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- ISBN 9780791416884
- Weight: 717g
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 1993
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines how the women's movement is affecting traditional religions and civilizations throughout the world. It reviews cases of global impact in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Australian aboriginal religion. This volume completes the trilogy devoted to women in world religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. The second book in the series is entitled Religion and Women. The present work surveys the position of women in the religious traditions covered in the first volume of the trilogy, Women in World Religions, placing these traditions in contemporary context.
Arvind Sharma is Professor at McGill University. He is the editor of Women in World Religions and the upcoming Religion and Women, both published by SUNY Press.
