Addressing faith and feminism on a world scale, this extraordinary publication encompasses a nuanced and fine-tuned remedy of 7 of the world's religions from a feminist point of view by way of prime ladies students. Feminism and international Religions comprises chapters on Hinduism by means of Vasudha Narayanan, Buddhism by way of Rita M. Gross, Confucianism by way of Terry Woo, Taoism via Karen McLaughlin and Eva Wong, Judaism by means of Ellen M. Umansky, Christianity by means of Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Islam via Riffat Hassan, besides a common creation and a postscript by means of Katherine ok. younger and a preface via Arvind Sharma. the truth that those authors percentage a twin yet undivided dedication either to themselves as ladies and to their traditions as adherents imparts to their voices a prophetic caliber, and if Mahatma Gandhi is to be believed, even scriptural price.
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