| Feminism and Religion Contributor(s): Gross, Rita M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807067857 ISBN-13: 9780807067857 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $26.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: How has feminism changed the world's religions and the way we study them? Feminism and Religion provides a comprehensive--at times provocative--answer to this important question. Distinguished religion scholar Rita Gross explores how the feminist social vision transformed religious thought, ritual, leadership, and institutions around the world, from Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism to new religious movements like feminist spirituality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Spirituality - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 200.82 |
| LCCN: 96011472 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.49" W x 8.45" (0.78 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rita M. Gross offers an engaging survey of the changes feminism has wrought in religious ideas, beliefs, and practices around the world, as well as in the study and understanding of religion itself. |