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Religion and women /

This book discusses the position of women in the Native American, African, Shinto, Jaina, Zoroastrian, Sikh, and Baha'i faiths for the first time in a single volume, and evolves a conceptual framework within which their positions could be comprehensively considered. The contributing scholars pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sharma, Arvind
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1994.
Colección:McGill studies in the history of religions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book discusses the position of women in the Native American, African, Shinto, Jaina, Zoroastrian, Sikh, and Baha'i faiths for the first time in a single volume, and evolves a conceptual framework within which their positions could be comprehensively considered. The contributing scholars provide an enlarged database for a more thorough discussion of the questions pertaining to women and religion in general, and simultaneously advance the theoretical frontiers in women's studies. Religion and Women belongs to a trilogy about women and world religions edited by Arvind Sharma the first and third volumes being respectively, Women in World Religions and Today's Woman in World Religions.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (291 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and indexes.
ISBN:0585060452
9780585060453