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"This collection of essays explores how women from a variety of religious and cultural communities have contributed to the richly textured, pluralistic society of Canada. Focusing on women's religiosity, it examines the ways in which they have carried and conserved, and brought forward and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Woo, Terry Tak-ling, 1952- (Editor ), Lee, Becky R., 1952- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Religious life.
Religion.
Feminism > Religious aspects.
RELIGION > Reference.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Feminisme > Canada > Aspect religieux.
Femmes > Vie religieuse > Canada.
Feminism > Canada > Religious aspects.
Women > Religious life > Canada.
Canada.
Canada > Religion > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part A: Christianity and Judaism in Newfoundland, Ontario, and Alberta; 1 "He's My Best Friend": Relationality, Materiality, and the Manipulation of Motherhood in Devotion to St. Gerard Majella in Newfoundland ; 2 "She Couldn't Come to the Table 'til She Was Churched": Anglican Women, Childbirth, and Embodied Christian Practice in Conception Bay, Newfoundland; 3 On the Margins of Church and Society: Roman Catholic Feminisms in English-Speaking Canada.
  • 4 Unveiling Leah: Examining Women's Voices in Two Canadian Jewish Worship ServicesPart B: New Religions in Canada; 5 Charity Chicks: A Discourse-Analysis of Religious Self-Identification of Rural Canadian Mormon Women; 6 "The Whole World Opened Up": Women in Canadian Theosophy; 7 Belief, Identity, and Social Action in the Lives of Bahá'í Women; Part C: South Asian Religions in Southwest Ontario; 8 Being Hindu in Canada: Experiences of Women; 9 Women in Hinduism: Ritual Leadership in the Adhi Parasakthi Temple Society of Canada; Conclusion; Bibliography for Women and Religion from 1951 to 2013.
  • About the ContributorsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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