Women and Religious Traditions

By Leona Anderson and Pamela Dickey Young

Book Overview

Women and Religious Traditions uses a critical feminist lens to explore the roles and interactions of women with major world faith traditions. Within each particular tradition, the text examines the history and status of women, family structures, sexuality, and social change, as well as texts, rituals, and interpretations by and for women.

Thirteen experts contribute nine chapters and five case studies, including a new case study on women in Chinese traditions. This third edition builds on the strengths of the first two, with the addition of lived religion content in each chapter, an expanded introduction to the study of women and religion, new research on Buddhist nuns, and up-to-date material on women's current political position in Islamic countries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199006199
• ISBN13: 9780199006199
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Feminist's Guide to learning the essentials

This book was purchased as a textbook for my Women in Religion class. It is a very feministic book, as the title may suggest. However, it does go into a lot of history of Women in various religions and their roles within them.