Women in the World's Religions, Past and Present

by Ursula King

Book Overview

This major collection of essays makes a new contribution to the role and image of women in the different world religions. Many new perceptions are revealed in this provocative collection, including insights into women in African traditional religions, in evangelical Christianity, and in new religious movements, which focus on some of todays fundamental questions: Are women hindered or encouraged to give full expression to their religious experience?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913757322
• ISBN13: 9780913757321
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.