Women and Religion

Name: Women and Religion
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ISBN: 9780195107739

ISBN-10: 019510773X

ISBN-13: 9780195107739

Edition: 2000

Authors: Majella Franzmann

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Women and Religion offers students a unique introduction to the process of reading and listening to women's stories of religious experience. Engaging and accessible, the book provides a discussion of women's roles in and experiences of religion and spirituality, primarily within the five major world religions--Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--and also more broadly in other contexts. The author presents women's experiences both within and separate from the normative sphere of established religious activity, which is mainly represented by male-dominated public rituals and texts. The discussions are drawn together under major themes and issues, across traditions and…

Book details

List price: $89.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/2/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.09" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Majella Franzmann is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of New England, Australia.



Preface


Introduction



Hearing Voices--Process for Reading and Writing About Women and Religion


Introduction to the Process: Hermeneutic and Discernment


The Hermeneutical Process


An Example of the Hermeneutical Process



Learning Languages--A Context for Reading and Writing About Religion and Women


Language About Religion


Language About Women and Religion



Voices from Offstage--Marginal Experience, Marginal Language


The Experience and Relating of the Experience


The Authority of Religious and Academic Traditions


Marginalization Strategies by Religious Traditions


The Deeper Structures of Marginalization: Women's Bodies



Voices from Center Stage


Movement from Margin to Center


Women's Independent Spiritual/Religious Life


Contemporary Strategies for Movement to the Center



A Chorus of Many Voices


Many Voices: Difference and Dialogue


The Critical Interpreting Voice


Suggested Readings


Bibliography