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Author:   Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad ,  Ellison Banks Findly
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780887060694

ISBN 10:   0887060692
Pages:   530
Publication Date:   01 September 1985
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Nancy Falk I. Women and the Formation of Religious Tradition The Separation of Women in Rabbinic Judaism Judith Baskin Women, Religion and Social Change in Early Islam Jane I. Smith Gargi at the King's Court: Women and Philosophic Innovation in Ancient India Ellison Banks Findly Nuns and Benefactresses: The Role of Women in the Development of Buddhism Janice D. Willis Striking a Balance: Women and Images of Women in Early Chinese Buddhism Nancy Schuster II. Social Transformation, the Role of Women and Traditional Religious Institutions The Magdalen: Reflections on the Image of the Saint and Sinner in Christian Art Jane Dillenberger Women and Islamic Art Walter B. Denny Hindu Paradigms of Women: Images and Values Sandra P. Robinson Images and Roles of Women in Bengali Vaisnava padavali kirtan Donna Marie Wulff Sacred Paradoxes: Women and Religious Plurality in Nigeria Rosalind I. J. Hackett III. Women, Religion and Revolution in the Modern World Islam, Women and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Arab Thought Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad Woman's Place and the Place of Women in the Iranian Revolution William R. Darrow Religious Aspects of Women's Role in the Nicaraguan Revolution Pauline Turner Goddesses, Mothers, and Heroines: Hindu Women and the Feminine in the Early Nationalist Movement Lou Ratte The Soong Sisters and China's Revolutions, 1911-1936 Michael E. Lestz IV. Women, Religion and the Transformation of Society in North America Iroquois Religion and Women in Historical Perspective Annemarie A. Shimony . Spirits Defend the Rights of Women: Spiritualism and Changing Sex Roles in Nineteenth-Century America Ann D. Braude From Shackles to Liberation: Religion, the Grimke Sisters and Dissent Frank G. Kirkpatrick The American Catholic Bishops and Woman: From the Nineteenth Amendment to ERA Antoinette Ladarola Feminism and the Reevaluation of Women's Roles within American Jewish Life Ellen M. Umansky Contributors Index

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Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University. Ellison Banks Findly is Professor of Religion and International Studies at Trinity College.

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