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"Written for high school students and undergraduates, this reference provides comprehensive coverage of the history, issues, and roles of women in religions around the world and across time"--
Author : Susan J. De Gaia
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,8 MB
Release : 2018-11
Category : Women and religion
ISBN : 9781440848513
"Written for high school students and undergraduates, this reference provides comprehensive coverage of the history, issues, and roles of women in religions around the world and across time"--
Author : Susan de-Gaia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 993 pages
File Size : 44,51 MB
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1440848505
This reference offers reliable knowledge about women's diverse faith practices throughout history and prehistory, and across cultures. Across the span of human history, women have participated in world-building and life-sustaining cultural creativity, making enormous contributions to religion and spirituality. In the contemporary period, women have achieved greater equality, with more educational opportunities, female role models in public life, and opportunities for religious expression than ever before. Contemporaneously with this increased visibility, women are actively and energetically engaging with religion for themselves and for their communities. Drawing on the expertise of a range of scholars, this reference chronicles the religious experiences of women across time and cultures. The book includes sections on major religions as well as on spirituality, African religions, prehistoric religions, and other broad topics. Each section begins with an introduction, followed by reference entries on specialized subjects along with excerpts from primary source documents. The entries provide numerous suggestions for further reading, and the book closes with a detailed bibliography.
Author : Mary Zeiss Stange
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2017 pages
File Size : 31,43 MB
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412976855
This work includes 1000 entries covering the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world.
Author : Serinity Young
Publisher : MacMillan Reference Library
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN :
provided on Sikhism, African religions, Santeria, and Native American religions and many others. An added feature is the synoptic outline, which provides conceptual themes to the reader. This valuable resource is accessible to the high school and college student, to the researcher and the general reader".--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA
Author : Serinity Young
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Women and religion
ISBN :
"In spite of the sexism that has denied women full active status in their religions, the editor calls this title a "celebration" of the scholarship of recent years. In order to offer a global perspective, contributions were sought from non-Western as well as Western scholars for the 600 signed articles. Entries encompass individual religions and their variations, biographies, movements, issues, and the relationship of religion to the study of art, literature, and science. While broadest coverage is given to the major religions of the world, information is also provided on Sikhism, African religions, Santeria, and Native American religions and many others. An added feature is the synoptic outline, which provides conceptual themes to the reader. This valuable resource is accessible to the high school and college student, to the researcher and the general reader"."In spite of the sexism that has denied women full active status in their religions, the editor calls this title a.
Author : Rosemary Skinner Keller
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,71 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780253346872
A fundamental and well-illustrated reference collection for anyone interested in the role of women in North American religious life.
Author : Rosemary Skinner Keller
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1443 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2006-04-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0253346851
A fundamental and well-illustrated reference collection for anyone interested in the role of women in North American religious life.
Author : Serinity Young
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 25,57 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN :
This 2 volume set presents new and innovative research by current scholars as well as the work of female religious scholars of the past. The 600 entries include comparative study of issues such as mythology, ordination and afterlife; Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism; relationship of religion to study of art, literature, and science; historical perspectives on religions both new and prehistoric; biographies of religious leaders and scholars; methods and theories for study of women in religion.
Author : Richard Wolff
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,93 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736920070
A concise guide covers the history, beliefs and practices, key leaders, and impact upon the modern world of major world religions, including Islam, Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity.
Author : David B. Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 10,31 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Here is the completely updated and greatly expanded new edition of a classic reference source--the comprehensive overview of the world's largest religion in all its many versions and in both its religious and secular contexts.Now in two volumes, the Encyclopedia presents and analyzes an unmatched wealth of information about the extent, status, and characteristics of twentieth-century Christianity worldwide. It takes full account of of Christianity's ecclesiastical branches, subdivisions, and denominations, and treats Christianity in relation to other faiths and the secular realm. It offers an unparalleled comparative study of churches and religions throughout the modern world.This new edition features a vast range of new and previously unpublished data on the current global situation of Christianity, on religion in general, and on the political, demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the world's cultures and peoples in 238 countries. Each volume is filled with essential information, from.