Gender, genre, and religion [[electronic resource] ] : feminist reflections / / edited by Morny Joy and Eva K. Neumaier-Dargyay ; essays by Mary Gerhart ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154760003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, c1995
• ISBN: 1-282-16695-6; 9786613810021; 0-88920-750-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JoyMorny; Neumaier-DargyayE. K <1937-> (Eva K.); GerhartMary
• Disciplina: 200/.82; 291/.082
• Soggetti: Women and religion; Feminism - Religious aspects; Feminist theology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Revised papers originally presented at the seminar Plotting the paths forward : the future of women and religious studies convened by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities in Sept. 1991.
• Nota di bibliografia: Revised papers presented at a seminar convened by the Calgary Institute for the Humanities in 1991.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; I. INTRODUCTION; II SETTING THE THEME; Chapter 1 Framing Discourse for the Future; III GENDERED PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 2 Feminism and Biblical Hermeneutics: Genesis 1-3 as a Test Case; Chapter 3 The Feminist Challenge to Judaism: Critique and Transformation; Chapter 4 Feminist Theology: From Past to Future; Chapter 5 Le Concept ""expériences des femmes"" dans l'avènement d'une théologie féministe; Chapter 6 Psychoanalysis and Religion: A Feminist Atheist's Perspective on Recent Work; Chapter 7 Aboriginal Women and Religion Anu Kan San Tok Ahe Mani WinChapter 8 The Impact of Social Change on Muslim Women; IV GENRE EXPLORATIONS; Chapter 9 Buddhist Thought from a Feminist Perspective; Chapter 10 Upholding Norms of Hindu Womanhood: An Analysis Based on Reviews of Hindi Cinema; Chapter 11 Protection and Humanity: A Case Study of Feminine Spirituality in Thirteenth-Century Marseilles; Chapter 12 Hsing-Shih Yin-Yuan: Karmic Versus Psuchological Views of a Man's Relationships with His Women; Chapter 13 Multidialogical Spiralling for Healing and Justice; Chapter 14 A Religious Philosophy of SelfChapter 15 The Negative Power of ""the Feminine"": Herbert Marcuse, Mary Daly and Gynocentric Feminism; Chapter 16 And What if Truth Were a Woman?; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Many feminists today are challenging the outmoded aspects of both the conventions and the study of religion in radical ways. Canadian feminists are no exception. Gender, Genre and Religion is the outcome of a research network of leading women scholars organized to survey the contribution of Canadian women working in the field of religious studies and, further, to ""plot the path forward."" This collection of their essays covers most of the major religious traditions and offers exciting suggestions as to how religious traditions will change as women take on more central role