03074nam 2200625Ia 450 991081514740332120200520144314.01-136-62647-60-203-80239-X0-415-59674-21-136-62646-8(CKB)2670000000208743(EBL)958221(OCoLC)798532010(MiAaPQ)EBC958221(OCoLC)785937371(FINmELB)ELB136246(EXLCZ)99267000000020874320110411d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMan's dominion religion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics /Sheila Jeffreys1st ed.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge2012Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-59673-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.MAN'S DOMINION Religion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The devil's gateway: religion and the subordination of women; 2 Fundamentalism: the divine right of patriarchs; 3 The right to religion trumps women's human rights; 4 Multiculturalism and 'respect' for religion; 5 Desecularisation and women's equality; 6 Covering up women; 7 A harem for every man? The rise of polygamy; 8 The master's tools: Islamic feminism and its critics; Conclusion: liberating women from religious oppression; ReferencesIndexIn this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women's human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy.Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as 'male-headship', impurity of women, the need to control women's bodies, and their modern manifestations in multicultural Western states. It points to the incorporation of religious law into legal systems, faith schooMan's dominion the rise of religion and the eclipse of women's rightsSex discrimination against womenPatriarchyReligion and politicsReligionSocial aspectsHuman rightsSex discrimination against women.Patriarchy.Religion and politics.ReligionSocial aspects.Human rights.201/.7208209051Jeffreys Sheila553920MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815147403321Man's Dominion3925798UNINA