LEADER 02984nam 22006133u 450 001 9910461856103321 005 20210112132635.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000208743 035 $a(EBL)958221 035 $a(OCoLC)798532010 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958221 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000208743 100 $a20130418d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aMan's Dominion$b[electronic resource] $eThe Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59673-4 327 $aMAN'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; References 327 $aIndex 330 $aIn 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 schoo 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aPatriarchy 606 $aPatriarchy 606 $aReligion - Social aspects 606 $aReligion -- Social aspects 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aSex discrimination against women 606 $aSex discrimination against women 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aHuman rights. 615 4$aHuman rights. 615 4$aPatriarchy. 615 4$aPatriarchy. 615 4$aReligion - Social aspects. 615 4$aReligion -- Social aspects. 615 4$aReligion and politics. 615 4$aReligion and politics. 615 4$aSex discrimination against women. 615 4$aSex discrimination against women. 676 $a201.7208209051 676 $a201/.7208209051 700 $aJeffreys$b Sheila$0553920 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461856103321 996 $aMan's Dominion$91905306 997 $aUNINA