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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.
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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   $aSex discrimination against women
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615  4$aHuman rights.
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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.
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