FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book examines how the women's movement is affecting traditional religions
and civilizations throughout the world. It reviews cases of global impact in
Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and
Australian aboriginal religion. This volume completes the trilogy devoted to
women in world religions, edited by Arvind Sharma. The second book in the series
is entitled Religion and Women. The present work surveys the position of women
in the religious traditions covered in the first volume of the trilogy, Women in
World Religions, placing these traditions in contemporary context.
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TODAY'S WOMAN IN WORLD RELIGIONS
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book examines how the women's