Feminism in the Study of Religion

Description

Written by feminist scholars over a period of nearly thirty years, the selected readings are wide-ranging in content, offer a multi-ethnic amd multi-cultural prespective, and reflect the work of scholars working within religious studies as well as other disciplines. The introductory essays link the sections and are packed with useful information on resources, issues, and the debates. The book illustrates how debates about feminism within the study of religions have been impacted by broader theoretical discussions and provides evidence that feminist scholars working on religion have made their own contribution to feminist theory.

Darlene Juschka is Coordinator for Women's Studies, University of Regina, Canada.

"Excellent." --Charlene Burns, Feminist Collection, Winter 2003 "A valuable contribution to the feminist study of religions and to religious studies theory and method in general." --Kim Knott, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Leeds "The selected readings . . . are excellent, wide-ranging in content and clearly multi-ethnic and multi-cultural in perspective. The introductory essays are packed with information about and reflections upon questions, resources, issues, and debates vis-a-vis feminism and the study of religions." --June O'Connor, Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside "The volume succeeds in highlighting the power relations that pervade the feminist study of religion. Simultaneously it emphasises that feminism has to equip itself better in order to counter the repressive structure by continuously re-defining itself. " --Journal of Religious Studies, Spring/Autumn 2002.