Women and Religious Traditions

by Leona M. Anderson; Pamela Dickey Young

• ISBN13: 9780199006205
• ISBN10: 0199006202
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-09-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada

Author Biography

Leona M. Anderson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies, University of Regina,Pamela Dickey Young, Professor of Religious Studies, Queen's University

Leona M. Anderson is professor emeritus in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Regina. Her research interests include Sanskrit literature, classical and popular Hinduism, Hindu ritual, and iconography. Her publications include the Vasantotsava: Indian Spring Festival, Text and Contexts (New Delhi: DK Printworld, 1993/4); The Ganesh Festival (51 mins., colour video [vhs] documentary, 1999 and 2009), and The Orishas of Cuba (dvd, 2008). Her current research focuses on Santeria traditions in Cuba and the Ashtavinayakas in India.

Pamela Dickey Young is professor of religious studies at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. She is author of many books and articles on feminist theology, women and religion, and religion and sexuality. Her current research focuses on religion, gender, and sexuality among youth in Canada. Her most recent book is Religion, Sex and Politics: Christian Churches and Same-Sex Marriage in Canada (Fernwood Publishing, 2012).

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface
Introduction, Leona M. Anderson and Pamela Dickey Young
1. Women in Hindu Traditions, Leona M. Anderson
2. Women in Judaism, Jacoba Kuikman
3. Women in the Buddhist Traditions, Eva K. Neumaier
4. Women in the Chinese Traditions, Lee D. Rainey
5. Women in Indigenous Traditions, Dawn Martin-Hill
6. Women in Christianity, Pamela Dickey Young
7. Women in Islam, L. Clarke
8. Women in Sikhism, Doris R. Jokobsh
9. Women in New Age Traditions, Leona M. Anderson and Pamela Dickey Young
Case Studies
Both Guru and Goddess: Mata Amritanandamayi of Kerala, Michelle L. Folk
Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha Unite, Carmen Webb
L'autre Parole: A Christian and Feminist Collective in Quebec, Monique Dumais
Two Muslim Women in North America, L. Clarke
Interpreting Religion in the Female Idiom: Women's Writing, Women's Religiosity, and Popular Religion in China NEW, Stephanie Balkwill
Index