| Description |
205 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Women, sexuality, and religion / Pat Holden --Mediums, controls, and eminent men / Vieda Skultans -- Theosophy and feminism : some explorations in nineteenth century biography / Diana Burfield -- Doves and magpies : village women in the Greek Orthodox church / Lucy Rushton -- Gender and religion in a Turkish town : a comparison of two types of formal women's gatherings / Nancy Taper -- Essence and existence : women and religion in ancient Indian texts / Julia Leslie -- Women, fertility and the worship of Gods in a Hindu village / Catherine Thompson -- Women in Judaism : the fact and the fiction / Rabbi Julia Newberger -- Between law and custom : women's experience of Judaism / Jonathan Webber -- Women excluded? Masking and masquerading in West Africa / Elizabeth Tonkin -- Men, women and misfortune in Bunyole / Susan Reynolds Whyte. |
| Subject |
Women -- Religious life.
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Women and religion.
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| Added Author |
Holden, Pat.
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| ISBN |
0389203637 |
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