Title:
Feminism, law and religion
Author:
Failinger, Marie A., editor of compilation.
ISBN:
9781409444190
9781409444213
Physical Description:
xxviii, 412 pages ; 24 cm
Series:
Gender in law, culture and society
Gender in law, culture, and society
Contents:
A contemporary Catholic theory of complementarity / Deconstructing equality in religion / The Catholic Church and women : the divergence between what is said and what is heard / What is the matter with Antigone? / Privatizing diversity : a cautionary tale from religious arbitration in family law / From third wave to third generation : feminism, faith, and human rights / A meditation on mahr, modernity, and Muslim marriage contract law / Co-creating the family : a Lutheran view of marriage and divorce law / With compassion and lovingkindness : one feminist Buddhist's exploration of feminist domestic violence advocacy / "Men are the protectors of women" : negotiating marriage, feminism, and (Islamic) law in American Muslim efforts against domestic violence / Why Muslim women are re-interpreting the Quran and re-thinking the Hadith : a transformative scholarship-activism / Modesty disrobed : gendered modesty rules under the monotheistic religions / Jewish law : the case of wifebeating / Naomi Graetz -- Competing approaches to rape in Islamic law / Catholic women and equality : women in the Code of Canon Law / Daughters of the Buddha : the Sakyadhita movement, Buddhist law and the position of Buddhist nuns / Chinese women lawyers and judges as priests
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