women, religion and the post-colonial response
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ahmed, Durre Sameen
- Contributor
- Odal, Grace P.
- Publish Year
- 2002
- Shelfmark
- B3427 - B
- Thesaurus
- religie, spiritualiteit, christendom, hindoeïsme, islam, boeddhisme, fundamentalisme, religieuzen, heiligen, Azië, bundel
- Description
- This book is about the devotional subcultures created by women. Its authors draw their evidence and inspiration from Hindu, Buddhist, Islamic and Christian traditions. Here we find women as healers, goddesses, saints, gurus, nuns and heretics - all sharing a defiance of orthodoxy and fundamentalist oppressions of women.. As well as revealing little known aspects of the feminine within the great religions, this book reflects the newly emerging spirituality of women as they experience and respond actively to the political and social injustices they confront. Its authors are all women from the Third World who see themselves as religious, but who are at the same time competent scholars in their different disciplines