| Description |
xii, 261 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. LXVI |
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Studies in the history of religions ; 66
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| Contents |
Torn Between Vice and Virtue: Stereotypes of the Widow in Israel and Mesopotamia / Karel van der Toorn -- Jeh the Primal Whore? Observations on Zoroastrian Misogyny / Albert de Jong -- Images of Women in Ancient Judaism / Pieter W. van der Horst -- "Women on the Loose": Stereotypes of Women in the Story of the Medieval Beguines / Anke Passenier -- The "Mothers of the Believers" Stereotypes of the Prophet Muhammad's Wives / Ghassan Ascha -- Female Sufi Saints on the Indian Subcontinent / Netty Bonouvrie -- The Unconventional Women Saint: Images of Akka Mahadevi /Jan Peter Schouten -- Female Stereotypes in Early Buddhism: The Women of the Therigatha / Ria Kloppenborg -- Female Stereotypes in Tibetan Religion and Art: The Genitrix/Progenitress as the Exponent of the Underworld / Rosemarie Volkmann -- From the Devil's Gateway to the Goddess Within: The Image of the Witch in Neopaganism / Wouter J. Hanegraaff |
| Summary |
This volume contains a collection of studies describing and analyzing stereotypes of women in the religions of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia, and in Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Medieval Christianity, Islam, Indian Sufism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Tibetan religions, and modern Neopaganism. In all these traditions the stereotypes are based on generalizations, which are socially, culturally, or religiously legitimized, and which seem to have a lasting influence on society's conceptions of women. They represent oversimplified opinions, which are however regularly challenged by the women who are affected by them. In all traditions the stereotypes are ambiguous, either because women have challenged their validity, or because historical developments in society have reshaped them. They influence public opinion by emphasizing dominant views, as a strategy to restrain women and to keep them controlled by the rules and morals of male-dominated society |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Studies in the history of religions no:66 0169-8834 |
| Subject |
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Women and religion.
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| Author |
Hanegraaff, Wouter J.
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Kloppenborg, Ria.
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| LC no. |
95010451 |
| ISSN |
0169-8834 |
| ISBN |
9004102906 (hbk.) |
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9789004102903 (hbk.) |
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