Description |
vi, 106 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / Alison Joseph -- Women's body and blood : the sacred and the impure / Rosemary Radford Ruether -- 'In thy blood live' : gender and ritual in the Judaeo-Christian tradition / Leonie F. Archer -- Divine mother or cosmic destroyer : the paradox at the heart of the ritual life of Hindu women / Sanjukta Gupta Gombrich -- Rose of Lima : some thoughts on purity and penance / Sara Maitland -- The castration of women : nineteenth-century women and the legacy of biological determinism / Alison Joseph -- The Jewish woman : different and equal / Linda Sireling -- Apart from or a part of : the place of celibacy / Lavinia Byrne |
Analysis |
Women Attitudes of religions |
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Women. Attitudes of religions |
Notes |
A Channel Four book |
Bibliography |
INcludes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Women and religion.
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Author |
Joseph, Alison.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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LC no. |
10004467 |
ISBN |
0281044678 (paperback) |
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