Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and fine-tuned
treatment of seven of the world's religions from a feminist perspective by leading women scholars. The fact that
these authors share a dual but undivided commitment both to themselves as women and to their traditions as adherents
imparts to their voices a prophetic quality, and if Mahatma Gandhi is to be believed, even scriptural value.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Brimming with Bhakti, Embodiments of Shakti: Devotees, Deities, Performers, Reformers, and Other Women of Power
in the
Hindu Tradition
2 Strategies for a Feminist Revalorization of Buddhism
3 Confucianism and Feminism
4 Feminism and/in Taoism
5 Feminism in Judaism
6 Feminism in World Christianity
7 Feminism in Islam
Postscript
Notes on Contributors
Name Index
Terms Index
Subject Index
