This volume in the Women and Society around the World series focuses on women and religion in different cultures, from Buddhists to Catholics to those who practice folk religions.
Women engage in religious practices around the world every day, from prayer to involvement in parish councils. This volume examines the lives of contemporary women around the world, and the role that religion plays in their daily lives.
The volume is broken down into narrative chapters, each looking at a different world region, such as Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Chapters discuss each region in general, using specific examples of traditions and customs to help shed light on cultural nuances among countries within each region. High school and general readers will be able to make cross-cultural comparisons, learning how women's roles in religion change from culture to culture. A chronology, a bibliography, and sidebars highlighting key women round out this introduction to women and religion.
* Provides historical background in order to help readers better understand women's lives as they are today* Presents sidebars throughout the text to provide insightful information that enhances the reader's experience
* Uses photographs to help illuminate and support the text to pique reader interest
* Features an at-a-glance chronological timeline of women and world religions throughout history, from ancient times to the present
- ISBN10 1440856265
- ISBN13 9781440856266
- Publish Date 30 April 2021
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Greenwood Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English