This volume explores the lives of women around the world from the perspective of the New and Africana faiths they practice.
This probing and thought-provoking series of essays brings together in one volume the multifaceted experiences of women in the New and Africana religions as practiced today. With this work, religion becomes a lens for examining the lives of women of diverse ethnicities and nationalities across the social spectrum.
In Women and New and Africana Religions, readers hear from women from a number of religious/spiritual persuasions around the world, including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, and North America. These voices form the core of remarkable explorations of family and environment, social and spiritual empowerment, sexuality and power, and ways in which worldview informs roles in religion and society. Each essay includes scene-setting historical and social background information and fascinating insights from renowned scholars sharing their own research and firsthand experiences with their subjects.
- Includes 14 essays from 17 contributors, all distinguished in their careers as both observer participants and research scholars
- Offers bibliographies and notes for each essay and a comprehensive bibliography concluding the book
- ISBN10 6612566930
- ISBN13 9786612566936
- Publish Date 27 October 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 August 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ABC-CLIO
- Format eBook
- Pages 336
- Language English