Women and Families (The Pilgrim Library of World Religions Series)
Publisher: Pilgrim Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780829813203
Subjects: Comparative Religion; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Christian Life - General; Family Relationships; Family & Relationships; Religion - World Religions; Comparative studies; Family; Religious aspects; Women and religion; Family/Marriage
Description: "Women and Families explores the complex roles of women in Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Each religion specifies a positive set of virtues, but these imply a negative set as well. If the virtuous woman is a faithful wife and a nurturing mother, then what does each religion say to a woman who remains celibate, childless, or unmarried? What about the circle beyond home and family?

Five scholars draw out the ambiguity of women's relation to religion and also explore how women attempt to shape their own lives as well as the larger public life."--BOOK JACKET.