Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes]
bySusan de-Gaia, PhD, is lecturer in religious studies at Central Michigan University, Global Campus. Her work focuses on gender and feminist studies, religion, and popular culture.
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Susan De-Gaia. Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440848506.
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This reference offers reliable knowledge about women's diverse faith practices throughout history and prehistory, and across cultures.
• Offers nearly 300 reference articles by international scholars of religion, women, and history• Provides an overview of the religious experiences of women across time, faiths, and cultures
• Devotes sections to particular religious traditions to provide information about the role of women and the feminine devine within those faiths
• Presents reference information about the experiences of women within religions
• Directs the user to additional resources via suggestions for further reading and an end-of-work bibliography
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Table of Contents
Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture across History [2 volumes]
Author(s): Susan De-GaiaContributors: de-Gaia, Susan;Abstract:This reference offers reliable knowledge about women's diverse faith practices throughout history and prehistory, and across cultures.
• Offers nearly 300 reference articles by international scholars of religion, women, and history• Provides an overview of the religious experiences of women across time, faiths, and cultures
• Devotes sections to particular religious traditions to provide information about the role of women and the feminine devine within those faiths
• Presents reference information about the experiences of women within religions
• Directs the user to additional resources via suggestions for further reading and an end-of-work bibliography
Editor(s): de-Gaia, Susan;SortTitle: encyclopedia of women in world religions: faith and culture across history [2 volumes]Author Info:Susan de-GaiaeditorSusan de-Gaia, PhD, is lecturer in religious studies at Central Michigan University, Global Campus. Her work focuses on gender and feminist studies, religion, and popular culture.
eISBN-13: 9781440848506Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440848506.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440848490Imprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 1000Publication Date: 20181130Table of Contents pages: 1 2
- Arts (Native American) 2:9556
- Ceremonies (Native American) 2:11558
- Clothing (Native American) 2:14561
- Creation Stories (Native American) 2:15562
- Kinship (Native American) 2:18565
- Marriage and Social Status (Native American) 2:21568
- Matriarchies 2:23570
- Medicine Women (Native American) 2:27574
- Nature (Native American) 2:30577
- Sacred Place (Native American) 2:31578
- Sacred Spirits (Native American) 2:34581
- Shamanism in Eurasian Cultures 2:36583
- Shamans in Korea 2:39586
- Women Warriors (Native American) 2:41588
- Islam 2:43590
- Introduction 2:43590
- Coverings 2:45592
- Diaspora 2:48595
- Divorce 2:49596
- Druze Religion 2:49596
- Education 2:52599
- Fatima (605/615–632 CE) 2:56603
- Female Genital Mutilation 2:57604
- Feminism 2:59606
- Hadith 2:62609
- Hagar 2:62609
- Hawwa 2:63610
- Holy Days 2:65612
- Honor 2:65612
- Ideal Woman 2:67614
- Islam in Africa 2:68615
- Islam in Europe 2:72619
- Islam in the Middle East 2:74621
- Islam in the United States 2:76623
- Marriage and Divorce 2:79626
- Maryam 2:81628
- Peacemaking 2:82629
- Pilgrimage 2:84631
- Polygamy 2:86633
- Prophet’s Wives 2:88635
- Purdah 2:89636
- Qur'an and Hadith 2:91638
- Reform 2:93640
- Saints, Sufi 2:95642
- Shari‘a 2:97644
- Sufism 2:99646
- Women’s Organizations 2:102649
- Jainism 2:105652
- Judaism 2:115662
- Introduction 2:115662
- American Denominations: 1850 to Present 2:117664
- Ancient Judaism 2:122669
- Art 2:124671
- Bat Mitzvah 2:128675
- Divorce 2:129676
- Education 2:130677
- Eve 2:132679
- Feminist and Women’s Movements 2:132679
- Festivals and Holy Days 2:137684
- Food 2:141688
- Goddesses 2:142689
- Hasidism 2:147694
- Israel 2:157704
- Judaism in Europe 2:160707
- Judaism in the United States 2:163710
- Kabbalah 2:167714
- Lilith 2:171718
- Marriage and Divorce 2:175722
- Midrash 2:177724
- Mitzvah 2:180727
- Mizrahi Judaism 2:182729
- Modern and Contemporary Judaism 2:182729
- Peacemaking 2:185732
- Performance 2:188735
- Priestesses 2:192739
- Rabbis 2:194741
- Rosh Hodesh 2:197744
- Salome Alexandra (d. 67 BCE) 2:199746
- Sephardic and Mizrahi Judaisms 2:200747
- Sex and Gender 2:203750
- Shabbat (Sabbath) 2:206753
- Synagogue 2:208755
- Women and Work 2:211758
- Paganism 2:215762
- Prehistoric Religions 2:239786
- Introduction 2:239786
- Burials 2:243790
- Crete, Religion and Culture 2:245792
- Gimbutas, Marija (1921–1994) and the Religions of Old Europe 2:249796
- Guardian Spirits in Eurasian Cultures 2:251798
- Neolithic Female Figures 2:253800
- Sacred Script 2:256803
- Shamanism 2:257804
- Upper Paleolithic Female Figures 2:260807
- Women in Prehistoric Religious Practices 2:265812
- Shinto 2:269816
- Introduction 2:269816
- Amaterasu Omikami 2:270817
- Feminine Virtues 2:272819
- Filial Piety 2:273820
- Founders of New Religious Movements 2:275822
- Kami 2:277824
- Kinship and Marriage 2:278825
- Marriage 2:281828
- Priestesses 2:281828
- Shamans and Ritualists 2:283830
- Shinto Weddings 2:286833
- State Shinto 2:287834
- Tenrikyō 2:289836
- Sikhism 2:291838
- Spirituality 2:305852
- Introduction 2:305852
- Art and Performance 2:308855
- Astrology 2:312859
- Deep Ecology 2:313860
- Divination 2:316863
- Drumming 2:318865
- Ecofeminism 2:321868
- Goddess Spirituality 2:326873
- Green Funerals 2:330877
- Healers 2:331878
- Kirtan 2:334881
- Meditation 2:335882
- Pilgrimage, Goddess 2:337884
- Radical Women’s Spirituality 2:338885
- Sex and Gender 2:343890
- Sheela na gigs 2:347894
- Spiritualism 2:350897
- Spirituality and Gender In Social Context 2:352899
- Syncretism 2:356903
- Women of Color 2:358905
- Yoga 2:363910
- General Bibliography 2:367914
- About the Editor and Contributors 2:375922
- Index 2:391938
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