This book gathers contributions from a wide range of fields to address the broad topic of women and religion. The contributors use a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to address key themes and issues such as the attitudes of different religions to gender equality, how women construct identity through religious activity, whether women have opportunity to influence religious doctrine, how migration affects the religious lives of both women and men, and the introduction of new methods to analyze the future of religions.
Pages
216
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Policy Press
Release
July 17, 2018
ISBN
1447336356
ISBN 13
9781447336358
Women and Religion: Contemporary and Future Challenges in the Global Era
This book gathers contributions from a wide range of fields to address the broad topic of women and religion. The contributors use a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to address key themes and issues such as the attitudes of different religions to gender equality, how women construct identity through religious activity, whether women have opportunity to influence religious doctrine, how migration affects the religious lives of both women and men, and the introduction of new methods to analyze the future of religions.