SUNY series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, A Series Devoted to International Scholarship
Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere
An exploration of gender and power relations in Yoruba religion—both Christianity and Yoruba traditional religion.
Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess
A first-hand description of the Durga Puja, the Hinda celebration of the Great Goddess.
Methodology in Religious Studies
Explores the impact of women's studies on methodology in religious studies.
Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahābhārata
Considers the questions of free will in the great India epic, the Mahabharata.
Identifying Selfhood
Traces the decentered formulation of self at the heart of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy from his earliest works to his most recent.
Women Saints in World Religions
Presents stories and commentaries on women saints from the Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions.
The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra
An examination of bodhicitta, a key concept in Mahauyauna Buddhism.
Freedom through Inner Renunciation
This first full-length study of renunication in Sankara's Advaita Vedanta shows that Sankara's position has been misinterpreted by both traditional and modern commentators and brings his actual position to light.
Feminism and World Religions
CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Books
Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and fine-tuned treatment of seven of the world's religions from a feminist ...
Kenosis and Feminist Theology
Using a perspective derived from the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo, Frascati-Lochhead explores the response of feminist theology to postmodern theory.
Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind
Explores the history and nature of vrats (ritual fasts) in text and practice, and the roles these rites play in the lives of Hindu women in North India.
Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance
This is a survey of the Ismaili Muslim traditions and a translation of many Santpanth Ismaili Ginans (hymns.)
Today's Woman in World Religions
This book examines how the women's movement is affecting traditional religions and civilizations throughout the world. It reviews cases of global impact in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, ...
Religion and Women
This book discusses the position of women in the Native American, African, Shinto, Jaina, Zoroastrian, Sikh, and Baha'i faiths for the first time in a single volume, and evolves a conceptual framework ...
Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow shows how Dorothy's passage from Kansas to Oz and back again recapitulates paradigmatic stories of both America and Christianity. Defining human identity on three symbolic levels (individual, ...
Religion and Aging in the Indian Tradition
The manner of aging is a cultural construct and there is a specifically Indian way of aging. That way is shown in this book through the anlyses of key concepts--aging (jara), stages of life (asarama), ...
Hindu Ethics
Modern Western approaches to India often have focused on metaphysics at the expense of ethics, leading many to see Hinduism as only concerned with the esoteric and the otherworldly. The chapters of this ...
Women in World Religions
This is a book by women about women in the religions of the world. It presents all the basic facts and ideological issues concerning the position of women in the major religious traditions of humanity: ...