Violence against women in contemporary world religions : roots and cures / edited by Daniel C. Maguire and Sa'diyya Shaikh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the religiously induced illness of women's subordination and its cure / Daniel C. Maguire -- Violence against women in world religions / Christine E. Gudorf -- The courtroom and the garden: gender and violence in Christendom / Grace M. Jantzen -- The karma of women / David R. Loy -- A tafsir of praxis: gender, marital violence, and resistance in a South African Muslim community / Sa'diyya Shaikh -- The mother of life and the God of death: religious roots of violence against women in Christianity / John Raines -- Rectification of the four teachings in Chinese culture / Hsiao-Lan Hu -- Muntu, kintu, and the pursuit of bumuntu: reflection on the roots of violence against women in African traditional religions / Mutombo Nkulu-N'Sengha -- Sita's epic journey: reflections on the violence in the lives of Hindu women in North India / Veena Talwar Oldenburg -- Buddhism and violence against women / Ouyporn Khuankaew -- "I will espouse you with righteousness and justice": domestic violence and Judaism / Liora Gubkin -- Sexual violence in the Catholic Church / Maria José Rosado-Nunes and Regina Soares Jurkewicz -- Conclusion: the role of religion in violence against women / Arvind Sharma.

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