عنوان

Globalization, Gender, and Religion :

(Number (ISBN

1137043784

(Number (ISBN

9781137043788

Number

b537150

Title Proper

Globalization, Gender, and Religion :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Jane H. Bayes, Nayereh Tohidi.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2001

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(VIII, 280 pages)

Text of Note

In the early 1970s accompanying the current wave of globalization, conservative nationalist religious movements began using religion to oppose non-democratic and often western oriented regimes. Reasserting patriarchal gender relations presumably authorized by religion has been central to these movements. At the Fourth United Nations Congress on Women in Beijing in 1995, Muslim and Catholic delegations from diverse countries united to oppose provisions on sexuality, reproductive rights, women's health, and women's rights as human rights. In this book, scholars from eight different Muslim and Catholic communities analyze the political strategies that women are employing in these contexts ranging from acceptance of traditional doctrines to various forms of resistance, religious reinterpretation, innovation, and political action toward change and equal rights.

Political science.

Religions.

Social sciences.

edited by Jane H. Bayes, Nayereh Tohidi.

Jane H Bayes

Nayereh Tohidi

Electronic name

[Book]

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