Table of Contents

Preface Arvind Sharma Introduction Katherine K. Young Aboriginal Women's Religion: A Shifting Law of the Land Diane Bell Women in Buddhism Nancy J. Barnes Women, the State, and Religion Today in The People's Republic of China Miriam Levering Women and Chinese Religion in Contemporary Taiwan Barbara Reed Today's Jewish Women Denise L. Carmody Christianity and Women in the Modern World Rosemary R. Ruether Women in Islam Jane I. Smith Studying Women and Religion: Conclusions Twenty-Five Years Later Rita M. Gross Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index of Names Index of Terms Subject Index

About the Author

Arvind Sharma is Professor at McGill University. He is the editor of Women in World Religions and the upcoming Religion and Women, both published by SUNY Press.

Reviews

"This book is on a topic so significant that its importance needs no defense. Many of the authors are among the leading scholars in their fields. Many of the chapters are definitive statements, for the present, of their subjects." - Sallie B. King, James Madison University "This is a volume which addresses the cutting edge of its field. Many issues addressed here are of vital importance to the study of religion in general. This is not just a book about women, but about the interrelationship of women's roles and men's roles in religion and the formation of culture." - Julia M. Hardy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "I found myself engrossed in the material. The articles appeal both in terms of the interest which I felt and the information which I gained. They provide a good balance among presentation of factual data, ideas, and application to experience." - Rosemary Skinner Keller, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; Northwestern University/Garrett-Evangelical Graduate Council