Man's dominion : religion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics /

"This book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy. Focusing on the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-woman attitudes such as 'male-headship', impurity of women, the need to control...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffreys, Sheila.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • The devil's gateway: religion and the subordination of women
  • Fundamentalism: the divine right of patriarchs
  • Right to religion trumps women's human rights
  • Multiculturalism and '̀respect' for religion
  • Desecularisation and women's equality
  • Covering up women
  • A harem for every man? The rise of polygamy
  • The master's tools: Islamic feminism and its critics.