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This volume contains a collection of studies describing and analyzing stereotypes of women in the religions of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia, and in Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Medieval Christianity, Islam, Indian Sufism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Tibetan religions, and modern Neopaganism.
In all these traditions the stereotypes are based on generalizations, which are socially, culturally or religiously legitimized, and which seem to have a lasting influence on society's conceptions of women. They represent oversimplified opinions, which are, however, regularly challenged by the women who are affected by them.
In all traditions the stereotypes are ambiguous, either because women have challenged their validity, or because historical developments in society have reshaped them. They influence public opinion by emphasizing dominant views, as a strategy to restrain women and to keep them controlled by the rules and morals of a male-dominated society.
In all these traditions the stereotypes are based on generalizations, which are socially, culturally or religiously legitimized, and which seem to have a lasting influence on society's conceptions of women. They represent oversimplified opinions, which are, however, regularly challenged by the women who are affected by them.
In all traditions the stereotypes are ambiguous, either because women have challenged their validity, or because historical developments in society have reshaped them. They influence public opinion by emphasizing dominant views, as a strategy to restrain women and to keep them controlled by the rules and morals of a male-dominated society.
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Ria Kloppenborg (1945) is Senior Professor of History of Religions and Comparative Religion at the Faculty of Theology, Department of the History of Religions, at the University of Utrecht.
Wouter J. Hanegraaf (1961) is Research Associate at the Faculty of Theology, Department of the History of Religions, at the University of Utrecht.
Wouter J. Hanegraaf (1961) is Research Associate at the Faculty of Theology, Department of the History of Religions, at the University of Utrecht.
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- PublisherBrill Academic Pub
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 9004102906
- ISBN 13 9789004102903
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages261
- EditorKloppenborg Ria, Hanegraaff Wouter J
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