Women's Religious Experience (RLE Women and Religion)

. Ed(s): Holden, Pat

ISBN 10: 1138813176 / ISBN 13: 9781138813175

Published by Routledge, 2014

About this Item

Editor(s): Holden, Pat. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Religion. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 453. . 2014. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women's Religious Experience (RLE Women and Religion)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138813176
• ISBN 13: 9781138813175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Most of the early literature concerning women’s religious experience is about exceptional women; those who diverged from the traditional female role to become nuns, mystics or charismatic leaders. While women were permitted to be prophets and visionaries they rarely played an important part in church organisation. This paradox is explored in this book and a number of themes emerge: in particular, the dominance of male symbolism within the great religions. The question of whether men and women apprehend religious systems and signs in the same way is also explored. In considering the contemporary scene, the book is able to look at the ways in which religion affects the lives of women in different societies and in different historical periods; this gives us a larger view of the ways in which our own perceptions of ‘femaleness’ have been constructed out of the religious world views of both the past and the present.

First Published in 1983.

About the Author

Pat Holden