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Mixed Blessings Gender and Religious Fundamentalism Cross Culturally

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Taking a woman-centered approach, Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South... Read more

Introduction, Joan Mencher; Part One Women Benefit from Fundamentalism; Chapter 1 The Peace That Passes All Understanding, Elizabeth E. Brusco; Chapter 2 Buddhist Nuns, Hema Goonatilake; Chapter 3 Islamic “Fundamentalism” and Female Empowerment Among the Muslims of Hainan Island, People’s Republic of China, Keng-Fong Pang; Part Two Women Struggle Against Fundamentalism’s Restrictions; Chapter 4 Voices from the Margins, Janet Stocks; Chapter 5 A Separate Unity, Janet Bennion; Chapter 6 A Strange Road Home, Nancy L. Eiesland; Chapter 7 Ideology and Identity, Sondra Hale; Chapter 8 Ideal Womanhood in Postrevolutionary Iran, Erika Friedl; Chapter 9 Giving Birth to a Settlement, Tamar El-Or, Gideon Aran; Chapter 10 A Mixed Blessing, Mary Elaine Hegland; Part Three Women Oppressed by Fundamentalism; Chapter 11 Lost Rituals, Judy Brink; Chapter 12 Fundamentalist Politics and Women in India, Ilina Sen; Chapter 13 Conclusion. The Mixed Blessings of Women’s Fundamentalism, Janet L. Bauer;