Women, religion and social change : [studies for the symposium, held at Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Conn., Oct. 21-22, 1983

Women, Religion and Social Change focuses attention on the way in which women from a number of religious traditions have been able to bring about change and the manner in which religions have either facilitated or inhibited women's participation in the process of change.Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad is Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Georgetown University. Ellison Banks Findly is Professor of Religion and International Studies at Trinity College. Women, Religion And Social Change In Early Islam / Jane I. Smith. The Separation Of Women In Rabbinic Judaism / Judith Baskin -- Women, Religion, And Social Change In Early Islam / Jane I. Smith -- Gārgī At The King's Court : Women And Philosophic Innovation In Ancient India / Ellison Banks Findly -- Nuns And Benefactresses : The Role Of Women In The Development Of Buddhism / Janice D. Willis -- Striking A Balance : Women And Images Of Women In Early Chinese Buddhism / Nancy Schuster -- The Magdalen : Reflections On The Image Of The Saint And Sinner In Christian Art / Jane Dillenberger -- Women And Islamic Art / Walter B. Denny -- Hindu Paradigms Of Women : Images And Values / Sandra P. Robinson -- Images And Role Of Women In Bengali Vaisnava Padāvalī Kīrtan / Donna Marie Wulff -- Sacred Paradoxes : Women And Religious Plurality In Nigeria / Rosalind I.j. Hackett-- (cont.) Islam, Women And Revolution In Twentieth-century Arab Thought / Yvonne Yazbeck Hadda -- Women's Place And The Place Of Women In The Iranian Revolution / William R. Darrow -- Religious Aspects Of Women's Role In The Nicaraguan Revolution / Pauline Turner -- Goddesses, Mothers, And Heroines : Hindu Women And The Feminine In The Early Nationalist Movement / Lou Ratté -- The Soong Sisters And China's Revolutions, 1911-1936 / Michael E. Lestz -- Iroquois Religion And Women In Historical Perspective / Annemarie A. Shimony -- Spirits Defend The Rights Of Women : Spiritualism And Changing Sex Roles In Nineteenth-century America / Ann D. Braude -- From Shackles To Liberation : Religion, The Grimké Sisters And Dissent / Frank G. Kirkpatrick -- The American Catholic Bishops And Women : From The Nineteenth Amendment To Era / Antoinette Iadarola -- Feminism And The Reevaluation Of Women's Roles Within American Jewish Life / Ellen M. Umansky. Edited By Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad And Ellison Banks Findly. This Book Brings Together Studies Which Were Solicited Specifically For The Symposium On 'women, Religion And Social Change,' Held At Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, October 21-22, 1983--p. Ix. Includes Bibliographies And Index.