Women Saints in World Religions

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Presents stories and commentaries on women saints from the Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions. Women Saints in World R... Lees meer

Religion and Women

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• This book discusses the position of women in the Native American, African, Shinto, Jaina, Zoroastrian, Sikh, and Baha'i faiths for the first time in a... Lees meer

Feminism and World Religions

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Books Addressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and fine-tuned t... Lees meer

Freedom Through Inner Renunciation

Roger Marcaurelle

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• This first full-length study of renunication in Sankara's Advaita Vedanta shows that Sankara's position has been misinterpreted by both traditional an... Lees meer

Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahābhārata

Julian F Woods

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Considers the questions of free will in the great India epic, the Mahabharata. Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahabharata explores this epic's on... Lees meer

Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess

Hillary P Rodrigues

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• A first-hand description of the Durga Puja, the Hinda celebration of the Great Goddess. During a nine-day period every autumn, Hindus in India and thr... Lees meer

The Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra

Francis Brassard

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• An examination of bodhicitta, a key concept in Mahauyauna Buddhism. This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahāyāna tradition, bo... Lees meer

Methodology in Religious Studies

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Explores the impact of women's studies on methodology in religious studies. Methodology in Religious Studies assesses the impact of women's studies on... Lees meer

Today's Woman in World Religions

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• This book examines how the women's movement is affecting traditional religions and civilizations throughout the world. It reviews cases of global impa... Lees meer

Hindu Ethics

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Modern Western approaches to India often have focused on metaphysics at the expense of ethics, leading many to see Hinduism as only concerned with the... Lees meer

Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance

Tazim R Kassam

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• A survey of the Ismaili Muslim traditions and a translation of many Santpanth Ismaili Ginans (hymns Coursing though cultures and time, tuneful verse h... Lees meer

Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind

Anne MacKenzie Pearson

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Explores the history and nature of vrats (ritual fasts) in text and practice, and the roles these rites play in the lives of Hindu women in North Indi... Lees meer

Over the Rainbow

Paul Nathanson

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Over the Rainbow shows how Dorothy's passage from Kansas to Oz and back again recapitulates paradigmatic stories of both America and Christianity. Def... Lees meer

Kenosis and Feminist Theology

Marta Frascati-Lochhead

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Using a perspective derived from the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo, Frascati-Lochhead explores the response of feminist theology to postmodern theory. ... Lees meer

Identifying Selfhood

Henry Isaac Venema

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Traces the decentered formulation of self at the heart of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy from his earliest works to his most recent. Identifying Selfhood p... Lees meer

Methodology in Religious Studies

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• Explores the impact of women's studies on methodology in religious studies. Methodology in Religious Studies assesses the impact of women's studies on... Lees meer

Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere

Oyeronke Olajubu

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, a S
• An exploration of gender and power relations in Yoruba religion--both Christianity and Yoruba traditional religion. Drawing on a wide range of oral an... Lees meer