The Justice Men Owe Women: Positive Resources from World Religions

by John C. Raines

Overview

This, the second in the Fortress Press series of short works from the Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics, looks to ten, largely patriarchal, world religious traditions to help redress gender injustices. Built on extensive work by a task force of ten progressive religious scholars (to be published in a larger volume by SUNY Press), this book summarizes their findings for intellectual enrichment and advocacy.

"As we unveil the patriarchal bias that so often embeds itself in the sacred, we seek to appropriate from that heritage more positive resources," says Raines. "Each of the religious traditions has a strong theory of social justice, and these resources can be harnessed to contemporary issues of gender. We ask how our scriptures, our founding prophets, our ancestors can be used today to further justice in relations between the genders."

Author Biography:
John C. Raines is Professor of Religion at Temple University. As Fulbright Senior Scholar in Jakarta, he established the first graduate program in Comparative Religion. He is author of Open Catholicism: The Tradition at Its Best (ed., 1998), Modern Work and Human Meaning (1986), Capitalism and Community in Conflict (ed., 1983), and Illusions of Success (1976).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451411195
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	09/28/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	522 KB

About the Author

John C. Raines is Professor of Religion at Temple University. As Fulbright Senior Scholar in Jakarta, he established the first graduate program in Comparative Religion. He is author of Open Catholicism: The Tradition at Its Best (ed. 1998), Modern Work and Human Meaning (1986), Capitalism and Community in Conflict (ed. 1983), and Illusions of Success (1976).

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Hinduism

Christianity

Islam

Judaism

Buddhism

African Traditional Religions

Taoism

Native American Religions

Biographies

For Further Reading

Index