Knowing Otherwise: Feminism, Women & ReligionUsing stories and incidents from women's own lives, the authors build a picture of how limiting male-dominated church structures and doctrines have been for women and how strongly a new culture and spirituality is emerging which affirms women's lives and work. They cover five key areas: Women's experience of the divine; Menstruation and attitudes to the body and sexuality; Women's work; Violence suffered by women and not only permitted but eben promoted by the church; Patriarchical attitudes of society. |
Contents
Chapter One Being born a girl | 1 |
Chapter Two The issue of blood | 27 |
Chapter Three What do we do all day? | 61 |
Chapter Four Refusing to be victims | 89 |
Chapter Five Women together | 127 |
Bibliography | 171 |
Copyright | |