.png){kind=logo}
21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Citizenship, Faith and Feminism
Jan Feldman
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Citizenship, Faith and Feminism
Paperback. The first book to examine religious feminist activists in Israel, the U.S., and Kuwait Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; HRJ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Religious women in liberal democracies are "dual citizens" because of their contrasting status as members of both a civic community (in which their gender has no impact on their constitutional guarantee of equal rights) and a traditional religious community (which distributes roles and power based on gender). This book shows how these"dual citizens"-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel, Muslim women in Kuwait, and women of both those faiths in the U.S.-have increasingly deployed their civic citizenship rights in attempts to reform and not destroy their religions. For them, neither "exit" nor acquiescence to traditional religious gender norms is an option. ... Read more
Religious women in liberal democracies are "dual citizens" because of their contrasting status as members of both a civic community (in which their gender has no impact on their constitutional guarantee of equal rights) and a traditional religious community (which distributes roles and power based on gender). This book shows how these"dual citizens"-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel, Muslim women in Kuwait, and women of both those faiths in the U.S.-have increasingly deployed their civic citizenship rights in attempts to reform and not destroy their religions. For them, neither "exit" nor acquiescence to traditional religious gender norms is an option. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584659730
SKU
V9781584659730
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Citizenship, Faith and Feminism