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| Female Stereotypes in Religious Traditions |
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| Editor(s): | Ria Kloppenborg & Wouter J. Hanegraaff |
| Publisher(s): | Brill |
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The studies in this volume describe and analyze stereotypes of women in the religions of Ancient Israel, Mesopotamia, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Medieval Christianity, Islam, Indian Sufism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Tibetan religions, and modern Neopaganism. In all these traditions stereotypes are based on generalizations, which are socially, culturally, or religiously legitimized, and which seem to have a lasting influence on society's conceptions of women. Their oversimplified opinions are, however, regularly challenged by the women who are affected by them. In all traditions the stereotypes are ambiguous, either because women have challenged their validity, or because historical developments in society have reshaped them. They influence public opinion by emphasizing dominant views, as a strategy to restrain women and keep them controlled by the rules and morals of male-dominated society. |
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