Women Saints in World Religions

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2000
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-4620-1 (ISBN)

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Presents stories and commentaries on women saints from the Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions.

Women Saints in World Religions deepens our understanding of the concept of sainthood, brings to light original material, and presents the first comparative analysis of female sainthood. Using original sources, previously unavailable in English, the book describes the lives of figures considered "saintly" in world religions including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The implications of this material for the concept of sainthood and for 'women saints' as a cross-cultural category are examined.

Arvind Sharma is Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. He is the editor of several books including, with Katherine K. Young, Feminism and World Religions.

Preface I. Introduction
Katherine K. Young

II. Dolce of Worms: Women Saints in Judaism
Judith R. Baskin

III. Reclaiming an Ancient Story: Baudonivia's Life of St. Radegund (circa 525587)
Marie Anne Mayeski (with Jane Crawford)

IV. Muslim Sainthood, Women, and the Legend of Sayyida Nafisa
Valerie J. Hoffman

V. Janabai: A Woman Saint of India
Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande

VI. Women Ch'an Masters: The Teacher Miao-tsung as Saint
Miriam Levering

VII. Pien Tung-hsüan: A Taoist Woman Saint of the T'ang Dynasty (618907)
Suzanne Cahill

Index of Names
Index of Terms
Subject Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.9.2000
Reihe/Serie	SUNY series, McGill Studies in the History of Religions, A Series Devoted to International Scholarship
Zusatzinfo	Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort	Albany, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-7914-4620-4 / 0791446204
ISBN-13	978-0-7914-4620-1 / 9780791446201
Zustand	Neuware