Women in New Religions / / Laura Vance.
An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practiceWomen in New Religions offers an engaging look at women’s evolving place in the birth and development of new religious movements. It focuses on four disparate new religions—Mormon...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Women in Religions ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Study Women in New Religions?
- 1. Mormonism: Gendering the Heavens
- 2. Seventh-day Adventism: Women’s Changing Role in an Endtime Religion
- 3. The Family International: Sexualizing Gender
- 4. Wicca: Valuing the Divine Feminine
- Conclusion
- Questions for Discussion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- For Further Reading
- Index
- About the Author