Promising practices : : women volunteers in contemporary Japanese religious civil society / / by Paola Cavaliere.
Based upon a survey of five faith-based volunteer groups, Promising Practices offers valuable insights and fresh perspectives into the ways women’s participation in religious civic organizations may work as a gateway toward participatory democracy. By approaching women’s faith-based volunteering as...
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| Superior document: | Social Sciences in Asia, Volume 39 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill,, 2015. ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social sciences in Asia ;
Volume 39. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding Women in Faith-Based Volunteering: Gender, Religion and Civil Society Factors
- 2 Profiles of Targeted Organizations and Volunteer Groups: Shinnyoen, Risshō Kōseikai and the Roman Catholic Church
- 3 Women Volunteers in Faith-Based Groups: A Profile
- 4 Visions of Self and Society: Women’s Voices
- 5 Volunteering in a Faith-Based Group: The Elusive Role of Religiosity
- 6 Exploring Women’s Trajectories of Self in Faith-Based Volunteer Groups
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index.