In this Book
- Citizenship, Faith, and Feminism: Jewish and Muslim Women Reclaim Their Rights
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
- Series: HBI Series on Gender, Culture, Religion and Law
summary
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. Instead, they use the narrative of civic citizenship combined with a more authentic, if alternative reading of their faith tradition to improve their status.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. iii
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- 1 Women & Citizenship
- pp. 1-22
- 2 Feminisms
- pp. 23-72
- 5 The United States
- pp. 153-200
- Conclusion
- pp. 201-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611680119
Related ISBN(s)
9781584659723, 9781584659730
MARC Record
OCLC
726828637
Pages
235
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2011