Religion and Women

Arvind Sharma is Professor at McGill University. He is the editor of the two other volumes in this trilogy, Women in World Religions and the upcoming Today's Woman in World Religions, both published by SUNY Press.

• PrefaceArvind Sharma IntroductionKatherine K. Young At the Beginning Was Woman: Women in Native American Religious TraditionsKathleen M. Dugan Women in African ReligiousRosalind I. J. Hackett Women in Shinto: Images RememberedMichiko Yusa Women in JainismNalini Balbir Outside the Discipline, Inside the Experience: Women in ZoroastrianismRajkumari Shanker Women in the Baha'i FaithSusan S. Maneck Notes Bibliography Contributors Index of Names Index of Terms Subject Index

"This book provides an in-depth look at how a variety of lesser-known religious traditions view women. The essays are well crafted, providing a great deal of new information on the status of women in these traditions." — Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University