Globalization, Gender, and Religion

Globalization, Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts began at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (FWCW). At this event, Jane H. Bayes and Nayereh Tohidi witnessed conservative Catholic and conservative Muslim group...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5b1b9abafb5e4069999297deec34f7122021-12-02T17:26:06ZGlobalization, Gender, and Religion10.35632/ajis.v19i4.18952690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/5b1b9abafb5e4069999297deec34f7122002-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1895https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Globalization, Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts began at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (FWCW). At this event, Jane H. Bayes and Nayereh Tohidi witnessed conservative Catholic and conservative Muslim groups unify around issues of sexuality, sexual orientation, and the control of women's bodies. To understand the spectrum of opinions and better strategize the globalized women's movement in Catholic and Muslim contexts, the editors brought together feminists from seven countries and one region to detennine how religious Catholic and Muslim women dealt with their beliefs in equal rights, and contradictions in their religions and in the official policy of their religious authorities. This book is divided into 10 chapters and contains an appendix that surveys the historical expansion of Catholicism and Islam. The introduction provides valuable information on how, since 1992, the Vatican has sought to unify with conservative Muslims to counter challenges to their shared religious ideals of women's social roles. The following chapter, "Women Redefining Modernity and Religion in the Globalized Context," is structured to answer three fundamental issues about Catholicism and Islam: How they regard women, what historical similarities and differences exist in their responses to modernity, and what is the position of women's religiosity and spirituality in social change and their agency in reshaping the parameters of modernity and religion. Ultimately, it gives a useful overview of how Catholicism and Islam perceive women and especially gives a fair treatment oflslam's uniqueness. Unlike Catholicism, Islam's lack of a singular, central, organized body makes it difficult to pinpoint the ideal female archetype. To find this ideal, the editors point to the Qur'an's prominence as the word of God and refer to 4:34 which, by calling women the "charges ... Nergis MazidInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 19, Iss 4 (2002)
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description Globalization, Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts began at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (FWCW). At this event, Jane H. Bayes and Nayereh Tohidi witnessed conservative Catholic and conservative Muslim groups unify around issues of sexuality, sexual orientation, and the control of women's bodies. To understand the spectrum of opinions and better strategize the globalized women's movement in Catholic and Muslim contexts, the editors brought together feminists from seven countries and one region to detennine how religious Catholic and Muslim women dealt with their beliefs in equal rights, and contradictions in their religions and in the official policy of their religious authorities. This book is divided into 10 chapters and contains an appendix that surveys the historical expansion of Catholicism and Islam. The introduction provides valuable information on how, since 1992, the Vatican has sought to unify with conservative Muslims to counter challenges to their shared religious ideals of women's social roles. The following chapter, "Women Redefining Modernity and Religion in the Globalized Context," is structured to answer three fundamental issues about Catholicism and Islam: How they regard women, what historical similarities and differences exist in their responses to modernity, and what is the position of women's religiosity and spirituality in social change and their agency in reshaping the parameters of modernity and religion. Ultimately, it gives a useful overview of how Catholicism and Islam perceive women and especially gives a fair treatment oflslam's uniqueness. Unlike Catholicism, Islam's lack of a singular, central, organized body makes it difficult to pinpoint the ideal female archetype. To find this ideal, the editors point to the Qur'an's prominence as the word of God and refer to 4:34 which, by calling women the "charges ...
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