Sacred custodians of the earth? : women, spirituality, and the environment /
Sacred custodians of the earth? : women, spirituality, and the environment /
Women as sacred custodians of the earth?: Women, spirituality and the environment
edited by Alaine Low and Soraya Tremayne.
- xi, 260 pages ; 23 cm
Papers based on a workshop held in June 1996 at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Gender, Nature and Trouble with Anti-Dualism -- Sacred Landscapes: Religion and the Natural Environment in the Classical World -- Aboriginal Women and Sacred Landscapes in Northern Australia -- The Separation of the Sexes Among Siberian Reindeer Herders -- Priestesses and Environment in Zimbabwe -- Rice, Women, Men, and the Natural Environment among the Kelabit of Sarawak -- Ecology and Christian Hierarchy -- Text and Practice: Women and Nature in Islam -- Soil as the Goddess Bhudevi in a Tamil Hindu Women's Ritual: The Kolam in India -- Nature and Gender in Theravada Buddhism -- Nature, Holism and Ecofeminism: A Chinese Worldview -- Children of the Gods: The Quest for Wholeness in Contemporary Paganism -- Select Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
1571814671 9781571814678 1571813160 9781571813169
2001035409
Ecofeminism--Religious aspects--Congresses
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Congresses
Women and religion--Congresses
HQ1233 / .S135 2001
305.42
Papers based on a workshop held in June 1996 at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Gender, Nature and Trouble with Anti-Dualism -- Sacred Landscapes: Religion and the Natural Environment in the Classical World -- Aboriginal Women and Sacred Landscapes in Northern Australia -- The Separation of the Sexes Among Siberian Reindeer Herders -- Priestesses and Environment in Zimbabwe -- Rice, Women, Men, and the Natural Environment among the Kelabit of Sarawak -- Ecology and Christian Hierarchy -- Text and Practice: Women and Nature in Islam -- Soil as the Goddess Bhudevi in a Tamil Hindu Women's Ritual: The Kolam in India -- Nature and Gender in Theravada Buddhism -- Nature, Holism and Ecofeminism: A Chinese Worldview -- Children of the Gods: The Quest for Wholeness in Contemporary Paganism -- Select Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
1571814671 9781571814678 1571813160 9781571813169
2001035409
Ecofeminism--Religious aspects--Congresses
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Congresses
Women and religion--Congresses
HQ1233 / .S135 2001
305.42