Man's Dominion: The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights

by Sheila Jeffreys

Book Overview

In this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women's human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy.

Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as 'male-headship', impurity of women, the need to control women's bodies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415596742
• ISBN13: 9780415596749
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"