TY - BOOK AU - Gross,Rita M. TI - A Garland of Feminist Reflections: Forty Years of Religious Exploration SN - 9780520943667 AV - BL458 .G764 2009 U1 - 202.082 PY - 2009/// CY - CA PB - University of California Press KW - Feminist theology KW - Women KW - Religious aspects KW - Feminism KW - Buddhism KW - Doctrines KW - Théologie féministe KW - Femmes KW - Aspect religieux KW - Bouddhisme KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Gaia & Earth Energies KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - General KW - Theology KW - fast KW - Religion KW - gnd KW - Geschlechterrolle KW - Feministische Theologie KW - Buddhismus KW - Feminismus KW - Frau KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340); Cover; Contents; Introducing A Garland of Feminist Reflections; PART ONE . Introductory Materials; 1. How Did This Ever Happen to Me?; PART TWO . Five Essays on Method; 2. Androcentrism and Androgyny in the Methodology of History of Religions; 3. Where Have We Been? Where Do We Need to Go?; 4. The Place of the Personal and the Subjective in Religious Studies; 5. Methodology: Tool or Trap?; 6. What Went Wrong?; PART THREE . Theory Applied: Three Tests; 7. Menstruation and Childbirth as Ritual and Religious Experience among Native Australians; 8. Toward a New Model of the Hindu Pantheon; 9. The Prepatriarchal HypothesisPART FOUR . Feminist Theology; 10. Steps toward Feminine Imagery in Jewish Theology; 11. Is the (Hindu) Goddess a Feminist?; 12. Life-Giving Images in Vajrayana Buddhist Ritual; 13. Feminist Theology as Theology of Religions; PART FIVE . Buddhist Feminism: Feminist Buddhism; 14. The Clarity in the Anger; 15. Why (Engaged) Buddhists Should Care about Gender Issues; 16. The Dharma of Gender; 17. Yeshe Tsogyel; 18. Buddhist Women and Teaching Authority; 19. Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?; 20. Being a North American Buddhist Woman; Notes N2 - Rita M. Gross has long been acknowledged as a founder in the field of feminist theology. One of the earliest scholars in religious studies to discover how feminism affects that discipline, she is recognized as preeminent in Buddhist feminist theology. The essays in A Garland of Feminist Reflections represent the major aspects of her work and provide an overview of her methodology in women's studies in religion and feminism. The introductory article, written specifically for this volume, summarizes the conclusions Gross has reached about gender and feminism after forty years of searching and ex UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=306007 ER -