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Carole Fontaine, well known among biblical scholars for her
feminist studies in the biblical wisdom traditions and the ancient
Near East, is also a human rights and interfaith activist working
on issues of violence against Muslim women in the Middle East and
Southern Asia and a board member of many agencies such as the
International Network for the Rights of Female Victims of Violence
in Pakistan, and the Women's Forum against Fundamentalism in Iran.
In this collection of her essays, mostly previously unpublished,
she brings together these two concerns, distilling from the
scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam valuable insights
into current questions of human rights. Unlike many writers,
Fontaine recognizes the critical role of gender in the fundamental
concept of the 'Other', so determinative for our view of humanity.
In our days, Fontaine argues, human rights issues have taken on a
new dimension in political discourse about war, peace and terror,
where often an appeal is made to religious and scriptural
justifications for the violation or preservation of rights.
Fontaine urges attention to the priority of the sufferer in
adjudicating meaning, and turns to the 'little texts' of daily
ethics rather than grand theological abstractions in order to place
'scriptures' in meaningful conversation with the concrete realities
of our world.
Carole Fontaine, well known among biblical scholars for her
feminist studies in the biblical wisdom traditions and the ancient
Near East, is also a human rights and interfaith activist working
on issues of violence against Muslim women in the Middle East and
Southern Asia and a board member of many agencies such as the
International Network for the Rights of Female Victims of Violence
in Pakistan, and the Women's Forum against Fundamentalism in Iran.
In this collection of her essays, mostly previously unpublished,
she brings together these two concerns, distilling from the
scriptures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam valuable insights
into current questions of human rights. Unlike many writers,
Fontaine recognizes the critical role of gender in the fundamental
concept of the 'Other', so determinative for our view of humanity.
In our days, Fontaine argues, human rights issues have taken on a
new dimension in political discourse about war, peace and terror,
where often an appeal is made to religious and scriptural
justifications for the violation or preservation of rights.
Fontaine urges attention to the priority of the sufferer in
adjudicating meaning, and turns to the 'little texts' of daily
ethics rather than grand theological abstractions in order to place
'scriptures' in meaningful conversation with the concrete realities
of our world.
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