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Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned
for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social
hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her
challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying
attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced.
Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread
across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories
about her multiplied across the subcontinent and the centuries. In
Mirabai, Nancy M. Martin traces the story of this immensely popular
Indian saint from the earliest manuscript references to her through
colonial and nationalist developments to scholarly and popular
portrayals in the decades leading up to Indian independence. This
book examines Mirabai's place as both insider and outsider to the
developing strands of devotional Hinduism and her role in contested
terrain of debates around the education and independence of women
and the crafting of Indian and Hindu identities. Mirabai offers a
comprehensive and multi-layered portrait of this remarkable and
still controversial woman, who continues to be a source of
inspiration and catalyst for self-actualization for spiritual
seekers, artists, activists, and so many others in India and around
the world today.
This volume outlines the approaches to human rights and
responsibilities within the different world religions. Featuring
contributions from over 15 scholars, the book covers such key
issues as women's rights, the role of international law, and
responsibility for the environment. It also includes a "Universal
Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions", presented at
the third Parliament of the World Religions.
This latest addition to the "Oneworld Library of Global Ethics and
Religion" contains articles from some of the world's greatest
philosophers and scholars of religion on the role played by
religious ethics in today's society. Lively, engaged and
thought-provoking, these informative essays consider religion from
an applied point of view, considering such issues as what we can
learn from Confucianism, and Feng Shui, about ecological awareness;
what Buddhism has to say about organ transplants; and -
controversially - Islam's approach to gender issues.
Bringing together original work from some of the world's leading
specialists in the field, this new volume offers wide-ranging and
enlightening new perspectives on the role of love, sex and gender
in a variety of different faiths. Among the issues covered are
gender politics, sexual symbolism and religious ecstasy, and their
role in religions as diverse as Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism.
Featuring essays by such distinguished thinkers as Arvind Sharma,
Karen Lebacqz, Julius Lipner, Karen Jo Torjesen and Carter Heyward,
this new collection combines classic sources of text and tradition
with innovative ideas and modes of thought, creating a detailed but
accessible study. This clear and concise book will challenge the
reader to think creatively about both past and present concepts of
sexuality, relationships and the role of women in the world faiths.
It should be of interest to students, scholars and the interested
general reader alike.
Covering all the major religious traditions, from Christianity to
Confucianism, this authoritative text presents all the
understanding, comparative analysis, and philosophical insight
necessary for an informed understanding of the meaning of life in
the different world faiths.
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