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With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing
on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of
the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. It
examines a range of themes from the viewpoint of identifiable
traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, from
a theoretical and practical perspective. Among the themes discussed
are the cross-over between religious and secular values and
assumptions in the search for a just jurisprudence for women, the
application of theological insights from religious traditions to
legal issues at the core of feminist work, feminist legal readings
of scriptural texts on women's rights and the place that religious
law has assigned to women in ecclesiastic life. Feminists of faith
face challenges from many sides: patriarchal remnants in their own
tradition, dismissal of their faith commitments by secular
feminists and balancing the conflicting loyalties of their lives.
The book will be essential reading for legal and religious
academics and students working in the area of gender and law or law
and religion.
With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing
on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of
the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. It
examines a range of themes from the viewpoint of identifiable
traditions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, from
a theoretical and practical perspective. Among the themes discussed
are the cross-over between religious and secular values and
assumptions in the search for a just jurisprudence for women, the
application of theological insights from religious traditions to
legal issues at the core of feminist work, feminist legal readings
of scriptural texts on women's rights and the place that religious
law has assigned to women in ecclesiastic life. Feminists of faith
face challenges from many sides: patriarchal remnants in their own
tradition, dismissal of their faith commitments by secular
feminists and balancing the conflicting loyalties of their lives.
The book will be essential reading for legal and religious
academics and students working in the area of gender and law or law
and religion.
This publication has been the leading casebook in the field for
more than 20 years. It is the most authoritative work available on
this topic, extensively cited by the Supreme Court and other
courts, and in the scholarly literature. Professors Langbein and
Stabile have not participated in the preparation of this new
edition, but their contributions pervade the entire work. The
author team is joined in the Sixth Edition by Professor Andrew
Stumpff, a leading practitioner and scholar of pension law. The
Sixth Edition adds expanded coverage of the Affordable Care Act,
its implementation, and the litigation concerning its validity. It
also includes detailed coverage of other recent Supreme Court
decisions, including the Windsor decision on same sex marriage, and
recent lower court decisions. The Sixth Edition also addresses
recent changes affecting benefit plans, including recent
developments in the design and administration of 401(k) plans.
In Growing in Love and Wisdom, Susan Stabile draws on a unique dual
perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the
essential spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions,
and the many fruitful ways Buddhist meditation practices can deepen
Christian prayer. Raised as a Catholic, Stabile devoted 20 years of
her life to practicing Buddhism and was ordained as a Tibetan
Buddhist nun before returning to Catholicism in 2001. She begins
the book by examining the values and principles shared by the two
faith traditions, focusing on the importance of prayer-particularly
contemplative prayer-to both Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism.
Both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the
lives of believers, and both stress the need for experiences that
have deep emotional resonance, that go beyond the level of concepts
to touch the heart. Stabile illuminates the similarities between
Tibetan Buddhist meditations and Christian forms of prayer such as
Ignatian Contemplation and Lectio Divina; she explores as well such
guided Buddhist practices as Metta and Tonglen, which cultivate
compassion and find echoes in Jesus' teachings about loving one's
enemies and transcending self-cherishing. The heart of the book
offers 15 Tibetan Buddhist practices adapted to a contemplative
Christian perspective. Stabile provides clear instructions on how
to do these meditations as well as helpful commentary on each,
explaining its purpose and the relation between the original and
her adaptation. Throughout, she highlights the many remarkably
close parallels in the teachings of Jesus and Buddha. Arguing that
engagement between religions offers mutual enrichment and greater
understanding of both traditions, Growing in Love and Wisdom shows
how Buddhist meditation can be fruitfully joined to Christian
prayer.
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