Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual Auth, Crabtree Paperback..

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Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual AuthenticityComparative Perspectives from Malaysia and Britain\nAuthor(s): Sara Ashencaen Crabtree\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367726225, 978-0367726225\nSynopsis\nDrawn from over fifty-eight individual, in-depth, qualitative interviews with women of faith in Malaysia and Britain, Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual Authenticity is a multifaith, multicultural and cross-cultural comparative focus that explores womens religious expressions, as derived from practising Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Wiccans and Druids among others. \n\nDespite social advances towards womens emancipation and the lacerating critiques from feminist theologians across the Abrahamic religions and beyond, womens religious experiences remain submerged beneath the weight of patriarchal religious leadership and ongoing masculinised, dogmatic interpretations. Even feminism .