Wilfully disempowered: A gendered response to a 'Fallen World'

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-276

  Day, Abby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Patriarchy; Religion; Secular; Spiritual; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 46749136021     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506808091507     Document Type: Article

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