Feminism and the Sociology of Religion: From Gender-blindness to Gendered Difference

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 67-84

  Woodhead, Linda ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feminism; Gender blindness; Humanity; Industrial society; Liberation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956745139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998571.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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