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Campaigns Against Gender Violence (1977-1993), Professor Vibhuti Patel
Campaigns Against Gender Violence (1977-1993), Professor Vibhuti Patel
Professor Vibhuti Patel
The women's movement in India launched campaigns against rape, domestic violence, sexism in advertisements as well as against state repression during caste and communal riots in the early eighties. Before that, during the postemergency period of 1977-1980, small groups of women's rights activists in Hyderabad, Bombay, Delhi and Madras had started taking up individual cases of custodial rape, deaths of-housewives under mysterious circumstances and excesses by the state enforcement machinery during caste/communal riots which had increased in number and intensity of violence. The mass of poor women involved in the struggles of the tribal people, the industrial working classes and …
"Embracing Pop Culture: The Catholic Church In The World Market", Michael Budde
"Embracing Pop Culture: The Catholic Church In The World Market", Michael Budde
Michael Budde
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Torture And Eucharist: Theology, Politics, And The Body Of Christ, William Cavanaugh
Torture And Eucharist: Theology, Politics, And The Body Of Christ, William Cavanaugh
William T. Cavanaugh
"Cavanaugh begins with an engrossing analysis of the dynamics of torture and disappearance as a mode disciplining the body politic. He judiciously uses psychological and social scientific sources without letting them override the theological focus of the book. He then gives an equally engrossing account of the Church in Chile under Pinochet. His analyses both of Maritain and the 'New Christendom' ecclesiology provide as interesting critique of the failures of the Church to respond to Pinochet's repression, while his concluding chapter on eucharistic theology points towards the source of the successful responses made by the Church. Particularly useful and interesting …
Reclaiming The Spirit: Gay Men And Lesbians Come To Term With Religion, David Shallenberger
Reclaiming The Spirit: Gay Men And Lesbians Come To Term With Religion, David Shallenberger
David B Shallenberger
This book is the result of deep interviews of gay men and lesbian women about their spiritual journeys. Each chapter tells an individual's story as he or she reflects back on the trajectory traveled.