Women and Religion

Women, commonly referred as the better half of her male counterpart, always been a subject of great concern right from the earliest civilization. Sometime they are called goddess and treated above the men. But the real fact is that most of the times they are even deprived of their basic rights. Religious history is full of such examples. Every religion has treated women according to the changing scenario. This book goes through all these topics in an elaborate sense. It starts with a chapter on women and society and further traces the women in different religions such as Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism, Buddhism etc. Here we have tried to have a look on different religious texts as well and what they say about women. This book also covers the changing face of modern women across all the religions.  The various laws related to women in India is also given in this book. How women are choosing new careers in the new liberalised India, this book also covers these topics.