Feminism, law and religion / edited by Marie A. Failinger, Elizabeth R. Schiltz, and Susan J. Stabile.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A contemporary Catholic theory of complementarity / Elizabeth R. Schiltz -- Deconstructing equality in religion / Cheryl B. Preston -- The Catholic Church and women : the divergence between what is said and what is heard / Susan J. Stabile -- What is the matter with Antigone? / Emily Hartigan -- Privatizing diversity : a cautionary tale from religious arbitration in family law / Ayelet Shachar -- From third wave to third generation : feminism, faith, and human rights / M. Christian Green -- A meditation on mahr, modernity, and Muslim marriage contract law / Asifa Quraishi-Landes -- Co-creating the family : a Lutheran view of marriage and divorce law / Marie A. Failinger -- With compassion and lovingkindness : one feminist Buddhist's exploration of feminist domestic violence advocacy / Deborah J. Cantrell -- 'Men are the protectors of women' : negotiating marriage, feminism, and (Islamic) law in American Muslim efforts against domestic violence / Juliane Hammer -- Why Muslim women are re-interpreting the Quran and re-thinking the Hadith : a transformative scholarship-activism / Nimat Hafez Barazangi -- Modesty disrobed : gendered modesty rules under the monotheistic religions / Frances Raday -- Jewish law : the case of wifebeating / Naomi Graetz -- Competing approaches to rape in Islamic law / Hina Azam -- Catholic women and equality : women in the Code of Canon Law / Sister Sara Butler -- Daughters of the Buddha : the Sakyadhita movement, Buddhist law and the position of Buddhist nuns / Rebecca Redwood French -- Chinese women lawyers and judges as priests / Mary Szto.