American Jewess Project
http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amjewess/
"The American Jewess (1895-1899) described itself as "the only magazine in the world devoted to the interests of Jewish women." It was the first English-language periodical targeted to American Jewish women, covering an evocative range of topics that ranged from women's place in the synagogue to whether women should ride bicycles." Rosa Sonneschein (1847-1932) founded and edited the magazine which has been digitized for online access by the Jewish Women's Archive, this digital reproduction of the 8 volumes of The American Jewess was assembled from the collections of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Klau Library, Brandeis University Libraries, the Library of Congress, and the Jewish Women's Archive. The website allows users to browse or search across the journal.
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Association of Jewish Women's Organisations in the UK (AJWO)
http://www.ajwo.org/
AJWO founded in 1965 to "provide a council of Jewish women's organisations, to further communal understanding and to deliberate on matters of common interest and concern. The Association works towards promoting unity among Jewish women of differing shades of opinion, belonging to autonomous organisations with different aims, and encourages them to seek wider representation on communal bodies." The AJWO disseminates information to its member organisations and, if necessary, making public statements or taking common action. The website provides details of its affiliate members.
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Bat Kol: A Feminist House of Study
http://batkol.org/
Bat Kol, located in Jerusalem, is the first Jewish feminist house of study of its kind in Israel. Bat Kol seeks to create a study program in Israel for women wishing to explore Judaism in depth, from a Jewish feminist perspective. Combining classroom study, field study throughout Israel, and social action, Bat Kol use the methodologies of feminist criticism to examine the integration of women into many aspects of Jewish life and gives women the opportunity to discover and define for themselves the meaning of Jewish tradition and practice in contemporary society, and to explore the ways in which Judaism and feminism can intersect. Bat Kol: A Feminist House of Study is an unaffiliated educational institution which seeks to draw from all the movements of Judaism, and to utilize numerous perspectives as educational resources. The site includes general information about Bat Kol, as well as an FAQ page, a description of the types of courses and activities available, a news page, and a links page.
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Britain & Ireland School of Feminist Theology (BISFT)
http://www.bisft.org.uk/
BISFT was initiated in 1989 as a summer school. Since 1989 various satellite projects groups were formed to manage the journal of feminist theology, the distance learning courses the Sophia Fellowship. BISFT "aims to provide a forum where the principles of experience, accessible scholarship, mutuality, creativity, respect, joy, nurture and 'hearing women to speech' take place within a liberation theology. It is ecumenical and inter-faith in its philosophy." BISFT aims provides a space for dialogue and to empower women who feel marginalized within their religious tradition; to challenge oppression and encourage research in feminist theology. This website provides details of publications, events and organisations related to feminist theology.
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Canadian Council of Muslim Women
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ccmw.london/
"The Canadian Council of Muslim Women is a national non-profit voluntary organization established to assist Muslim women in participating effectively in Canadian society and to promote mutual understanding between Canadian Muslim women and women of other faiths."
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Catholic Women's Ordination (CWO)
http://www.catholic-womens-ordination.org.uk/
CWO is "a movement campaigning within the Church for inclusivity and the radical transformation of kyriarchal* structures. We call for women's perspectives to enrich the Church's thinking and for women's gifts to enrich its ministry." This website provides information on the movement's philosophy, agruments for and against the ordination of women, details of activities, conferences, publications and links to other relevant organisations.
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Catholics for a Free Choice
http://www.catholicsforchoice.org/
Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC)"is an independent not-for-profit organisation, engaged in research, policy analysis, education and advocacy on issues of gender equality and reproductive health." CFFC is affiliated with the North American Catholic Organisations for Renewal and the Women-Church Convergence, and also with the European Network/Church on the Move. The website provides information of the newsletter Conscience, and other articles within a searchable database.
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Christian + Feminist
http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/xpxx/
This site is part of Elizabeth T. Knuth's Home Page. It is dedicated to the proposition that faith and feminism are not mutually exclusive. Knuth is a graduate of Texas State University, and holds an M.A. in Theology. She is works in cataloguing and systems at the Alcuin Library at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. The site contains articles, books, reviews, bibliographies, directories, and references to historical sources, all pertaining to women, feminism, and theology.
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Episcopal Women's History Project
http://www.ewhp.org/
The aim of this project is to promote and encourage research, writing and publication in all matters touching upon the history of women in the Episcopal Church in North America, and the collection and preservation of records and other artifacts of interest pertaining to such history. It was begun in 1980 by a group of Episcopal churchwomen in New York city. The project includes oral histories of "noteworthy Episcopal women who have made a difference", and encourages research and publication of the lives and works of Episcopal women, past and present. The website includes a bibliography.
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European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)
http://www.eswtr.org/
The ESWTR was founded in Switzerland in 1986. It is "a network for women who work in theological research in different denominations and religions, enabling women from the whole of Europe, east and west, north and south, to meet and to dialogue." The website provides a database of its members and their research interests and details of their publications and conferences. The website is available in English, German and French.
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Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
http://www.brandeis.edu/hirjw/
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University was founded in 1997 and "is the world's first university-based research institute devoted to the study of Jews and gender." The mission of the HBI is to produce and promote scholarly and artistic projects and to build a strong, international network of Jewish women. The website provides a list of publications and bibliographies, details of Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, events and research awards.
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Institute for Feminism and Religion
http://www.instituteforfeminismandreligion.org/
"The Institute for Feminism and Religion aims to explore a prophetic approach to feminism and religion, inclusive of many traditions and emerging consciousness in Ireland." The website provides access to the Institute for Feminism and Religion Publications, other publications, Papers by Mary Condren Th.D. , National Director of the Institute, the institute's newsletter, links to Websites for Feminist Theologians, Course Syllabus, Celebration of Hildegard's Birth, and Irish Travel Links for Women.
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International Muslimah Artists Network (IMAN)
http://www.imanworld.org/
The International Muslimah Artists Network (IMAN) is an organisation that aims to combine artistic expression with religious faith in order to promote the work of Muslim women in the arts, including the visual arts, performance and literature. The activities of the organisation include fundraising, creating exhibitions, community and education outreach work, and collaborative endeavours with other organisations. The website states the mission and goals of the organisation. The Members gallery displays images by the visual artists in the organisation. The Links section lists relevant organisation and enables access to websites. The Events and Resources section gives details of events and relevant news articles and publications. The Board members section gives the names of the founder and board members of the organisation, with links to contact them.
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Islam and the West Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis
http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~pnorris/Acrobat/Clash%20of%20Civilization.pdf
This site provides access to the full-text of an article by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart which was published in Comparative Sociology 1 (3-4), 2003 pp 235-365. It discusses Samuel Huntingdon's theory of the clash of civilization between western nations and Islamic/ Muslim countries, using data from the world values survey. It is concluded that the main difference in values is not regarding democracy but towards sex equality, women's rights and gay rights. Users should note that the full-text is in PDF and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use.
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Jewish Virtual Library: Women
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/womentoc.html
The Jewish Virtual Library (formerly the Jewish Studies Research Centre (JSource)) is compiled and maintained by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AISCE). Women is one of its 13 subject categories. "Women" is sub- divided into the following categories: Bibliography of Women and Judaism, Biographies of Jewish Women, The First American Bat Mitzvah, Jewish Women in the Military, Women in Israel, Women and Jewish Books, Women in Judaism and Women Of The Wall. In these categories education, work, nineteenth century poets, women rabbis, female dress codes are some of the topics touched on.
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Jewish Women's History
http://link.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/getItems.cfm/majorCatID=14
Jewish Women's History is part of the website Academic Guide to Jewish History, based at the University of Toronto, Canada. The Web page provides details of Information gateways, Encyclopedias & Biographies, Libraries & Archives, Indexes & Bibliographies, Primary Documents - Full Text, and Journals. There are also links to other resources. The website has been developed and is maintained by section editors who are subject experts based at various academic institutions.
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Monastic Matrix: a Scholarly Resource for the Study of Women's Religious Communities from 400 to 1600 CE
http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/
Monastic Matrix is a "collaborative effort by an international group of scholars of medieval history, religion, history of art, archaeology, religion, and other disciplines, as well as librarians and experts in computer technology." The project aims to "to document the participation of Christian women in the religion and society of medieval Europe," paying specific attention to "professional Christian women in Europe between 400 and 1600 C.E." This resources provides details of primary and secondary sources. There are digital images, bibliography, a glossary, a repertory of women's communities and biographies.
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Monastic Matrix: A Scholarly Resource for the Study of Women's Religious Communities from 400 to 1600 CE
http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/
Matrix is an ongoing collaborative effort by an international group of scholars of medieval history, religion, history of art, archaeology, religion, and other disciplines, as well as librarians and experts in computer technology. Their goal is to document the participation of Christian women in the religion and society of medieval Europe. In particular, they aim to collect and make available all existing data about all professional Christian women in Europe between 400 and 1600 C.E. Matrix is designed for use by scholars, students, and anyone interested in the study of women, medieval Europe, or the history of Christianity. The basis of Matrix is the Monasticon, a repertory of profiles of religious women's communities. The Monasticon can be used to find individual histories of communities or can be searched as a database. Matrix also includes biographies, which contain entries on individual men and women associated with the communities in the Monasticon; a bibliography of published and unpublished sources; a glossary; an archive of articles; and a visual library of site plans, images, and maps.
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Mundus
http://www.mundus.ac.uk/
This site is the culmination of a project funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme and involving several academic institutions, to improve and facilitate access to missionary collections throughout the United Kingdom. The database contains the details from 400 collections of missionary materials in over 40 institutions in the United Kingdom. It has been created and developed in the University of London (SOAS) where it will continue to be maintained. The site contains a collection-level description of each collection including background information and a summary of contents. There is a facility for freetext searches as well as searches by personal names, organization names, place-names and subjects. Details of each institution's location and access restrictions are included. The site also contains a gallery of photographs (protected by copyright)and a page of useful links. The Links page contains links to useful websites in the British Isles, Continental Europe and the wider world while the Gallery provides a snapshot of the extensive range of visual materials to be found in many missionary collections.
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Muslim Women's League (MWL)
http://www.mwlusa.org/
"MWL is a nonprofit American Muslim organization working to implement the values of Islam and thereby reclaim the status of women as free, equal and vital contributors to society." The website provides position papers on subjects such as divorce, honor killing, gender equality, women's dress, inheritance; essays on on economic rights, and commentaries on identities and careers. The website also includes links, bibliogaphies, news and activities.
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Safra Project
http://www.safraproject.org/
The Safra project is a UK based resource and research organisation. It aims to conduct research and provide information on issues relating to lesbian, bisexual and transgender women who identify themselves as Muslim, culturally and/or religiously. The site contains initial research reports, an annotated directory of legal and social services, information on sexuality, gender and Islam and a bibliography and useful links.
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The Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism
http://www.hellercenterforjewishwomen.org/
The Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism is an inter-disciplinary research institute, located within the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University. It aims to "help bridge the gap between the role of women in orthodoxy and advanced feminist research on the role of women in society, religion and culture." The centre examines role of Jewish women in comtemporary society. It traces the status of women throughout Jewish history, looking at female Jewish identity within the context of Bible and the Talmud, and Hebrew literature and culture. The website provides details of books and articles, courses and researchers in the field.
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The Methodist Church's Women's Network
http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=information.content&cmid=3
"The Women's Network of the Methodist Church aims to encourage, enable and equip women to participate fully in the life of the Church and in society." It provides training in specific skills, organises conferences and events on issues and themes, discusses different styles of worship and ideas for worship, runs campaigns and provides information about other groups and resources.
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True clash of civilizations
http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~pnorris/Acrobat/Inglehart%20Foreign%20Policy.pd
This site provides access to the full-text of a journal article by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart which was published in Foreign Policy, March/April 2003, pp. 63-70. It argues that the main cultural divide between Western nations and Islamic/Muslim countries is not democracy but attitudes towards gender equality, including divorce, abortion, gay rights and women's equality. The implications for future US foreign policy are considered. Users should note that the full-text is in PDF format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use.
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Vodhun, Heads and Hands: How Women Speak their Gods in Watchi-Ewe Spirit Possession, by N. Lovell
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/csacsia/vol11/papers/Lovell/Possession.html
This paper analyses spirit possession among the Watchi-Ewe of southern Togo in the light of competing anthropological explanations of the phenomenon. The author outlines three theories of possession, structural functional, phenomenological and semantic and provides summaries of the key features of each. Her analysis of the Togolese material leads her to concentrate on theories which emphasise either the merging or displacement of identities in posession. The paper is published in Vol. 11 of Studies in Anthropology from the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing at the University of Kent.
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