Access Today Women Of The Sacred Groves: Divine Priestesses Of Okinawa Outlined By Susan Starr Sered In Text

book on my kin: the Okinawans, Japan's other indigenous people, Sensitive scholarly writing on Okinawa's nonhierarchical culture and official religion led by women since time immemorial, Although most historical and contemporary religions are governed by men, there are, scattered throughout the world, a

handful of welldocumented religions led by women.
Most of these are marginal, subordinate, or secondary religions in the societies in which they are located, The one known exception to this rule is the indigenous religion of Okinawa, where women lead the official mainstream religion of the society.
This book is the first indepth look at this unique religious tradition, exploring the intersection between religion and gender, Based on fieldwork in an Okinawan village, Susan Sered argues that the absence of male dominance in the religious sphere is part of a broader absence of hiearchical ideologies and cultural patterns.
In addition to providing important information on this remarkable and littlestudied group, this book helps to overturn our mostly unexamined assumptions that male dominance of the religious sphere is universal, axiomatic, and necessary.
Susan Starr Sered bornis Professor of Sociology at Suffolk University and Senior Researcher at Suffolk Universitys Center for Womens Health and Human Rights, having previously been the director of the Religion, Health and Healing Initiative at the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, and a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar Ilan University, Israel.
Her interests include both research and advocacy / activism, Professor Sered is the author of seven books, nearly one hundred scholarly articles, and numerous op eds and shorter articles focusing on womens health, mass incarceration, and a variety of religious issues, including:from Wikipedia Susan Starr Sered bornis Professor of Sociology at Suffolk University and Senior Researcher at Suffolk University's Center for Women's Health and Human Rights, having previously been the director of the "Religion, Health and Healing Initiative" at the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions, and a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar Ilan University, Israel.
Her interests include both research and advocacy / activism, Professor Sered is the author of seven books, nearly one hundred scholarly articles, and numerous op eds and shorter articles focusing on women's health, mass incarceration, and a variety of religious issues, including:from Wikipedia sitelink.