A Call to ActionA Call to Action
Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
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Current format, Unknown, 2014, First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition, No Longer Available.Unknown, 2014
Current format, Unknown, 2014, First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsCovers a system of discrimination against women that extends to every nation. Women are deprived of equal opportunity in wealthier nations and "owned" by men in others, forced to suffer servitude, child marriage, and genital cutting. The most vulnerable, along with their children, are trapped in war and violence. A Call to Action addresses the suffering inflicted upon women by a false interpretation of carefully selected religious texts and a growing tolerance of violence and warfare. Key verses are often omitted or quoted out of context by male religious leaders to exalt the status of men and exclude women. And in nations that accept or even glorify violence, this perceived inequality becomes the basis for abuse. Carter draws upon his own experiences and the testimony of courageous women from all regions and all major religions to demonstrate that women around the world, more than half of all human beings, are being denied equal rights.
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