Women's Rights and Religious Practice: Claims in Conflict (York Studies on Women and Men)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 A Conflict of Rights Claims......Page 16
An argument for the inability of the rights construct to address some conflicts between women\'s rights and religious freedoms......Page 19
Women\'s rights......Page 29
Religious freedoms......Page 31
Religion, rights, and the language of justice......Page 33
2 Hierarchies of Rights Claims......Page 41
Which rights are fundamental?......Page 43
Savings and limitations clauses......Page 46
Jus cogens......Page 49
Domestic versus international standards......Page 53
Third party action......Page 55
The problem of enforcement......Page 57
Legal precedents – when courts decide religious matters......Page 59
Conclusion......Page 61
Islam......Page 64
Hinduism......Page 74
Christianity......Page 84
Conclusion......Page 91
4 The Question of Relativism......Page 92
Relativism......Page 93
Theological breadth......Page 97
Selectivity in interpretation......Page 106
Westernization......Page 108
Political uses of religion......Page 110
Religious developments......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 117
5 The Question of Privacy......Page 120
Privacy and the human rights construct......Page 121
Privacy and human rights instruments......Page 124
Liberal critiques of rights protection in the home......Page 125
Personal status laws......Page 129
Privacy, religion, and states......Page 135
Conclusion......Page 142
6 The Question of Agency......Page 144
Choosing against one\'s self-interest......Page 145
The benefits of participating in discriminatory systems......Page 152
Choosing to resist within discriminatory structures......Page 158
The accessibility and acceptability of human rights discourse......Page 165
Conclusion......Page 166
7 Religion, Rights and Change......Page 168
Notes......Page 189
Bibliography......Page 219
C......Page 230
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H......Page 232
K......Page 233
P......Page 234
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V......Page 236
Z......Page 237