"This is an excellent manuscript. It fills an important place in the disciplines of Gender Studies and Religious Studies. The book has breadth, depth, and is easily accessible to readers."
-Esther Nelson, Former Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

"The work is consistently engrossing and surprising? Even when treading over familiar ground, the clarity of the writing and the rigour of the research renews not only the vividness of religious understandings and debates regarding the position of women in theology and practice, it also provokes new insights."
-Dr. David Penner, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University

Sexism in Major Religions presents a systematic, cross-sectional study of the most common gender-biased teachings and practices in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Utilising an innovative comparative-thematic methodology, author Paul Gwynne investigates the main sources and manifestations of religious discrimination against women such as the gender of the deity, the duties of the mother, the status of the wife, the access of women to leadership roles, and the place of intersex and transgender persons in religious systems.

Presenting a balanced perspective informed by contemporary feminist theology, Sexism in Major Religions: A Comparative Introduction is an excellent textbook for undergraduate courses in a wide range of Religious Studies and Social Sciences programs, as well as an invaluable resource for general readers interested in understanding and reforming sexist features within major religious traditions.