Through The Devil's Gateway: Keeping The Faith

Record ID: 126866
  • Title: Through The Devil's Gateway: Keeping The Faith
  • Date: 10th October 1989
  • Summary: THE SERIES INVESTIGATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN, RELIGION AND TABOO AND H OW RITUAL IMPURITY - WOMEN AS UNCLEAN - PERMEATES THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE. PA RT 3 ARGUES THAT BECAUSE RELIGIONS CONTAIN A DENIAL OF THE FEMALE, THEY THEREFOR E CONFIRM THE VERY POWER OF WOMEN. WOMEN IN THE MAJOR RELIGIONS OF CHRISTIANITY JUDAISM, ISLAM AND HINDUISM ASSERT THEIR OWN TRADITIONS AND WAY FORWARD.
  • Description:EXPLORATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS IS CONDITIONED BYDEEP UNDERLYING BELIEFS IN THEIR IMPURITY.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Works On Screen
  • Programme Episode:Episode 3
  • Transmission Date:10/10/1989
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1980s
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