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Aug 26, 2020 · 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.
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Carter calls discrimination and abuse of women and girls "the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge" of our time, and the book covers a wide range of problems including infanticide and selective abortion of female fetuses; female genital mutilation; rape, especially as a weapon of war; human trafficking of women and girls for sex; child ...
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reviewed the book as "a tour de force of the global abuse and manipulation of women" and commended Carter's presentation of statistical data. Marianne Schnall writes that Carter "represents an important and growing trend of men advocating against violence against women and supporting women's equality." The Adventist maga...
C-SPAN: A Call to ActionPresident Jimmy Carter speaks on A Call to Actionat Princeton University- Jimmy Carter
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Jan 4, 2015 · A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter, Simon and Schuster, 2014 (ISBN 978‐1‐4767‐7395‐7), x + 211 pp., $28 - Blumenthal - 2015 - Reviews in Religion & Theology - Wiley Online Library.
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Mar 10, 2015 · 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.
Dec 18, 2014 · President Jimmy Carter speaks on the topic of his new book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, an exploration of challenges to women's rights that are made by their own religious communities.
Carter addresses the plight of women around the world, many of whom are victims of literal enslavement. The crimes committed against women by society are among the worst cases of discrimination...
