His Religion and Hers

This volume delves intensively into religion and the influence of gender. Gilman suggests that through the development of secular ethics, religion can be directed not to the anticipation of a mythical afterlife, but instead to the transformation of the present. She demonstrates the ways in which a male driven ideology has produced a religion focused on death, discouraging any attention to the improvement of life on earth. Here, Gilman offers new thoughts that advocate a collective change of view.

Dolores R. Piperno is a Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, and the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.