Promising practices: women volunteers in contemporary Japanese religious civil society
In: Social sciences in Asia volume 39
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Understanding Women in Faith-Based Volunteering: Gender, Religion and Civil Society Factors -- 2 Profiles of Targeted Organizations and Volunteer Groups: Shinnyoen, Risshō Kōseikai and the Roman Catholic Church -- 3 Women Volunteers in Faith-Based Groups: A Profile -- 4 Visions of Self and Society: Women's Voices -- 5 Volunteering in a Faith-Based Group: The Elusive Role of Religiosity -- 6 Exploring Women's Trajectories of Self in Faith-Based Volunteer Groups -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.