This book features a number of different articles and essays that focus on women as active agents of their spiritual lives--a topic that is often overlooked in

An exploration of the impact that religious experience, symbols, doctrines, and rituals have had on women worldwide -- from Buddhism to Catholicism.

This is a book by women about women in the religions of the world. It presents all the basic facts and ideological issues concerning the position of women in th

An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures While women have made gains in equality over the past two centuries, equality for women in m

This book examines the critical and often undervalued contributions of women to the culture, well-being, and subsistence of their communities as active, powerfu