The historical interplay between women's roles and religious traditions has been a rich and
controversial one. Within the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Bible has been used to justify and …

Women's leadership in Spiritualism and Christian Science/Ann Braude--The feminism of"
Universal Brotherhood," women in the Theosophical Movement/Robert Ellwood and …

A compilation of essays on the role of women in the institutional and ordained leadership of
Western religion. The authors discuss religious women as charismatic leaders, holy women …

Although it seems obvious why men might turn to a community steeped in patriarchal
tradition, it is much more difficult to explain women's attraction. To explain their attraction the …

Since Anne Barstow Driver published her review essay on women's studies in religion in the
Winter 1976 issue of Signs, the premises of the field have changed somewhat. 1 The …

Evangelical Christian Women draws on two years of ethnographic research nationwide to
shed new light on the gender conflict faced by women in evangelical Christianity. Julie …

RESEARCH IN THE AREAS of women and religion is expanding rapidly. Two kinds of
questions prompt this research, which cuts across many traditions and cultures. One cluster …

Dorothy Day died recently in New York City. With her death, the Catholic Worker Movement
lost the last of its founders and leaders. In this insightful and well-documented study, Aronica …

" This book is a nuanced discussion of contemporary feminist thought in a variety of religious
traditions. It draws from both academic and popular writings and offers a rich selection of …

This group biography explores the lives, work, and personal relations of nine white, middle-
and upper-middle-class women who were involved in the first decade of Chicago's premier …