Table of contents
Part 1 Undercurrents - intersections of feminist theoretical insights and feminist theory in religious studies: gender, power and miscommunication, Nancy Henley and Cheris Kramarae;
is female to male as nature is to culture?, Sherry Ortner;
family structures and feminine personality, Nancy Chodorow;
in a different voice, Linda Kerber et al;
the notion of difference for emerging womanist ethics, Joan Martin;
of waters and women - the philosophy of Lucy Irigaray, Lynda Haas;
Part 2 Women and religions: gender and power in the new religious movements, Janet Jacobs;
the impact of the Islamic movement in Egypt, Hala Shukrallah;
religion and feminism - a consideration of cultural constraints on Sri Lankan women, Thalatha Seneviratne and Jan Currie;
non-literary evidence for Jewish women in Rome and Egypt, Ross Kraemer;
childbirth as a religious experience?, Susan Sered; in the tracks of the Munga-Munga, Diane Bell;
Part 3 Critical discourse - framing the challenges in feminist theory: beyond the "big three", Mary Maynard; conceptualizing "patriarchy", Bonnie Fox;
black women, sexism and ra