The "World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995" brought the issue of religion and spirituality into focus. The Global Women's project works toward a transformed world and faith tradition. This site describes some aspects of the transformation project.

Women's Studies in religion : a multicultural reader

by Bagley, Kate and Kathleen McIntosh, editors
( Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2007)

The dissenting reader : feminist approaches to the Hebrew Bible

by Davies, Eryl W.
( Ashgate, 2003)

On the cutting edge : the study of women in biblical worlds : essays in honor of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

by Schaberg, Jane, Alice Bach anfd Esther Fuchs, editors
( Core Book)

That we may be mutually encouraged : feminism and the new perspective in Pauline studies

by Ehrensperger, Kathy
( T & T Clark International, 2004)

Comfortable with uncertainty : 108 teachings

by Chodron, Pema
( Shambhala, 2002)

Discovering Kwan Yin, Buddhist goddess of compassion

by Boucher, Sandy
( Beacon, 1999)

Reflections on a mountain lake : teachings on practical Buddhism

by Palmo, Venerable Tenzin
( Snow Lion, 2002)

Soaring and settling : Buddhist perspectives on contemporary social and religious issues

by Gross, Rita M.
( Continuum, 1998)

Women of the way : discovering 2,500 years of Buddhist wisdom.

by Tisdale, Sallie
( Harper, 2006)

Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's women : tradition, revision, renewal

by Findly, Ellison Banks
( Wisdom, 2000)

CATHOLICISM

Aquinas, feminism, and the common good

by DeCrane, Susanne M.
( 2004)

Catholic and feminist : the surprising history of the American Catholic feminist movement

by Henold, Mary J.
( University of North Carolina Press, 2008)

Catholic voices on Beijing : a call for social justice for women

The church women want : Catholic women in dialogue

by Johnson, Elizabeth

Globalization, gender and religion : the politics of women's rights in Catholic and Muslim contexts

Good Catholic girls : how women are leading the fight to change the church

by Bonavoglia, Angela
( ReganBooks, 2005)

The papal "No" : a comprehensive guide to the Vatican's rejection of women's ordination

by Halter, Deborah

Sisters: Catholic nuns and the making of America

by Fialka, John J.

Taking back the truth: confronting Papal power and the religious right

by Manning, Joanna

When women become priests : the Catholic women's ordination debate

by Raab, Kelley A.

Women in Catholic higher education : border work, living experiences, and social justice

by Hesse-Biber, Sharlene, editor
( Core Book)

Hindu views on God and gender

Wikipedia

This site on Hindu views of God and gender includes Smarta and Advaita; Vishnu and Shiva; Shakti; Ardhangini: the cornerstone of relationships; other Indian religions; and links to other relevant sites.

Hinduism, Hare Krishna, Homosexualty

Gay and Lesbian Vaishvana Association, Inc.

This site provides information and support for GLBTI Vaishnavas and Hindus. It includes articles, spiritual literature, third sex literature, perspectives and more.

Hindu bioethics for the twenty-first century

by Cromwell, Crawford S.
( State University of New York, 2003)

She comes to take her rights : Indian women, property, and propriety

by Srimati, Basu
( State University of New York, 1999)

Suttee; a historical and philosophical enquiry into the Hindu rite of widow-burning

by Thompson, Edward
( Allen & Unwin, 1928)

Believing in women in Islam: unreading patriarchal interpretation of the qur' an

by Barlas, Asma

The cultural roots of American Islamicism

by Marr, Timothy
( Cambridge, 2006)

Islam, gender, & social change

by Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck and John Esposito, editors
( Oxford University, 1998)

Muslim women actists in North America : speaking for ourselves

by Bullock, Katherine, editor
( University of Texas)

Me & the mosque [DVD]

by Nawaz, Zarqa, author and director
( National Film Board of Canada, c2005)
Format: DVD

Progressive Muslims : on justice, gender and pluralism

by Omid Safi, editor
( 2003)

The Qur'an, women, and modern society

by Engineer, Asgharail
( New Dawn, 2005)

Standing alone in Mecca: an American women's struggle for the soul of Islam

by Nomani, Asra Q.

Veiled courage: inside the Afghan women's resistance

by Bernard, Cheryl with Edith Schlaffer

Women and gender in Islam : historical roots of a modern debate

by Ahmed, Leila
( Yale University, 1992)

JUDAISM

Daughters of Abraham: feminist thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

by Haddad, Yvonne Y. and John Esposito, editors

Engendering Judaism : an inclusive theology and ethics.

by Adler, Rachel
( Core Book)

Expanding the palace of Torah : Orthodoxy and feminism

by Ross, Tamar
( Brandeis University, 2004)

The female face of God in Auschhhwitz : a Jewish feminist theology of the Holocaust

by Raphael, Melissa
( Routledge, 2003)

Feminist perspectives on Jewish studies

by Davidman, Lynn & Shelly Tenenbaum, editors
( Core Book)

ReVisions : seeing Torah through a feminist lens

by Goldstein, Elyse
( Core Book)

Women and the Jewish law : the essential texts, their history, and their relevance for today

by Biale, Rachel
( Core Book)

Women of the wall [VHS Videorecording]

by Lederman, Faye, producer/director
( 1999)

Women of the wall : claiming sacred ground at Judaism's holy site

by Chesler, Phyllis and Rivka Haut, editors
( 2003)

American shaman: an odyssey of global healing traditions

by Kottler, Jeffrey A.

Contemporary paganism: minority religions in a majoritarian America

by Barner-Barry, Carol

Evolutionary witchcraft

by Coyle, T. Thorn

In the wake of the goddesses : women, culture, and the biblical transformation of pagan myth

by Frymer-Kensky, Tikva
( Core Book)

Language of the goddess : unearthing the hidden symbols of western civilization

by Gimbutas, Marija
( Core Book)

Living goddesses

by Gimbutas, Marija and Miriam R. Dexter
( Core Book)

Rebirth of the goddess : finding meaning in feminist spirtuality

by Christ, Carol P.
( Core Book)

Restoring the goddess : equal rites for modern women

by Walker, Barbara G.
( Core Book)

Twilight goddess : spiritual feminism and feminine spirituality

by Cleary, Thomas and Sartaz Aziz
( Core Book)

The woman in the shaman's body : reclaiming the feminine in religion

by Tedlock, Barbara
( Bantam Books, 2005)

Women & goddess traditions in antiquity & today

by King, Karen L., editor
( Core Book)

Back talk! : women leaders changing the church

by Willhauck, Susan
( Pilgrim, 2005)

Bodies in question : gender, religion, text

by Bird, Darlene, editor
( Ashgate, 2005)

The character of our communities : toward an ethic of liberation for the Church

by Albrecht, Gloria H. (UDM Faculty)
( UDM Faculty Core Book)

Gender, ethnicity, and religion: views from the other side

by Ruether, Rosemary Radford, editor

Godly women : fundamentalism & female power

by Brasher, Brenda E.
( Core Book)

Her voice, her faith : women speak on world religions

by Sharma, Arvind and Katherine Young, editors
( Westview, 2002)

A history of women and ordination

by Raming, Ida
( Scarecrow, 2004-)

Hitting home : feminist ethics, women's work, and the betrayal of family values

by Albrecht, Gloria H. (UDM Faculty)
( UDM Faculty Core Book)

Introducing womanist theology

by Mitchem, Stephanie Y. (former UDM Faculty)
( UDM Faculty Core Book)

Priestess, mother, sacred sister : religions dominated by women

by Sered, Susan Starr
( Core Book)

Rave culture and religion

by St. John, Graham, editor

Transforming the faiths of our fathers : women who changed American religion

by Braude, Ann, editor
( Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)

What men owe to women : men's voices from world religions

by Raines, John C. and Daniel Maguire, editors
( State University of New York, 2001)

Wise women : over two thousand years of spiritual writing by women

by Cahill, Susan
( Core Book)

Women and twentieth-century Protestantism

by Bendroth, Margaret L., Virginia L. Vrereton, editors
( University of Illinois, 2002)

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