Women and religious ritual
By: Lesley A. Northup, editor.
Contributors: Northup, Lesley A.
Publisher: Pastoral Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Women -- Religious life.; Ritual.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: African-American women and religious ritual / Melva Wilson Costen; title: "She was born to be powerful": the witch and the Virgin Mary in Isthmus Zapotec belief narratives / Dana Everts-Boehm; title: Twisting space: women, spirits, and Halloween / Karen Sue Hybertson; title: Trespassing the boundaries: a reflection on men, women, and Jewish space / Barbara Borts; title: Empowering spirits: women and zaar spirit possession / Sheila Webster Boneham; title: Return to the dance: the power of ritual in "ordinary" lives / Shermie Schafer; title: Ritual as acceptance/empowerment and rejection/disenfranchisement / Carole A. Rayburn; title: Ritual creedal language and the statement of faith of the Evangelical Women's Caucus / Linda Coleman; title: Bodyworship: the gender-masquerade of fashion, beauty, and style / Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi; title: Expanding the X-axis: women, religious ritual, and culture / Lesley A. Northup; title: Women revisioning religious rituals / Diann Neu; title: Womanist ritual / Amitiyah Elayne Hyman; title: Dismantling patriarchy; title: a redemptive vision: ritual and feminist critical theology in basic ecclesial  communities / Anne R. Andersson.