Women and new and Africana religions

Introduction / Lillian Ashcraft-Eason, Darnise Martin, and Oyeronke Olademo -- Women, family, environment -- "That girl is poison" : white supremacy, anxiety, and the conflation of women and food in the nation of Islam / Stephen C. Finley and Margarita L. Simon -- Receiving, embodying, and...

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Contributors: Ashcraft-Eason, Lillian (Editor) ; Martin, Darnise C. (Editor) ; Olademo, Oyeronke (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England Praeger 2010
In:Year: 2010
Series/Journal:Women and religion in the world
Further subjects:B Women Religious life
B Women and religion
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Summary:Introduction / Lillian Ashcraft-Eason, Darnise Martin, and Oyeronke Olademo -- Women, family, environment -- "That girl is poison" : white supremacy, anxiety, and the conflation of women and food in the nation of Islam / Stephen C. Finley and Margarita L. Simon -- Receiving, embodying, and sharing "divine wisdom" : women in the nation of gods and earths / Felicia M. Miyakawa -- The living shrine : life and meaning in Oyotunji / Yeyefini Efunbolade -- Socioeconomics, politics, authority -- Vodou : a heritage of power / Susheel Bibbs -- Mind, body, spirit -- Serving the spirits, healing the person : women in Afro-Brazilian religions / Kelly E. Hayes -- Dance attributes of female Orishas in Yoruba-derived religions in the diaspora / Halifu Osumare -- Sexuality, power, vulnerability -- To have and to hold : possession performance in Afro-Cuban Regla de Ocha / Katherine Hagedorn -- African descendent women and religion : diaspora in Oriente Cuba / Jualynne E. Dodson -- Religion and women's sexuality in Africa : the intersection of power and vulnerability / Oyeronke Olademo -- Women, worldview, religious practice -- A religion of the interstices : Asian Pacific American women and multiple religious practices / Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier -- Diana's grove : an emergent, integrative spiritual movement / John K. Simmons, Susan E. Hill, and Cynthea Jones -- The good wife : the religious experience of women in scientology / Dawn L. Hutchinson -- Senses of place : women greening communities / Kimberly Whitney -- African women in traditional religions : illustrations from Kenya / Mary Nyangweso Wangila
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0275991563