Women and New and Africana Religions (Women and Religion in the World)

This volume explores the lives of women around the world from the perspective of the New and Africana faiths they practice. This probing and thought-provoking series of essays brings together in one volume the multifaceted experiences of women in the New and Africana religions as practiced today. With this work, religion becomes a lens for examining the lives of women of diverse ethnicities and nationalities across the social spectrum. In Women and New and Africana Religions , readers hear from women from a number of religious/spiritual persuasions around the world, including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, and North America. These voices form the core of remarkable explorations of family and environment, social and spiritual empowerment, sexuality and power, and ways in which worldview informs roles in religion and society. Each essay includes scene-setting historical and social background information and fascinating insights from renowned scholars sharing their own research and firsthand experiences with their subjects. Introduction / Lillian Ashcraft-eason, Darnise Martin, And Oyeronke Olademo -- Women, Family, And 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 -- Socioeconomics, Politics, And Authority -- The Living Shrine : Life And Meaning In Oyotunji / Yeyefini Efunbolade -- Vodou : A Heritage Of Power / Susheel Bibbs -- Mind, Body, And Spirit -- Serving The Spirits, Healing The Person : Women In Afro-brazilian Religions / Kelly E. Hayes -- Sacred Dance-drumming : Reciprocation And Contention Within African Belief Systems In The San Francisco-oakland Bay Area / Halifu Osumare -- Sexuality, Power, And 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, And 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 / Susan E. Hill, John K. Simmons, 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. Lillian Ashcraft-eason, Darnise C. Martin, And Oyeronke Olademo, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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.