Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions (Women and Gender in North American Religions)

By Susan J. Palmer

Book Overview

Explores the role of women in seven unorthodox religious movements in Western culture. Based on interviews and first-hand data, the study illustrates a range of roles: celibate sister, devoted Hindu wife, sexually expressive lover, veiled Nubian bride in polygamy, and asexual shaman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815602979
• ISBN13: 9780815602972
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"