Bibliography on Women and Religion

Susan C. Lau, North Huntingdon, PA


Nachef, Antoine (2000): Mary's Pope: John Paul II, Mary, and the Church Since Vatican II. Sheed & Ward, Ashland OH. # 2822. [MARY; ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Nadell, Pamela S (1998): Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of Women's Ordination, 1889-1985. Beacon Press, Boston MA. # 2498. [JUDAISM; MINISTRY]

Narasimhan, Sakuntala (1992): Sati: Widow Burning in India. Doubleday, New York NY. # 1368. [FORCLASS; HINDUISM; INDIA]

Nash, Jesse W; Trinh Nguyen, Elizabeth (Eds.) (1995): Romance, Gender, and Religion in a Vietnamese-American Community: Tales of God and Beautiful Women. (Women's Studies, 7.) Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston NY. # 2909. [GENDER & SEXUALITY; VIETNAM]

Nash-Marshall, Siobhan (1999): Joan of Arc. Crossroad, New York NY. # 2703. [JOAN OF ARC]

Nason-Clark, Nancy; Neitz, Mary Jo (Eds.) (2001): Feminist Narratives and the Sociology of Religion. Altamira Press, Walnut Creek CA. # 2915. [FEMINISM; SOCIOLOGY]

Nasstrom, Brit-Mar (1995): Freyja, the Great Goddess of the North. University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. # 2757. [GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP]

Neal, Marie Augusta (1984): Catholic Sisters in Transition: From the 1960s to the 1980s. (Consecrated Life Studies, 2.) Liturgical Press, Collegeville MN. # 1126. [MINISTRY; ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Neal, Marie Augusta (1989): From Nuns to Sisters: An Expanding Vocation. Twenty-Third Publications, Mystic CT. # 679. [MINISTRY; NUNS; ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH]

Nefsky, Marilyn F (1991): Stone Houses and Iron Bridges: Tradition and the Place of Women in Contemporary Japan. Peter Lang Publishing, New York NY. # 1466. [JAPAN]

Neils, Jenifer (1992): Goddess and Polis: The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ. # 1530. [CLASSICAL GREECE & ROME; GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP; SYMBOLS, MYTHS & RITUALS]

Nelson, Gertrud Mueller (1991): Here All Dwell Free: Stories to Heal the Wounded Feminine. Doubleday, New York NY. # 1370. [FAIRY & FOLK TALES; SPIRITUALITY]

Nelson, James B (1983): Between Two Gardens: Reflections on Sexuality and Religious Experience. Pilgrim Press, New York NY. # 680. [GENDER & SEXUALITY; SPIRITUALITY]

Nelson, James B; Longfellow, Sandra P (1994): Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection. Westminster/John Knox Press, Nashville TN. # 1939. [FORCLASS; GENDER & SEXUALITY]

Nelson, Lance E (Ed.) (1998): Purifying the Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India. State University of New York Press, Ithaca NY. # 1973. [ECOLOGY; FEMINISM; GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP; HINDUISM; INDIA]

Nesbitt, Paula D (1997): Feminization of the Clergy in America. Oxford University Press, New York NY. # 2154. [MINISTRY]

Neu, Diann (1989): Women and the Gospel Traditions: Feminist Celebrations. WATERworks Press, Silver Spring MD. # 1179. [SYMBOLS, MYTHS & RITUALS; WORSHIP]

Neufer-Emswiler, Sharon; Neufer-Emswiler, Thomas (1984): Women and Worship: A Guide to Non-Sexist Hymns, Prayers and Liturgies. Harper & Row, San Francisco CA. # 681. [LANGUAGE; WORSHIP]

Neuger, Christie Cozad (Ed.) (1995): The Arts of Ministry: Feminist-Womanist Approaches. Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville KY. # 2018. [AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN; MINISTRY]

Neumaier-Dargyay, Eva K (1992): The Sovereign All-Creating Mind--The Motherly Buddha: A Translation of the {IKun byed rgyal po'i mdo}. (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies.) State University of New York Press, Ithaca NY. # 1500. [BUDDHISM; FEMINISM; TIBET]

Neumann, Erich (1963): The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype. (Bollingen Series, 47.) Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ. # 682. [GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP]

Neusner, Jacob (1993): The Mother of the Messiah in Judaism: The Book of Ruth. (The Bible of Judaism Library.) Trinity Press International, Philadelphia PA. # 1550. [BIBLE--OT; JUDAISM]

Neusner, Jacob (1994): Androgynous Judaism: Masculine and Feminine in the Dual Torah. Mercer University Press, Macon GA. # 1739. [BIBLE--OT; FORCLASS; JUDAISM]

Neusner, Jacob (1999): How the Rabbis Liberated Women. Scholars Press, Atlanta GA. # 2596. [JUDAISM]

Newell, Linda King; Avery, Valeen Tippetts (1984): Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith: Prophet's Wife, Elect Lady and Polygamy's Foe--1804-1879. Doubleday, New York NY. # 1248. (Smith, Emma Hale) [CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS; MORMONS; PROTESTANTISM: RADICAL & SECTARIAN; SMITH, EMMA HALE]

Newman, Barbara (1987): Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine. University of California Press, Berkeley CA. # 683. (Hildegard of Bingen) [DIVINE FEMININE; HILDEGARD OF BINGEN; WISDOM]

Newman, Barbara (1995): From Virile Woman to WomanChrist: Studies in Medieval Religion and Literature. (Middle Ages Series.) University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA. # 2125. [DIVINE FEMININE; HISTORY; MIDDLE AGES]

Newman, Barbara (1998): Voice of the Living Light: Hildegard of Bingen and Her World. University of California Press, Berkeley CA. # 2542. [HILDEGARD OF BINGEN]

Newsom, Carol A; Ringe, Sharon H (Eds.) (1992): The Women's Bible Commentary. Westminster/John Knox Press, Louisville KY. # 1344. [BIBLE]

Nichols, John A; Shank, Lillian Thomas (Eds.) (1984): Distant Echoes: Medieval Religious Women. Vol. 1. (Cistercian Studies Series, 71.) Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo MI. # 684. [HISTORY; MIDDLE AGES; SPIRITUALITY]

Nichols, John A; Shank, Lillian Thomas (Eds.) (1987): Peace Weavers: Medieval Religious Women. Vol. 2. (Cistercian Studies Series, 72.) Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo MI. # 685. [HISTORY; MIDDLE AGES; SPIRITUALITY; WAR & PEACE]

Nicholson, Shirley (Ed.) (1992): The Goddess Re-Awakening: The FemininePrinciple Today. The Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton IL. # 2758. [GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP]

Nickel, Christopher (Ed.) (1984): Women and the Church. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. # 686. [CHRISTIANITY]

Nicol, Iain G (Ed.) (1992): Schleiermacher and Feminism: Sources Evaluations and Responses. (Schleiermacher Studies and Translations, 12.) Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston NY. # 2910. [FEMINISM; GENDER & SEXUALITY; SCHLEIERMACHER, FRIEDRICH ERNST DANIEL (1768-1806)]

Niederman, Sharon (Ed.) (1990): Shaking Eve's Tree: Short Stories of Jewish Women. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia PA. # 692. [FICTION; JUDAISM; LITERATURE]

Nies, Judith (1978): Seven Women: Portraits from the American Radical Tradition. Penguin Papebacks, New York NY. # 693. (Stanton, Elizabeth Cady) [AMERICA: NORTH; DAY, DOROTHY; GILMAN, CHARLOTTE PERKINS (1860-1935); GRIMKE, SARAH MOORE; JONES, MOTHER; STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY; STRONG, ANNA LOUISE; TUBMAN, HARRIET]

Niethammer, Carolyn (1977): Daughters of the Earth: The Lives and Legends of American Indian Women. Macmillan, New York NY. # 687. [NATIVE AMERICANS; SYMBOLS, MYTHS & RITUALS]

Njan, Rebeka; Mulaki, Gideon (1974): Kenya Women Heroes and Their Mystical Power. Risk Publications, Nairobi, Kenya. # 688. [AFRICA]

Noble, David F (1993): A World Without Women: The Christian Clerical Culture of Western Science. Oxford University Press, New York NY. # 1875. [CHRISTIANITY; HISTORY; PATRIARCHY]

Noble, Vicki (1982): Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess through Myth, Art, and Tarot. Harper & Row, San Francisco CA. # 694. [ART; ESOTERICA; GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP; SYMBOLS, MYTHS & RITUALS]

Noble, Vicki (1991): Shakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World. HarperCollins, San Francisco CA. # 18. [GODDESSES & GODDESS WORSHIP; PRIESTS, SHAMANS, SORCERERS, ETC.]

Noble, Vicki (1993): Uncoiling the Snake: Ancient Patterns in Contemporary Women's Lives: A Snake Power Reader. HarperCollins, New York NY. # 1588. [ESOTERICA; HEALTH & HEALING]

Noddings, Nel (1989): Women and Evil. University of California Press, Berkeley CA. # 562. [EVIL]

Noffke, Suzanne (Ed.) (1983): Prayers of Catherine of Siena. Paulist Press, Mahwah NJ. # 689. (Catherine of Siena) [CATHERINE OF SIENA; WORSHIP]

Noffke, Suzanne (1996): Catherine of Siena: Vision Through a Distant Eye. Liturgical Press, Collegeville MN. # 2090. [CATHERINE OF SIENA]

Nolan, Edward Peter (1994): Cry Out and Write: A Feminine Poetics of Revelation. Continuum, New York NY. # 1849. [HILDEGARD OF BINGEN; JULIAN OF NORWICH; PERPETUA, VIBIA]

Norén, Carol (1992): The Woman in the Pulpit. Abingdon Press, Nashville TN. # 1407. [CHRISTIANITY; MINISTRY]

Norman, Diana (1999): Siena and the Virgin: Art and Politics in a Late Medieval City-State. Yale University Press, Yale University Press. New Haven CT pages. # 2719. [ART; MARY; MIDDLE AGES; SOCIAL & POLITICAL ISSUES]

Norris, Kathleen (1993): Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Ticknor & Fields, New York NY. # 1838. (Norris, Kathleen) [NORRIS, KATHLEEN]

Norris, Kathleen (1995): Little Girls in Church. (Pitt Poetry Series.) University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh PA. # 1894. [POETRY; SPIRITUALITY]

Norris, Kathleen (1997): The Cloister Walk. Thorndike Press, Thorndike ME. # 2198. [NORRIS, KATHLEEN]

Norris, Kathleen (1998): The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and "Women's Work". (Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality.) Paulist Press, Mahwah NJ. # 2390. [SPIRITUALITY]

Norris, Pamela (*): Eve: A Biography. NYU Press, New York NY. # 2879. [BIBLE--OT; EVE]

North, Elizabeth Mason (1987): Consecrated Talents; Or, The Life of Mrs. Mary Mason. (1870) (Women in American Protestant Religion, 1800-1930, 21.) Garland Publishing, New York NY. # 1193. (Mason, Mary) [AMERICA: NORTH; HISTORY; MASON, MARY; MINISTRY; PROTESTANTISM]

Northrup, Lesley A (Ed.) (1993): Women and Religious Ritual. Pastoral Press, Washington DC. # 1746. [CHRISTIANITY; SYMBOLS, MYTHS & RITUALS; WORSHIP]

Northrup, Leslie A (1997): Ritualizing Women: Patterns of Spirituality. Pilgrim Press, New York NY. # 2384. [SPIRITUALITY; SYMBOLS, MYTHS & RITUALS]

Numbers, Ronald L (Ed.) (1992): Prophetess of Health: Ellen G. White and the Origins of Seventh-Day Adventist Health Reform. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxvile TN. # 1641. (White, Ellen G.) [HEALTH & HEALING; PROTESTANTISM: RADICAL & SECTARIAN; WHITE, ELLEN G.]

Nunnally, Janice (1985): Foremothers: Women of the Bible. Seabury, Minneapolis MN. # 690. [BIBLE]

Nurbakhsh, Javad (1983): Sufi Women. Khanaqahi-Nimatullahi Publications, New York NY. # 691. [ISLAM; SPIRITUALITY]

Nuth, Joan (1991): Wisdom's Daughter: Julian of Norwich. Crossroad/Continuum, New York NY. # 1300. (Julian of Norwich) [JULIAN OF NORWICH; WISDOM]


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