This work explores the impact of Christian women—as scholars and leaders representing the ethnic, national, racial, and denominational diversity of Christianity today—on all aspects of life.Women and Christianity explores the experiences of women and how their daily lives interface with their spirituality and faith.

Acknowledgments Introduction Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan and Karen Jo Torjesen Part I. Women, Family, Environment 1. There Goes the Bride: A Snapshot of the Ideal Christian Wife Kathlyn A. Breazeale 2. Righteous Anger and Sustaining Faith: Black Women's Activism in the Environmental Justice Movement Tuere Bowles 3. How Women Relate to the Evils of Nature Karen Baker-Fletcher Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority 4. Beyond Priesthood: Catholic Women Seek Empowerment in a Post-Vatican II Church Judith Johnson 5. Gender and Society: Competing Visions of Women's Agency, Equality, and Well-being Pamela K. Brubaker 6. Oppression and Resistance: The Church, Women's Work, and the Struggle for Liberation Joan M. Martin Part III. Body, Mind, Spirit 7. Spirit Matters: Body, Mind, and Motherhood Jean T. Corey 8. Spirituality, Love, and Women Soyoung Baik-Chey 9. What the Mind Forgets the Body Remembers: Women, Poverty, and HIV Linda E. Thomas Part IV. Sex, Power, Vulnerability 10. Sexual Violence: A Sin against Women Marie M. Fortune 11. An Articulation of a Theology of the Body for Queer Theory Marie Cartier 12. Sexuality, Politics, and Faith Shari Julian Part V. Women, Worldview, Religious Practice 13. Women and Christianity in the Caribbean: Living Past the Colonial Legacy Althea Spencer Miller 14. Maternal Practices as Religious Piety: The Pedagogical Practices of American Latter-day Saint Women Amy Hoyt Suggested Reading Index About the Editors and Contributors