Introduction: Perspectives of Indigenous Religious Traditions from the Americas, Asia, and Australia Part I. Women, Family, and Environment 1. Ngarrindjeri Women's Stories: Kungun and Yunnan Diane Bell 2. Feminine Rituality and the Spirit of the Water in Peru Frédérique Apffel-Marglin Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, and Authority 3. Indigenous Spirituality, Gender, and the Politics of Justice: Voices from the First Summit of Indigenous Women of the Americas Sylvia Marcos 4. Authority and Ritual in the Caves of Tepoztlán, Mexico: Women Priestesses in Popular Religion Ana María Salazar Peralta Part III. Body, Mind, and Spirit 5. Dressing up the Spirits: Costumes, Cross-Dressing, and Incarnation in Korea and Vietnam Laurel Kendall and Hien Thi Nguyen 6. Women and Sacred Medicines among the Khasis in the Highlands of Northeast India Darilyn Syiem 7. The Not-So-Subtle Body in Dais' Birth Imagery Janet Chawla Part IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability 8. Ritual Gendered Relationships: Kinship, Marriage, Mastery, and Machi Modes of Personhood Ana Mariella Bacigalupo 9. Sexuality and Ritual: Indigenous Women Recreating Their Identities in Contemporary Mexico Nuvia Balderrama Vara Part V. Women, World view, and Religious Practice 10. Drawing the Connections: Mayan Women's Quest for a Gendered Spirituality Morna Macleod 11. Decolonizing our Spirits: Cultural Knowledge and Indigenous Healing Renee Linklater Suggested Reading About the Editor and Contributors Index