This volume analyzes historical and recent developments in female religious leadership and the larger issues shaping the scholarly debate at the intersection of

Globally, women are facing social, economic, and cultural barriers impeding their autonomy and agency. Accelerated women empowerment programs often fail to atta

In this book, historians of religion and gender studies explore the biographies of a number of female leaders, and the factors within their groups and cultural

An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practice Women in New Religions offers an engag

Evangelicals stand divided in their view of women in the church. On one side stand complementarians, arguing the full worth of women but assigning them to diffe