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Anything We Love Can Be Saved
Walker, Alice
1998
a series of short personal essays on a range of topics from Walker’s Buddhist and womanist perspectives
At My Mother’s Feet: Stories of Muslim Women
Zaman, Sadiz
1999
features Canadian Muslim women activists describing how they live out their spirituality through work, reinterpreting sacred texts, fighting for women’s political equality, and working globally on behalf of peace
Border Passage, A
Ahmed, Leila
2000
explores questions of theology and identity through an exploration of Ahmed’s own life story. Ahmed’s work illustrates the power and insights of using personal experiences and historical analysis as methods in understanding the practice of religion
Breaking Free: The Story of a Feminist Baptist Minister
Aldredge-Clanton, Jann
2003
a memoir that focuses on the consequences and power of bringing together faith and gender equality for religious women
Called to Question: A Spiritual Memoir
Chittister, Joan
2004
provides a model of feminist spirituality based on Chittister’s life and experience
Called to Speak: Six Strategies That Encourage Women’s Political Activism
Caiazza, Amy
2006
identifies ways to encourage women’s political activism, based on the personal and external factors that hold them back
Canaan Trilogy
Halter, Marek
2006
includes novels about Sarah, Zipporah and Lilah
Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement
Mary J. Henold
2009
explores the history of American Catholic feminism from the 1960s through the early 1980s.
Choosing to Lead: Women and the Crisis of American Values
Buchanan, Constance A.
1997
explores the history of women’s leadership, including the religious values that many women activists historically brought to American public life and reform, and argues that women can bring a new vision for building democracy in this country
Christian Feminism
Morrison and Dykstra
2005
provides readings and questions designed to inspire group discussion in congregations, reading groups and other settings about Christianity and issues of gender justice

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