Women and Religion in the West

Contents: Introduction: women and secularization: one size does not fit all, Giselle Vincett, Sonya Sharma and Kristin Aune; Part 1 Christianity: Religious change in the West: watch the women, Penny Long Marler; Singleness and secularization: British evangelical women and church (dis)affiliation, Kristin Aune; When young women say 'yes': exploring the sexual selves of young Canadian women in Protestant churches, Sonya Sharma; Vocational habit(u)s: Catholic nuns in contemporary Poland, Marta Trzebiatowska. Part 2 Alternative Spiritualities: The spiritual revolution and the New Age gender puzzle: the sacralization of self in late modernity (1980-2000), Dick Houtman and Stef Aupers; The soul of soulless conditions: paganism, Goddess religion and witchcraft in Canada, SiAcn Reid; The fusers: new forms of spiritualized Christianity, Giselle Vincett; 'Because I'm worth it': religion and women's changing lives in the West, Linda Woodhead. Part 3 Islam : Counting women with faith: what quantitative data can reveal about Muslim women in 'secular' Britain, Serena Hussain; Real Islam in Kazan: reconfiguring the modern, knowledge and gender, Sarah Bracke; Being Muslim and being Canadian: how 2nd generation Muslim women create religious identities in 2 worlds, Rubina Ramji; Being seen by many eyes: Muslim immigrant women in the United States, Garbi Schmidt; Afterword, Mary Jo Neitz; Index.