Bibliographies

• Christian Initiation
• Ecclesiology
• Eucharist
• Inclusive Language
• Liturgy & Justice
• Ministry
• Pastoral Care of the Sick
• Preaching
• Reconciliation
• Women & Worship

Note, finally, that this bibliography is a work in progress. It will continue to be expanded and revised.

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Periodicals | Articles | Books | Dictionaries, Handbooks, Encyclopedias

Note: The following periodicals contain-regularly or occasionally-material related to women's concerns about worship, ritual prayer, spirituality, religion, culture, and social justice. This list represents only a fragment of the numerous periodicals by, for, and about women today. For a more complete listing of such publications, consult: Feminist Periodicals 18:2 (Summer, 1998).

• Anima
  Published four times a year. "A journal of liturgy and spirituality that seeks to offer pastoral/theological background for the liturgical celebration of Sundays, feasts and seasons." It often features articles by women and also includes a resources section (entitled "Book and Periodical Library").
• Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends
  Published twice annually. ". . .We want to provide a forum in which Jews, feminists and activists can exchange ideas and deepen our understanding of the relationship between our identities and activism... We are especially commited to integrating analyses of class and race into Jewish-feminist thought and to being a specifically Jewish participant in the multi-ethnic feminist movement..."
• Daughters of Sarah
  Published four times a year. ". . . [T]o provide a forum for varying viewpoints within Christian feminism, examining issues that affect women such as poverty, homosexuality, spirituality, divorce, incest, biblical interpretation."
• Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
  Published four times a year. Publishes bibliographies, book reviews, news, features, editorials-with special emphasis on feminist publishing, researching, archiving and bookselling. Includes review essays that provide a guide to the published literature on a given topic (e.g., African-American women; women in developing countries).
• Feminist Issues
  Published twice annually. This journal emphasizes feminist social and political theory, based on an international exchange of ideas. It publishes articles in by English-language feminists, as well as translations of feminist texts by women from other countries.
• Feminist Periodicals
  Published twice annually. Provides detailed bibliographical information about English-language periodicals dealing with all aspects of feminist thought and art.
• Feminist Studies
  Published three times a year. Publishes historical and critical articles, reviews, poetry, art, and reports from the women's movement. The editors are committed to providing a forum for feminist analysis, debate and exchange.
• Frontiers
  A Journal of Women Studies.Published three times a year. Publishes articles, poetry, book reviews, b/w photography, short fiction. Each issue features a special theme (e.g., "women's oral history;" "mothers and daughters"). The journal is especially committed to work by women of color and women in the West.
• Hypatia
  Published four times a year. Hypatia is dedicated to the publication of scholarly research in feminist philosophy. Its articles aim to provide authors and readers a context for understanding feminist phillosophy that may not be available elsewhere.
• Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
  Published twice a year. JFSR is a channel for the dissemination of feminist scholarship in religion and a forum for discussion and dialogue among women and men of differing feminist perspectives. Its editors are committed to rigorous thinking in the service of transforming religious and cultural institutions.
• Journal of Women and Religion
  Published annually. Each issue has a different thematic focus. Past issues have included topics such as "women and power" and "women and peace."
• Journal of Women's History
  Published three times a year. Explores all aspects of women's history in an international framework.
• New Books on Women and Feminism
  Published twice a year. A companion publication to Feminist Periodicals (see above). Published by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Women's Studies Librarian for the University of Wisconsin System. Included are listings of works that deal with religion and spirituality as these impact the lives of women.
• Peace and Freedom
  Published six times a year. Contains news reports and articles on the international women's peace and justice movement. Special emphasis on questions of disarmament and racism-and on the use of resources to fulfill human needs, especially women's needs.
• Psychology of Women Quarterly
  Published four times a year. Publishes empirical studies, theoretical articles, and book reviews on a wide range of topics, including: sexuality, discrimination, behavioral studies, education, career choice and training, therapy.
• Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
  Published four times a year. Publishes feature articles and reports; book reviews and review essays; letters and comments; research and archival notes.
• Women's History Review
  Published three times a year. To provide a forum for the publication of scholarly articles on women's history.
• The Women's Review of Books
  Published eleven times a year (monthly, except August). Provides in-depth reviews of books in all fields by or about women. A project of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women.
• Women's Studies
  An Interdisciplinary Journal. Published four times a year. Provides a forum for scholarship and criticism about women in such fields as anthopology, art, economics, history, literature, law and political science.
• Women's Studies Quarterly
  Published four times a year. The journal focuses on teaching and the needs of teachers. Two issues per year are thematic, on such topics as mothering, race and culture, sex and sexuality, war and peace. News reports and book reviews, articles on the theory and practice of women's studies, and on the concerns of women in academic professions are also published.

Articles | Periodicals | Books | Dictionaries, Handbooks, Encyclopedias

Note: These listings include not only articles found in periodicals, but also articles found in dictionaries and encyclopedias.

1988

• Bendroth, Margaret L. "Millennial Themes and Private Visions: The Problem of 'Women's Place' in Religious History." Fides et Historia 20 (June 1988), 24-31.
• Berger, Teresa. "Liturgical Language: Inclusivity and Exclusivity." Studia Liturgica 18:2 (1988), 132-141. Argues that the lack of inclusive language in the liturgy cannot be solved by well-meaning tampering with texts here and there; rather, the liturgy "needs to be inculturated into 'women's culture': their story, songs, art, work, memories, pain, dreams, and achievements."
• Coffey, Kathy. "This Cup of Blessing." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10:5 (September 1988), 29-32. A suggestion for a ritual of cup-blessing at family mealtime in the home.
• Crowley, Joann. "Baptism as Eschatological Event." Worship 62:4 (July 1988), 290-298. Calls for new ways of opening up our future to the active presence of God among us by reimaging baptism as a "subversive power" within human history.
• Fowlkes, Mary Ann and Miller, Jennifer. "Proclamation and Children." Reformed Liturgy & Music 22:1 (Winter 1988), 11-15. The authors argue that children have a right to be included in the proclamation of both Word and Sacrament-and they suggest ways that make this possible.
• Kuehn, Regina. "Romano Guardini: Part I: The Struggle to Learn." Liturgy 80 19:7 (October 1988), 2-5. First of a two-part essay on Guardini's career and his work as a teacher and liturgist.
• Kuehn, Regina. "Romano Guardini: Part II: The Teacher of Teachers." Liturgy 80 19:8 (November/December 1988), 6-9. Concludes the essay on Guardini by sketching his involvement with the "Catholic Youth Movment" in Germany and by assessing his work during the war years.
• Lothrop, Gloria Ricci. "West of Eden: Pioneer Media Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles." Journal of the West 27 (April 1988), 50-59. Evaluates the pioneering efforts of Aimee Semple McPherson in merging media with revivalist tradition in her liturgies at Angelus Temple, Los Angeles.
• Nelson, Gertrud Mueller. "To Such as These the Kingdom of God Belongs." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10:5 (September 1988), 20-28. A contemplative assessment of the ways children come to know God, and the ways they come to experience God's power and presence in ritual.
• Nelson, Gertrud Mueller. "The Three Great Days: Bringing Home the Mysteries." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10:2 (March 1988), 30-35. A meditation on the central themes of the paschal triduum: silence, water, fire, bells and "going home."
• Nelson, Gertrud Mueller. "When the Earth is in Heaven." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10:4 (July 1988), 30-35. A look at the liturgical potential of the season of summer-its beauty, joy, ripeness and festivity-as signs of God's fruitful relation to people.
• O'Connor, June. "Dorothy Day and Gender Identity: The Rhetoric and the Reality." Horizons 15:1 (Spring 1988), 7-20. Explores some of the affinities between Dorothy Day's vision/program of social action and the twentieth-century women's movement.
• O'Dea, Barbara. "Fasting in the Catechumenate." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10:4 (July 1988), 20-29. After a brief summary of attitudes toward fasting in the gospels and the early church, the author shows the importance of fasting during the catechumenate and offers practical suggestions for motivating the candidates to fast.
• Ramshaw, Elaine. "Ritual for Stillbirth: Exploring the Issues." Worship 62:6 (Nov 1988), 533-538. A sensitive exploration of the ways in which the devastating experience of having a stillborn child might be ritualized.
• Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. "The Ethics of Interpretation: De-Centering Biblical Scholarship." Journal of Biblical Literature 107 (1988), 3-17. Considers the ethics of biblical scholarship in light of the "public character and political responsibility" that are becoming part of "literary readings and historical reconstructions of the biblical world."
• Shaw, Rosalind. "Agency, Meaning and Structure in African Religion." Journal of Religion in Africa 18:3 (October 1988), 255-266. A review article that assesses modern scholarly opinions about the varieties of African religious experience.
• Simpson, Jane. "Women and Asceticism in the Fourth Century: A Question of Interpretation." Journal of Religious History 15 (June 1988), 38-60. Argues that certain major distortions have occurred in the image portrayed of women ascetics "by undervaluing the very real emancipation from societal norms that asceticism brought for those women who chose its rigors."
• Sokol, Dolly. "Lay Leaders of Prayer." Liturgy 80 18:8 (November/December 1987)), 10-11; 19:2 (February/March 1988), 9-11; 19:3 (April 1988), 2-4; and 19:6 (August/September 1988), 2-4. A four-part article that covers all aspects of presiding at public worship for lay leaders: postures and gestures; ritual patterns (forms of prayer, blessings); and the elements that constitute effective presiding in the assembly.
• Stauffer, S. Anita. "Fonts for Function and Meaning: Three Worthy Examples." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10:2 (March 1988), 22-29. Looks at renovated (or newly constructed) baptismal spaces at the cathedral in Indianapolis, at St. Francis of Assisi parish in Concord, CA, and at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in New York City (with photographs of each).
• Stauffer, S. Anita. "Theology and Worship Space: Some Reflections." Reformed Liturgy & Music 22:2 (Spring 1988), 61-65. Argues that the congregation's worship space will shape its theology, for good or ill-and contends that "the starting point for understanding or designing a congregation's worship space is the question, what is the space for? What do people do in the space. . ."
• White, Susan J. "A House for the American Church." Reformed Liturgy & Music 22:2 (Spring 1988), 66-72. Argues that since they were "free of the architectural remains of the past, the American colonies could become a design laboratory in which builders of houses of worship could experiment with new solutions to the perennial problems of church architecture."
• White, Susan J. "Maurice Lavanoux, Tenacious Commentator." Liturgy 80 19:6 (August/September 1988), 5-7. An essay, with photos, outlining the Liturgical Arts Society (founded in 1928) and its relation to the larger liturgical movement in the United States.

1989

• Agnew, Mary Barbara. "Liturgy and Christian Social Action." Liturgy 7:4 (Spring 1989), 17-25. Suggests that the gap between liturgical theology and social action cannot be overcome until we shift from an emphasis on Jesus' sacrificial death to an emphasis on his sacrificial risen life as the way God's redeeming power becomes effective for the world.
• Bell, Catherine. "Ritual, Change, and Changing Rituals." Worship 63:1 (Jan 1989), 31-41. Deals with the complex social and historical processes by which religious rituals undergo changes of form, content and meaning--and critiques certain contemporary anthropolgists' (e.g., Clifford Geertz, Victor Turner) theories of these processes.
• Berger, Teresa. "The International Congresses of Societas Liturgica: A Bibliographical Survey." Studia Liturgica 19:1 (1989), 111-114.
  An overview of the published reports and papers from meetings of Societas Liturgica since 1965.
• Berger, Teresa. "Liturgy and Theology--An Ongoing Dialogue." Studia Liturgica 19:1 (1989), 14-16.
  A response to the article by Catherine LaCugna (see below, 1989) about the relation between doctrine and doxology.
• Berger, Teresa. "Sacrosanctum Concilium in the 1980s: The Literature Betweeen Two Anniversaries (1983-1988)." Studia Liturgica 19:2 (1989), 218-222.
  An overview of works published between the twentieth (1983) and the twenty-fifth (1988) anniversaries of the conciliar document on liturgical reform.
• Berger, Teresa. "Women and Worship: A Bibliography." Studia Liturgica 19:1 (1989), 96-110. A bibliography (1965 through 1987) covering both pastoral and scholarly contributions by or about women's role in Christian worship.
• Brink, Emily R. "Metrical Psalmody: A Tale of Two Traditions." Reformed Liturgy & Music 23:1 (Winter 1989), 3-8. Examines two traditions that have shaped psalm-singing in the worship of Reformed churches: the "English tradition" (using metrical psalms written in English from the beginning) and the "Genevan tradition" (using metrical psalms originally composed in other languages, then translated into English).
• Callahan, Annice. "The Relationship Between Spirituality and Theology."Horizons 16:2 (Fall 1989), 266-274. Using Karl Rahner's philosophy of spirituality as "lived religious experience," the author explores the contributions spirituality makes to theology--and vice versa.
• Chinn, Nancy. "Evaluating Visual Art for Worship." Reformed Liturgy & Music 23:3 (Summer 1989), 114-115. Raises broader questions about the relation between visual art and liturgy: is such art intended to "give a message?" is it a "meditative focus for prayer?" how does it support communal expression and identity?
• Collins, Adela Yarbro. "The Origin of Christian Baptism." Studia Liturgica 19:1 (1989), 28-46. A scholarly assessment of the origins of Christian baptism by a noted New Testament exegete. Deals with the variety of early Christian interpretations of the ritual, as well as the development (reflected in Romans 6) of a "death and resurrection" typology.
• Collins, Mary. "Order for the Christian Initiation of Children: The Ritual Text." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 11:2 (March 1989), 8-20. Looks at the life situation of the child and at the way the church initiates children, as well as adults, into a redemptive relationship with the living God.
• Gilmore, Martha and Sawyer, Beverly. "The Dialogue Sermon." Perkins Journal 42:4 (October 1989), 1-7. Outlines the theological and pastoral underpinnings of "dialogue sermons" (i.e., sermons developed with other preachers and with the entire congregation).
• Hellwig, Monika K. "Celebrating Sunday." Liturgy 8:1 (Summer 1989), 31-35. Suggests that the celebration of Sunday has two basic aspects: "the rest that is needed for contemplation and appreciation of God's good gifts, and the festivity that makes than an enjoyable, shared community activity."
• Hellwig, Monika K. "Re-emergence of the Human, Critical, Public Jesus." Theological Studies 50:3 (September 1989), 466-480. Examines the way recent Christology has taken interest in the full human and historical reality of Jesus (and has not simply limited its focus to the cosmic and eschatological Christ).
• House, H. Wayne. "A Biblical View of Women in the Ministry; pt. 5: Distinctive Roles for Women in the Second and Third Centuries." Bibliotheca Sacra 146 (January-March 1989), 41-54. An examination of the roles of virgins, widows, and deaconesses in the historical contexts of the churches of the New Testament and in pre-Nicene Christainity. The author considers the status of women in churches today and examines the qualifications they brings to pastoral ministries-especially in the ares of "teaching and counselling other women in the congregation," in certain administratiev positions, and in "visitation and personal evangelism."
• Hughes, Kathleen. "Acceptance into the Order of Catechumens." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 11:3 (May 1989), 2-12. Deals with the "rite of acceptance" into the catechumenate as a "rite of separation" that leads, eventually, to covenanting with the community of believers.
• Icaza, Rosa Maria. "Spirituality of the Mexican American People." Worship 63:3 (May 1989), 232-246. Assesses the way members of Hispanic communities understand their relationship with Jesus, Mary, the saints; with neighbors; and with self--especially as these understandings are reflected in the celebration of the liturgical year.
• Johnson, Elizabeth A. "Mary and the Female Face of God." Theological Studies 50:3 (September 1989), 500-526. A theological study which tests the hypothesis that the Marian tradition is a rich source of images for the Divine. "For the renewal of the doctrine of God," Johnson concludes, "for the growth in human dignity of real women made in Her image and likeness, and for a properly directed theology of Mary within a liberating community of disciples, it would be well to allow this imagery to disperse beyond Mary, in the direction of the reality of the holy mystery of God."
• Kennerley, K. Virginia. "The Use of Indigenous Sacred Literature and Theological Concept in Christian Eucharistic Liturgy in India." Studia Liturgica 19:2 (1989), 143-161. An assessment of the historical sources and process of indigenization of India's liturgy. The author suggests that this process will remain somewhat stymied until the church works out its theology of religions: "Where do we stand on revelation in non-biblical scriptures and its relation to Christ?"
• LaCugna, Catherine Mowry. "Can Liturgy Ever Again Become a Source for Theology?" Studia Liturgica 19:1 (1989), 1-13. Argues that theology, like liturgy, relies on the language of involvement and participation: "Though we are forbidden to see the face of God we are invited to enter into the saving act, to accompany God in history, to see and hear the wonderful works of God. We do not approach nor do we worship a 'sitting God,' enthroned on high, but we accompany and worship a 'walking God'."
• LaCugna, Catherine Mowry. "The Baptismal Formula, Feminist Objections, and Trinitarian Theology." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 26:2 (Spring 1989), 235-250. After examining feminist objections to the traditional trinitarian baptismal formula, the author argues that the formula is not inherently sexist or patriarchal.
• LaCugna, Catherine Mowry. "The First Presentation: The Creed." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 11:4 (July 1989), 2-9. The author argues that there are "sound theological, historical, liturgical and pastoral reasons for retaining either the Apostles' Creed or the Ecumenical Creed in the presentations [to the catechumens]. No other creed should be used for the traditio or redditio."
• Lucinio, Jeanette. "Prebaptismal and Postbaptismal Catechesis in Early Childhood." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 11:4 (July 1989), 17-22. Deals with the religious and ritual readiness and potential of the preschool child, the child's religious world, and the way baptism's symbols can nourish a child's faith.
• Moxnes, Halvor (ed.). "Feminist Reconstruction of Early Christian History." Studia Theologica: Scandanavian Journal of Theology 43:1 (1989), 1-163. A collection of essays by such scholars as Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza ("Biblical Interpretation and Critical Commitment," 5-18; "Text and Reality--Reality as Text: The Problem of a Feminist Historical and Social Reconstruction Based on Texts," 19-34) and Inger Marie Lindboe ("Recent Literature: Development and Perspectives in New Testament Research on Women," 153-163).
• Montgomery, Hugo. "Women and Status in the Greco-Roman World." Studia Theologica: Scandanavian Journal of Theology 43:1 (1989), 115-124. Surveys the social conditions of the ancient Greco-Roman world, with special attention to the status of women, especially their economic and social condition.
• Nelson, Gertrud Mueller. "Upon You the Lord Shines: Epiphany as Inner Illumination." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 11:1 (January 1989), 14-22. The author examines the power of symbol, the differences between prosaic and poetic truth, and the impact these have on our understanding the Epiphany feast and season.
• Nitschke, Beverley. "The Sacrament of Penance: A Lutheran Perspective." Worship 63:4 (July 1989), 327-340. Offers an assessment of the Lutheran Book of Worship's penitential rites, especially as these reflect a new view of sacraments as paradigms of God's gracious judgment.
• O'Connor, June. "Rereading, Reconceiving and Reconstructing Traditions: Feminist Research in Religion." Women's Studies 17:1-2 (1989), 101-124. The author looks at recent scholarly contributions in three principal areas: "rereading" ("reexamining materials and traditions with an eye attuned to women's presence and absence, women's words and women's silence. . ."); "reconceiving" (the retrieval and recovery of "lost sources and suppressed visions"); and "reconstructing" (which involves both reconstructing the past on the basis of new information and historical imagination, as well as "employing new paradigms for thinking, seeing, understanding, and valuing").
• O'Dea, Barbara. "The Assembly: A Priestly People." Liturgy 8:1 (Summer 1989), 89-93. Outlines the ways our understanding of the assembly has deepened since Vatican II and offers a sketch of the fundamental ministries of the assembly.
• Olson, Jeannine E. "Worship in the Early Reformed Tradition." Liturgy 7:3 (Winter 1988), 43-51. A succinct synopsis of the sources of Reformed liturgical tradition, with its emphasis on the centrality of the Word and the importance of the Sunday service.
• Osiek, Carolyn. "The New Handmaid: The Bible and the Social Sciences." Theological Studies 50:2 (June 1989), 260-278. Sketches the ways social science methods and findings (especially as these relate to studies of contemporary Mediterrean cultures) have been used to interpret both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures in recent years.
• Perkins, Pheme. "Crisis in Jerusalem? Narrative Criticism in New Testament Studies." Theological Studies 50:2 (June 1989), 296-313. Argues that narrative criticism is not a "linguistic game" played to amuse scholars but a way of facilitating the believing Christian's encounter with the reality opened up by our stories.
• Ramshaw, Gail. "Living the Eucharistic Prayer." Weavings 4:4 (July/August 1989), 28-34. Outlines the "liturgical logic" found in the eucharistic prayer, viz., "that the weekly ritual of assembling around Christ in prayer for the world will form in Christian people the mind of praise and the habit of service."
• Ramshaw, Gail. "Typology and Christian Preaching." Liturgy 8:2 (Fall 1989), 29-33. Raises questions about the way the Hebrew Scriptures are used in the Christian assembly and argues that "typology" is basically a form of "extended metaphor" through which successive generations attempt to articulate their experience of God and grace.
• Reuther, Rosemary Radford. "Rosemary Radford Reuther: Retrospective." Religious Studies Review 15:1 (January 1989), 1-11. Begins with Reuther's own account of how her theology developed, from the time she entered college (in 1954) to the present; then presents responses and evaluations of Reuther's work by Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi and Rebecca S. Chopp.
• Ross, Susan A. "'Then Honor God in Your Body' (1 Cor 6.20): Feminist and Sacramental Theology on the Body." Horizons 16:1 (Spring 1989), 7-27. Argues that, while traditional Roman Catholic sacramental theology has emphasized the integrity of the body and the goodness of the material world, it has also used these same ideas to define women as inferior to men. This article seeks to correct, in light of feminist scholarship, this ahistorical and dualistic understanding of the body.
• Sanchez, Patricia. "The Simple Song of Psalmody." Liturgy 7:3 (Winter 1988), 81-85. Using Thomas Groome's notion of "critical reflection," the author examines ways in which Christians may make the psalms their own praise and prayer.
• Schmich, Barbara. "The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd." Liturgy 8:2 (Fall 1989), 73-79. Using insights from Sophia Cavalletti's The Religious Potential of the Child, the author examines the parable of the good shepherd and the ways it can introduce children to the Christian mystery.
• Schneiders, Sandra M. "Spirituality in the Academy." Theological Studies 50:4 (December 1989), 676-697. Argues that "Spirituality stands at the junction where the deepest concerns of humanity and the contemporary concern with interdisciplinarity, cross-cultural exchange, interreligious dialogue, feminist scholarship, the integration of theory and praxis, and the hermeneutical turn come together."
• Schulenburg, Jane Tibbets. "Women's Monastic Communities, 500-1100: Patterns of Expansion and Decline." Signs 14 (Winter 1989), 261-292. A statistical and sociological review of foundations of women's monastic communities during a six-hundred-year period, with an analysis of donors and their changing patterns of support.
• Stauffer, S. Anita. "The Why of Worship." Liturgy 8:1 (Summer 1989), 45-49. Suggests six reasons why we worship weekly: because it is Sunday; because we are baptized; because in worship we meet God; because in worship we meet one another; because we need to worship; because God is God.
• Thompson, Margaret Susan. "Sisterhood and Power: Class, Culture, and Ethnicity in the American Convent." Colby Library Quarterly 25 (September 1989), 149-175. Examines "some causes, manifestations, and consequences of ethnic, cultural, and/or class conflicts-or reasons for the absence thereof-within Catholic religious orders of women before World War I."
• Trible, Phyllis. "Five Loaves and Two Fishes: Feminist Hermeneutics and Biblical Theology." Theological Studies 50:2 (June 1989), 279-295. Raises the question "Can feminism and biblical theology ever meet?", and suggests the grounds upon which such a meeting might be possible.
• Tripp, Diane Karay. "The Spirituality of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Office of the Dead." Worship 63:3 (May 1989), 210-232. Examines the Little Office of the BVM (including its reforms since Vatican II) as a concise, easy-to-use version of the church's daily prayer that meets "the anguished human cry with the solace of maternal warmth."
• Weaver, F. Ellen. "Liturgy for the Laity: The Jansenist Case for Popular Participation in Worship in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries." Studia Liturgica 19:1 (1989), 47-59. Argues that the people drawn to the community of Port Royal were largely well educated and well instructed in liturgical matters. They took their Christianity seriously, understood the meaning of worship, and expected to take the parts that belonged to them in its celebration.
• Weaver, Mary Jo. "Widening the Sphere of Discourse: Reflections on the Feminist Perspective in Religious Studies." Horizons 16:2 (Fall 1989), 302-315. Examines ways in which newly emerging feminist perspectives (in a variety of disciplines, from biblical scholarship to psychology and literary criticism) may integrated into a religious studies curriculum.
• White, Susan J. "The Consecration of Church Buildings in Seventeenth-Century Anglicanism." Studia Liturgica 19:2 (1989), 197-217. Argues that although the elaborate medieval services for consecrating churches were the very antithesis of Reformed theology and liturgical sensibilities, "the inclination to set apart places for divine worship seems to have remained intact."
• Winter, Miriam Therese. "Music From the Other Side." Liturgy 7:4 (Spring 1989), 97-101. Argues that much of our liturgical music tradition has been shaped by patricentric concerns, and offers a feminist counterpoint, with examples of texts that embrace women's experience of the Divine.
• Ziel, Catherine A. "Hearers of the Word, and Not Preachers Only." Liturgy 8:2 (Fall 1989), 41-45. The author, a Lutheran pastor, explores the unity of preaching and hearing, and reflects on both preacher and congregation as hearers of the Word.

1990

• Angell, Jeannette. "Evangelism and Hospitality in the Celtic Church." Liturgy 9:2 (Winter 1990), 81-85. Contends that one of the earliest forms of Christian evangelism was hospitality or "presence"--the establishment of monastic communities of women or men who would offer food, rest, refuge, care and dignity to people in a particular locale.
• Angell-Torosian, Jeannette. "Reclaiming the Daily Office." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 59-63. After a brief synopsis of the history of the daily office, the author suggests ways this pattern of prayer may be rediscovered by contemporary Christian communities.
• Angell-Torosian, Jeannette. "Windows on the Holy." Liturgy 8:3 (Spring 1990), 91-95. A look at the iconography of the Eastern churches, with an assessment of their place and role in the liturgy.
• Barnes, Sandra T. "Ritual, Power and Outside Knowledge." Journal of Religion in Africa 20:3 (October 1990), 248-268. An essay that focuses on the "outsider" as an agent of change, especially in pre-colonial African societies; also examines ways in which strangers brought and transmitted outside knowledge to new communities and the gains they made in the process.
• Berger, Teresa. "The Women's Movement as a Liturgical Movement: A Form of Inculturation?" Studia Liturgica 20:1 (1990), 55-64. Argues that there are good grounds for taking inculturation seriously as a model of interpretation for the Women's Liturgical Movement--and suggests that, if it is so interpreted, it should be accorded "a certain degree of public standing, acceptance and support. . ."
• Blumhoffer, Edith L. "A Confused Legacy: Reflections on Evangelical Attitudes toward Ministering Women in the Past Century." Fides et Historia 22 (Winter/Spring 1990, 49-61. Surveys attitudes toward the religious experience and education of women among Christian evangelicals during the twentieth century.
• Browne, Deirdre. "The Call to Active Participation." Liturgy 8:3 (Spring 1990), 15-19. Raises the question: Does our liturgical music help us hear anything other than itself? Explores our assumptions about liturgical music and suggests that it "is about integration with word, gesture, act, and interpreting and commenting on the rites."
• Cahill, Lisa Sowle. "Feminist Ethics." Theological Studies 51:1 (1990), 49-64. Reviewing recent works by feminist ethicists, the author argues that it is more accurate to see them as representatives of the larger postmodern movement "to locate discovery of truth in the function of practical reason and in praxis, than to see them as jettisoning objectivity. . ."
• Carr, Anne. "Women, Justice, and the Church." Horizons 17:2 (Fall 1990), 269-279. A critical evaluation of the United States Catholic bishops's "pastoral responses" to the concerns of women in the church.
• Camp, Richard. "From Passive Subordination to Complementary Partnership: The Papal Conception of Women's Place in Church and Society since 1878." Catholic Historical Review 76 (July 1990), 506-525. Argues that "the evolution of papal thinking about women began long before the Second Vatican Council," in the expectation that women would play an increasingly important role in both religion and society.
• Cheney, Jim. "'The Waters of Separation': Myth and Ritual in Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek." Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 6:1 (Spring 1990), 41-63. Explores the way Dillard uses ceremony and ritual ("the waters of separation") to provide a means of living with the radical Otherness of the world.
• Clark, Elizabeth A. "Ascetic Renunciation and Feminine Advancement: A Paradox of Late Ancient Christianity." Gender & History 2 (Autumn 1990), 253-273. The author "traces the development of patronage opportunities for women in late ancient Christianity, highlights the different access to power in the Church enjoyed by men and women, and locates the conditions under which women become notable patrons of Christian institutions."
• Conn, Marie. "The Sacramental Theology of Leonardo Boff." Worship 64:6 (November 1990), 523-532. Argues that the core of Boff's sacramental theology is to be found in his ecclesiological conviction that the church is the sign and instrument of liberation.
• Durka, Gloria. "Sacred Rhythms of Whole Experience." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 37-43. Defining imagination as "light in search of enlightenment," the author elucidates the relation between imagination and learning, and between imagination, education and liturgy.
• Hall, Sr. Jeremy. "The Gospel and the Welcoming Heart." Liturgy 9:2 (Winter 1990), 25-31. Explores the relation between the call to a solitary life (as hermit) and participation in the liturgy of the church.
• Halmo, Joan. "Advent Insights in Bach's Cantatas." Worship 64:6 (November 1990), 510-522. Places Bach's cantatas within the larger context of Sunday worship in Leipzig, with special attention to the Advent chorale "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland."
• Hughes, Kathleen. "What's in a Name?" Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 12:6 (November 1990), 10-17. Argues that one's name "gathers up all one's identity, history and hopes"--and so provides a way to think anew about a catechumen's discovery of the name God has called her or him to be.
• Jackson-Brown, Irene V. "Gospel Music and Afro-American Worship." Liturgy 9:1 (Fall 1990), 9-15. An analysis of the historical sources of Afro-American gospel music, as well as its vitality in liturgical celebrations.
• Kirk, Pamela. "Time and Prayer." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 9-15. A reflection on the relation between time and our experience of God; highlights the "time of beginnings;" the "time of our ancestors;" and the "time of faith."
• Kowalski, Anita H. "Facilitating Adult Learning in the Catechumenate." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 12:2 (March 1990), 16-20. Argues that "an integrative, holistic approach to adult learning suits the Christian initiation of adults because of its focus on the persons, their conversion experience and the companionship that occurs when persons are learning from each other."
• Kuehn, Regina. "The Octagonal Font." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 12:4 (July 1990), 7-14. A photographic essay that shows a variety of modern octagonal fonts, along with commentary on their pastoral and theological significance.
• Kuehn, Regina. "A Process for Renovating the Baptismal Place." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 12:3 (May 1990), 2-8. Outlines a step-by-step process whereby parishes may plan, responsibly, for the renovation of baptismal spaces.
• Kuehn, Regina. "The Font as Womb." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 12:6 (November 1990), 26-32. An exploration of the theological, liturgical and pastoral significance of the font as womb and the church as mother.
• Madigan, Shawn. "Ritual Music and Formative Spirituality." Liturgy 9:1 (Fall 1990), 77-79. Outlines a theology of ritual praise that embraces gestures, music and words in ways that respect both historical continuity and contemporary needs for inculturation.
• Melander, Rochelle Y. "Inviting People into the Mystery of Christ." Liturgy 9:2 (Winter 1990), 41-47. How the Bible and the early church viewed "the stranger"--and how the Christian congregation responds to the same in its Sunday liturgy.
• Michaels, J. Ramsey. "Images of Grace in Flannery O'Connor's Strong Women." Daughters of Sarah 16 (January/February 1990), 27-30. While acknowledging that Flannery O'Connor did not think of herself as a feminist, the author notes that O'Connor's used strong women characters to satirize "some of the things about American life (especially in the South as she knew it) that feminism later reacted against."
• O'Connor, June. "Dorothy Day as Autobiographer." Religion 20 (July 1990), 275-296. Proposes and argues that "literature on autobiography and the women's autobiographical tradition provide further resources for understanding Day's own personal sense of identity."
• Poethig, Eunice Blanchard. "Prayer and Praise in Ancient Israel." Liturgy 9:1 (Fall 1990), 35-41. A look at music and song, players and instruments in the Hebrew Scriptures: the individual singer; prophet bands and their instruments; the women's chorus; the temple choirs.
• Procter-Smith, Marjorie. "A Week of Sundays: Celebrating the Great Fifty Days." Reformed Liturgy & Music 24:1 (Winter 1990), 23-26. Assesses the challenge to worshipping communities presented by the fifty days of the paschal season by looking 1) the character of the season, 2) the biblical texts used in the lectionary, and 3) the baptismal and eucharistic emphasis of the season.
• Ramshaw, Gail. "The First Testament in Christian Lectionaries." Worship 64:6 (November 1990), 494-510. Examines the ways the revised lectionaries of the Christian churches make use of the narratives and images of the Hebrew Scriptures--and suggests directions for further revision.
• Ramshaw, Gail. "Language and Liturgy." Studia Liturgica 20:1 (1990), 65-69. Defining liturgical language as "that set of words, usually vernacular but not necessarily colloquial, with which the Christian assembly publicly prays," the author examines the issues surrounding the inclusivity, metaphoric nature, and Christology of the words we use in Chirstian worship.
• Reineke, Martha J. " 'This is my Body:' Reflections on Abjection, Anorexia, and Medieval Women Mystics." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 58 (Summer 1990), 245-266. The author turns to theorists who see religion at the heart of the social construction of the human body (Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, Julia Kristeva, Ren? Girard) to examine the extreme asceticism of women mystics in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Europe.
• Ruffing, Janet. "Psychology as a Resource for Christian Spirituality." Horizons 17:1 (Spring 1990), 47-59. A critical evaluation of the way psychology may illuminate spiritual experience (e.g., by identifying pathological elements in religious practice, by unconvering unconscious motivations)--and of the way researchers in spirituality may critique psychology (e.g., by unconvering its neglect of transcendental experiences).
• Schaefer, Mary M. "A Theology of Pastoral Office." Liturgy 8:3 (Spring 1990), 79-83. A brief reexamination of the tradition of ordained ministers (in relation to eucharistic presidency, especially) within the Roman Catholic communion.
• Smith, Karen Sue. "The Transforming Rhythms of Ritual." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 65-69. Suggests that ritual rhythms (primarily nonverbal in character) invite us to empty ourselves so that we may be filled with God.
• Stauffer, S. Anita. "Inculturation and Church Architecture." Studia Liturgica 20:1 (1990), 70-80. Working on the principle that an assembly's worship space serves "both a practical and a symbolic function," the author deals with five major questions: 1) How does a people define its own cultural tradition? 2) What is the relation between Christian faith and a given culture? 3) What is the meaning of architecture within a specific cultural context? 4) What are the functions of religious images and how do they relate to particular cultures? and 5) What are the aesthetics of a given culture?
• Sutton, Sharon E. "Learning Stewardship in a Multicultural Society." Liturgy 9:2 (Winter 1990), 57-61. The author (a professor of architecture and coordinator of Urban Network) examines the ways people--especially children--search for meaning through ritual.
• Tripp, Diane Karay. "The Reformed Tradition of Embodied Prayer." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 91-97. Explores how the Christian "glorifies God in the body" by looking at the way Calvin and other Reformers understood the role of gesture and posture in public prayer.
• Vance-Welsh, Mary C. "Worship in the Home." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 45-51. Suggests that families must develop their own traditions of worshipping together in the home--and offers examples of how this might be done.
• Walton, Janet. "Feminism and the Liturgy," in Peter Fink, ed. The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1990, 468-473. Examines the way feminist scholars look at Jewish and Christian images for God, at the biblical narratives, at leadership in public prayer, and at liturgical forms.
• Walton, Janet. "Inclusive Language," in Peter Fink, ed., The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 1990, 596-598. A brief account of "horizontal" and "vertical" language as these relate to contemporary sacramental practice.
• Weind, Teresita. "The Challenge of Being a Church for All People." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 12:2 (March 1990), 2-6. A plea for rich diversity in the church--and an argument for moving beyond the categorization of differences as "right" or "wrong."
• White, Susan J. "Liturgical Architecture, 1960-1990: A Select Bibliography." Studia Liturgica 20:2 (1990), 219-238. A valuable resource that covers architectural theory and practice, as well as notable examples of postconciliar church buildings and "practical matters" (acoustics, renovations of spaces, etc.). The works cited are from Italian, French, English and German sources.
• Wood, Susan. "The Sacramentality of Episcopal Consecration." Theological Studies 51:3 (September 1990), 479-496. Discusses the question: "How is episcopal consecration--called by Lumen Gentium 'the fulness of sacramental ordination to office'--to be understood as a sacrament of the church," i.e., "How is the nature of the Church sacramentalized or manifested within episcopal ordination?"
• Wright, Wendy M. " 'Lord, When Did We See You?' Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker." Weavings 5:2 (March/April 1990), 6-17. Based on experiences at the Omaha Catholic Worker house, the author shows that Day's non-conformist vision of protest and action on behalf of the poor and oppressed is rooted in a daring willingness to trust the challenge of the gospel.
• Young, Pamela Dickey. "Geertz Revisited: A Model for Feminist Studies in Religion." Perkins Journal 43:1-2 (Jan.-Apr. 1990), 19-24. Raises the question: can the symbol system of Christianity be reconceived in order to include female images of God and more positive images of the female?
• Zapata, Dominga M. "The Rhythm and Prayer Life of the Poor." Liturgy 8:4 (Summer 1990), 25-29. Discusses the links (especially among Hispanics) between prayer and daily life, and between liturgical life and spirituality. Argues that we are called not only to discover God in the poor but to seek God with the poor.

1991

• Armour, Ellen T. "Review Essay: Recent French Feminist Works." Religious Studies Review 17:3 (July 1991), 205-208. Surveys works of French feminists Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous and Catherine Clement, who approach their work (especially their work on Freud) quite differently from American feminist scholarship.
• Bastedo, Mary. "Rite of Consecration to a Life of Virginity." National Bulletin on Liturgy (Canadian) 24 (no. 125, June 1991), 110-118. Describes the liturgical celebration of the "Rite of Consecration to a Life of Virginity for Women Living in the World" (included in the 1978 Roman Pontifical).
• Collins, Mary. "Becoming Priestly People: A Commentary on RCIA." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 13:3 (May 1991), 2-9. A commentary on the RCIA, # 75 (on the formative period of the catechumenate and its rites).
• Collins, Mary. "Is the Eucharist Still a Source of Meaning for Women?" Origins 21:14 (September 12, 1991), 225-229. Orginally given as an address to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, this essay argues against narrowing (and hence impoverishing) our understanding of eucharistic theology and celebration. The author suggests that both neoclerical and neopagan attitudes toward the eucharist are "fool's gold."
• Dooley, Kate. "Celebrations of the Word." Liturgy 9:4 (Fall 1991), 101-107. A pastoral and theological assessment of "nonsacramental" penitential rites in the Roman Catholic communion.
• Doran, Carol and Troeger, Thomas. "The United Methodist Hymnal." Worship 65:2 (March 1991), 159-169. A review essay of the contents and arrangement of this relatively new (1989) Christian hymnal.
• Eller, Cynthia. "Relativizing the Patriarchy: The Sacred History of the Feminist Spirituality Movement." History of Religions 30 (February 1991), 279-295. Demonstrates that "feminist spirituality's sacred history counters the psychological weight of thousands of years of cross-cultural male dominance" by placing the patriarchy within "clearly defined historical bounds." Such strictures enable the presence of a virtually infinite number of years of female equality or superiority" to emerge.
• Hess, Carol Lakey. "The Shaping and Shaking of Congregational Life." Reformed Liturgy & Music 25:2 (Spring 1991), 65-68. Argues that the central purpose of public worship is to center us in God and to open us to God's purposes.
• Hilkert, Mary Catherine. "Preaching and Theology: Rethinking the Relationship." Worship 65:6 (September 1991), 398-409. Argues that preaching, as a ministry of the Word, cannot be isolated from the other words spoken in and by the church.
• Jackson, Pamela. "Cyril of Jerusalem's Use of Scripture in Catechesis." Theological Studies 52:3 (September 1991), 431-450. Jackson explores Cyril's own description of the method and rhetorical devices he uses to explain the scriptures to initiands.
• Kuehn, Regina. "Cross-Shaped Fonts." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 13:3 (May 1991), 10-18. The importance of the cross-shaped font in the historical tradition of Christian initiation--and its possibilities for use today.
• Kuehn, Regina. "The Hexagonal Font." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 13:4 (July 1991), 18-25. A look at both historical and contemporary six-sided fonts and their meaning for the Christian community's theology of initiation.
• Kuehn, Regina. "Step-down Baptismal Pools." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 13:2 (March 1991), 2-10. Provides a list of good pastoral, historical and theological reasons why it makes sense for parishes to build baptismal pools.
• Lawuyi, Olatunde B. "The Dialogue With the Living: Biography in the Order of a Christian's Funeral Service in Yoruba Society." Journal of Religion in Africa 21:3 (August 1991), 227-240. Explores "the relationship between religion and life history, with particular emphasis on religion as the 'other,' the significant interlocutor, whom the self addresses."
• Madigan, Shawn. "Do Marian Festivals Image 'That Which the Church Hopes to Be'?" Worship 65:3 (May 1991), 194-207. A reassessment of Mary's role as a potent prophetic liberating symbol in a time of global movements toward the liberation of oppressed nations, races, and sexes.
• Murray, Jacqueline. "Sexuality and Spirituality: The Intersection of Medieval Theology and Medicine." Fides et Historia 23:1 (1991), 20-36. Argues that medieval discourses on sex were complex, diffuse and competing; some were "scientific," while others were philosophical and theological; all sought ways to reconcile human sexuality with the imperatives of Christian salvaiton.
• Pierce, Joanne. "Early Medieval Liturgy: Some Implications for Contemporary Liturgical Practice." Worship 65:6 (November 1991), 509-522. Examines the ways peoples in the early Middle Ages struggled to make sense of the gospel through forms of liturgical prayer that sought a balance between old and new, past and present, tradition and experiuence, local community and hierarchical church.
• Ramshaw, Elaine J. "Liturgy for Healing." Liturgy 9:4 (Fall 1991), 9-17. Asks the question "what place does concern for healing have in our worship?" Then takes a pastoral look at rites celebrated in times of sickness.
• Ramshaw, Gail. "Metaphors for Holy Week." Reformed Liturgy & Music 25:1 (Winter 1991), 18-21. Examines the metaphoric character of liturgy generally, and the "enacted metaphoric" quality of the Holy Week services specifically.
• Senseman, Rita Burns. "What Should We Ask of Child Catechumens?" Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 13:5 (September 1991), 13-21. Argues that we should ask of our child catechumens no less than we ask of ourselves: conversion.
• Tripp, Diane Karay. "Daily Prayer in the Reformed Tradition: An Initial Survey." Studia Liturgica 21:1 (1991), 76-107 and 22:2 (1991), 190-219. A detailed historical study which argues that "Reformed daily prayer must be considered as a distinct substantial liturgical tradition" and that "The European Reformers instituted public daily prayer wherever feasible and these services continued for several centuries."
• Vincie, Catherine. "Reconciliation for the Victim." Liturgy 9:4 (Fall 1991), 35-41. Deals with how to reconcile those who have been victimized ("sinned against") by proposing ways to become a community of reconciliation.
• Winter, Mary Jane. "The Tip of the Treasure: Worship Resources from the Global Church." Reformed Liturgy & Music 25:4 (Fall 1991), l84-188. A bibliographic essay that highlights resources for public worship (prayers and music) as well as personal devotion from Christian communities all over the world.
• Zimmerman, Joyce A. "The General Intercessions: Yet Another Visit." Worship 65:4 (July 1991), 306-319. Provides a series of detailed pastoral recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the general intercessions.

1992

• Berger, Teresa. "The Classical Liturgical Movement in Germany and Austria: Moved by Women?" Worship 66:3 (May 1992), 231-251. Counters the tendency to erase the contributions and concerns of women from the history of the liturgical movement in Germany and Austria.
• Collins, Mary. "Glorious Praise: The ICEL Liturgical Psalter." Worship 66:4 (July 1992), 290-310. A critical review and evaluation of ICEL's ongoing project to produce a psalter for liturgical use that is inclusive, accurate, and singable.
• Crysdale, Cynthia S. W. "Lonergan and Feminism." Theological Studies 53:2 (June 1992), 234-256. Author raises the question: "Why has there been such an obvious lack of feminist engagement with the thought and methodology of Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan?" Deals with aspects of Lonergan's thought that present problems for feminists and suggests areas where dialogue is possible.
• Dooley, Catherine. "The Lectionary for Children." Liturgy 90 23:6 (August/September 1992), 4-7, 12. Provides a brief history of the children's lectionary project, along with a review of its contents, the principles of selection used by the editors, and issues involved in that selection.
• Dooley, Catherine. "Liturgical Catechesis: Mystagogy, Marriage, or Misnomer?" Worship 66:5 (September 1992), 386-397. Looks at liturgical catechesis as a primary form of the larger catechetical ministry of the church.
• Hauptman, Judith and King, Karen L. "Review Essay of Judith Romney Wegner's Chattle or Person? The Status of Women in the Mishnah." Religious Studies Review 18:1 (January 1992), 13-18. The reviewers applaud Wegner's study as a seminal contribution, but have some reservations about her methodolgy and conclusions.
• Heldman, Marilyn E. "Architectural Symbolism, Sacred Geography and the Ethiopian Church." Journal of Religion in Africa 22:3 (August 1992), 222-241. An historical study of the altar as symbol of the ark of the covenant in Ethiopian liturgical praxis and theology.
• Hughes, Kathleen. "Called to Preside." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation. 14:6 (November 1992), 2-11. Explores the role of the catechist-presider in the various rites that accompany the stages of the catechumenate.
• Hughes, Kathleen. "The Scriptures in the Funeral Rite." Liturgy 90 23:7 (October 1992), 4-6, 12. Offers liturgical-pastoral guidelines for making good choices from among the many Biblical readings given in the lectionary.
• Kelleher, Margaret Mary. "Liturgy and the Christian Imagination." Worship 66:2 (March 19920, 125-148. Argues that liturgy plays a mediating role by providing certain images for God, self and community--and by repressing other possibilities.
• Koernke, Theresa F. "Toward an Ethics of Liturgical Behavior." Worship 66:1 (January 1992), 25-38. Asserts the "primary of the rightness of liturgical praxis" in determining standards and rules for Christian living.
• Krumpelman, Frances. "The Laity's Books for Prayer and Worship: A Graced Tradition (Part I)." Liturgy 90 23:4 (May/June 1992), 8-11. Begins a history of Christian prayer books, beginning with the psalter and concluding with medieval and Reformation-era examples.
• Krumpelman, Frances. "The Laity's Books for Prayer and Worship: A Graced Tradition (Part II)." Liturgy 90 23:5 (July 1992), 4-7. Concludes the author's survey of Christian prayer books by looking at nineteenth-century examples and at the books that emerged during the liturgical movement of the twentieth century.
• Main, Marguerite. "Blessings of the Catechumens." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 14:3 (May 1992), 2-8. After examining the role of blesssings in the life of church and contemporary culture, the author looks at the structure, ministers, gestures and symbols used in blessing catechumens.
• Nuth, Joan M. "Two Medieval Soteriologies: Anselm of Canterbury and Julian of Norwich." Theological Studies 53:4 (December 1992), 611-645. Discusses Anselm's influence on Julian, and argues that their soteriologies balance one another. "A fresh reading of the Cur Deus Homo could renew a sense of human responsibility for sin and for repairing sin's damage in our world through union with Christ. But many individuals. . .suffer from self-hatred, scrupulosity, and false guilt. It is to such as these that Julian's Showings [with its emphasis on God's salvific, unconditional love] is addressed."
• Procter-Smith, Marjorie. "Lectionaries--Principles and Problems: A Comparative Analysis." Studia Liturgica 22 (1992), 84-99. Argues that the ethical commitment of feminist liberation thought--a being faithful to women and to other oppressed groups--should be placed at the heart of lectionary construction.
• Ramshaw, Gail. "Liturgical Considerations of the Myth of the Crown." Worship 66:6 (Nov 1992), 482-497. Explores the ways the church's liturgy has employed images of God's or Christ's "enthronement"--and suggests how the "myth of the crown" must ever be corrected by the theology of incarnation.
• Taves, Ann. "Women and Gender in American Religion(s)." Religious Studies Review 18:4 (October 1992), 263-270. A review essay that examines works by Lori Ginzberg, Ann Braude, Karen McCarthy Brown, James Kenneally, Cynthia Grant Tucker, Betty DeBerg, and Mark Carnes (all of whom explore facets of women's status in Euro-American religions during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• Trau, Jane M. "Exclusively Male Imagery in Religious Language." Worship 66:4 (July 1992), 310-326. Argues that there is a symbiosis between religious imagery and injustice, especially in the exclusive use of male images for God.
• Visser, Margaret. "On Ritual." National Bulletin on Liturgy (Canadian) 25 (no. 129, Summer 1992), 95-101. An excerpt from Visser's book The Rituals of Dinner (1991) which explores how the rituals of meal and table order human relationships.
• Weaver, Rebecca Harden. "Preparation for the Study of Scripture: The Shaping of Western Spiritual Tradition." Reformed Liturgy & Music 26:3 (Summer 1992), 124-127. Examines the work of fifth-century monk John Cassian on the need for purification of heart as a prelude to contemplation of the Scriptures.

1993

• Bell, Catherine. "The Authority of Ritual Experts." Studia Liturgica 23:1 (1993), 98-120. Discusses what constitutes "expertise" in the construction of liturgical texts and practices--and how experts may manipulate, alter, or even overturn an historical tradition.
• Dooley, Catherine. "The Directory for Masses with Children: 1973-1993." Liturgy 90 24:2 (Feb./Mar. 1993), 4-7. A review of the past two decades of experience, during which catechists and liturgists have tried to cooperate in creating effective celebrations in situations where children form the bulk of the assembly.
• Faver, Catherine. "Feminist Spirituality and Social Reform: Examples from the Early Twentieth Century." Women Studies Quarterly 21:1-2 (1993), 90-105. Explores the connections between social philosophy, spirituality and the life of prayer in the careers of Vida Scudder and Emily Balch (winner of the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize).
• Gonzalez, Catherine Gunsalus. "Service Books: A Link to the Communion of Saints." Reformed Liturgy & Music 27:1 (1993), 8-10. Looks at the role of service books in establishing links between old and new, tradition and innovation, especially in Reformed communities of Christians.
• Hayes, Diane L. "An African American Rite: Possibilities and Perils." Anima 17:1 (1993), 6-8. Recognizing that a new theology is emerging among African American Catholics, the author asks how such a development might also shape liturgical celebration.
• Kelleher, Margaret Mary. "Hermeneutics in the Study of Liturgical Performance." Worship 67:4 (July 1993), 292-318. An articulation of principles which can serve as a guide to those who study and interpret liturgical performance.
• Martin, Judith G. "Why Women Need a Feminist Spirituality." Women Studies Quarterly 21:1-2 (1993), 106-118. Critiques patriarchal spirituality (especially of sacraments like baptism and eucharist, pp. 107-109) and outlines foundations for a feminist spirituality (pp. 117-118).
• Orenstein, Gloria. "The 'Problematics' of Writing about Sacred Ritual and the Spiritual Journey." Women Studies Quarterly 21:1-2 (1993), 22=37. Since women do not yet know fully what kind of power they possess, Orenstein argues, they cannot know in advance "what they might invite into their lives when they engage in ritual." Seeks to launch a movement to create programs to train women of power who can use their gifts to bring forth light and healing "in a world pervaded by darkness and disease."
• Vincie, Catherine. "The Liturgical Assembly: Review and Reassessment." Worship 67:2 (March 1993), 123-144. Suggests that the qualities of the liturgical assembly--its inclusivity, diversity and challenge--can provide a vision of what we might strive for in all areas of ecclesial life.

Books | Periodicals | Articles | Dictionaries, Handbooks, Encyclopedias

1988

• Bal, Mieke. Murder and Difference: Gender, Genre, and Scholarship on Sisera's Death. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. A scholarly study of Judges 4-5 from a perspective that combines insights derived from a feminist hermeneutics of biblical literature with broader insights developed by the feminist study of literature generally. (This work--and the one listed immediately below--are thoroughly reviewed in an essay by David Jobling in Religious Studies Review 17:1 [January 1991], 1-10.) AMAZON
• Bal, Mieke. Death and Dissymmetry: The Politics of Coherence in the Book of Judges. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. Proposes a new way of reading the entire biblical book of Judges; suggests that this book's coherence as a literary work is based on unacknowledged choices: e.g., on a preference for history over anthropology, for public life over private--and by implication, for men's affairs over women's. (See note in entry above for review by David Jobling.) AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Berglund, Mary Catherine. Gather the Children. Celebrating the Word with Ideas, Activities, Prayer and Projects. (Three volumes.) Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1988 (Cycle B, Cycle C) and 1989 (Cycle A). Offers resources and ideas for celebrating the liturgy of the Word with children; based on the three-year lectionary cycle of readings for Sundays and feasts. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Brock, Rita Nakashima. Journeys by Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power. New York: Crossroad, 1988. In this controversial reassessment of Christianity, the author argues that the core of human identity--as well as the source of our power to mend and recreate the world--lies in our power to love and feel for one another. AMAZON
• Brown, Peter. The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988. An erudite work that carefully chronicles the minds, hopes, emotions and anxities of women and men in the world of late antiquity: their feelings about their own bodies, about each other, and about the society in which they lived. Brown shows how the Christian church's attitudes toward the body, toward sexual relations, and toward sexual renunciation were shaped--especially through the lives and work of men such as Origen, Cyprian, Chrysostom and Augustine. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Byrne, Lavinia. Women Before God: Our own Spirituality. Mystic, CT: Twenty-Third Publications, 1988. Seeks to outline a spirituality for women that includes attention to liturgical celebration and sacramental practice (see especially, pp. 61-71). AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Cannon, Katie. Black Womanist Ethics. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. Cannon examines the long tradition of moral wisdom transmitted by and among African-American women by looking at both literature and theology. AMAZON
• Carr, Anne C. Transforming Grace: Christian Tradition and Women's Experience. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988. An imaginative work of theology that seeks to reconcile feminist thought with Christian tradition in its best expressions--and also proposes radical changes in the church's institutional structures. AMAZON
• Eigo, Francis, ed. A Disciplieship of Equals: Towards a Christian Feminist Spirituality. Philadelphia: Villanova University Press, 1988. This twentieth volume of the Proceedings of the Theology Institute of Villanova University examines the biblical roots and some voices from the tradition which support feminist spirituality and a "discipleship of equals." The papers also address the implications for ministry based on the "mutuality and partnership of women and men," and the need for the continued recovery of women's contributions to the tradition. AMAZON
• Faricy, Robert. The Lord's Dealing: The Primacy of the Feminine in Christian Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1988. This book looks closely at the way the feminine has been suppressed in Chirstian spirituality. "Only to the extent that the feminine is restored to its primacy in Christianity," the author writes, "will Christianity find itself in good health. And only to the point that the suppression of the feminine is corrected will our Western culture recover from its many illnesses." AMAZON
• Fischer, Kathleen. Women at the Well: Feminist Perspectives on Spiritual Direction. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1988. Each chapter of this book (on such topics as "Women Experiencing and Naming God;" "Jesus and Women;" "Praying with Scripture") concludes with suggestions for prayer and reflection, including (often) recommendations for ritual action and prayer. AMAZON
• Gjerding, Iben and Kinnamon, Katherine, eds. Women's Prayer Services. Mystic, CT: Twenty-third Publications, 1988 (second printing; copyright, 1987). A collection of prayers and worship services (including calls to worship, responsive readings, psalsm, confessions, affirmations, blessings) drawn from the work and life of women all over the world. AMAZON
• Hughes, Kathleen. Lay Presiding: The Art of Leading Prayer. (American Essays in Liturgy, 7). Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1988. An outline of the qualities and skills needed to lead the assembly in public prayer, with a valuable bibliography of resources for prayer leadership (53-59). AMAZON
• Isasi-Diaz, Ada-Maria, and Tarango, Yolanda. Hispanic Women, Prophetic Voice in the Church. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988. This book (containing material in Spanish and English) shows the ways in which Hispanic women have creatively appropriated the categories of liberation theology. AMAZON
• Luke, Helen. Woman: Earth and Spirit: The Feminine in Symbol and Myth. New York: Crossroad, 1988. Examines mythic and religious symbols which restore and express the new freedom of women in order to discover "the great nourishing, life-giving power of the all-forgiving Mother within." AMAZON~~POWELLS
• McPherson, Aimee Semple. This is That: Personal Experiences, Sermons and Writings. Garland Publishing 1988 (reprint; original: Los Angeles: Bridal Call Publishing House, 1919). Autobiographical accounts of her early evangelistic campaigns across the United states, with a generous selection of her sermons and examples of her creative abilities as a liturgist.
• Madigan, Shawn. Spirituality: Rooted in Liturgy. Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1988. An exploration of the many levels of liturgical prayer, from its Jewish roots to its contemporary American expressions. AMAZON
• Mollenkott, Virginia Ramey. Women, Men, and the Bible. Revised edition with Study Guide. New York: Crossroad, 1988. Contrasts "Christian" and "patriarchal" ways of relating, and includes a discussion of inclusive language in biblical and liturgical texts (chapter 3, "Is God Masculine?", 39-56. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Mollenkott, Virginia Ramey, ed. Women of Faith in Dialogue. New York: Crossroad, 1988. The first three sections of this book present dialogues among women on specific issues: on the diversity of who women are and the tasks they face; on women's struggles within their own religious communities; and on working together for justice in the world. The final section of the book (179-191) presents an essay on how to prepare an interreligious service, along with an example of such a service. AMAZON
• Ramshaw, Gail, ed. Intercessions for the Christian People. New York: Pueblo Publishing Company, 1988. A collection of bidding prayers suitable for liturgical usage and keyed to the Roman Catholic, Episcopal and Lutheran lectionaries for Sundays and feasts. AMAZON
• Russell, Letty M., et al., eds. Inheriting Our Mothers' Gardens: Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988. Eight women explore, autobiographically, the way their life-circumstances have shaped their theological vision. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Schaffran, Janet and Kozak, Pat. More than Words: Prayer and Ritual for Inclusive Communities. Oak Park, IL: Meyer Stone Books, 1988. The authors provide a variety of inclusive rites as they consider the impact of language and symbols on ritual experience. They suggest examples of alternative uses and provide a list of "guidelines for preparing a prayer service." AMAZON
• Wartenberg-Potter, Baerbel von. We Will Not Hang Our Harps on the Willows: Global Sisterhood and God's Song. Translated by Fred Kaan. New York: Meyer-Stone, 1988 [Geneva: WCC Publications, 1987]. The author (for five years the director of the Women's Department at the World Council of Churches) explores the ways injustice and indifference toward women, and the betrayal of the poor, have compromised the Christian message in and for the world. AMAZON
• Wegner, Judith Romney. Chattel or Person? The Status of Women in the Mishnah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. A systematic feminist analysis of women's status in the Mishnah (ca 200 C.E.); argues that in many areas women are treated as inferior to men, while in others they are given rights and responsibilities usually not associated with patriarchalism. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Weems, Renita. Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women's Relationships in the BIble. San Diego: LuraMedia, 1988. Uses the perspectives of African-American women to explore and reconstruct biblical stories that show what women felt about themselves by describing their relationships to one another. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Wegner, Judith Romeny. Chattel or Person? The Status of Women in the Mishnah. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. A scholarly--though accessible--study of the way the Mishnah (the collection of halakah codified ca. 200 C.E.) understands the place of women in the religious life of Israel. Pays particular attention to the subordinate role assigned women in rabbinic speculation and to their exclusion from the cult (145-167). AMAZON
• White, Susan J and White, James F. Church Architecture: Building and Renovating for Christian Worship. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988. This book focuses on contemporary issues about worship space. Writing for both architects and students of Christian worship, the authors also seek to "help communities make the best use of their time and resources by building or renovating space that will serve their particular community best." AMAZON

1989

• Cady, Susan, et al., eds. Wisdom's Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration. Revised and expanded edition. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1989. A book that combines the theory and practice of celebrating Sophia by providing exercises, liturgies, sermons, study guides, prayers and meditations that can be used by groups or individuals. AMAZON
• Carmody, Denise Lardner. Women and World Religions. Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1989. Designed as a college-level text, this book draws on recent feminist scholarship and presents accounts by a variety of women about their experience of being Jewish, Christian, Buddhist or Muslim. The author also shows how a given religious tradition has impacted women's work, sexual lives, prayer, education and other life experiences. AMAZON
• Carr, Anne and Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler, eds. Motherhood: Experience, Institution, Theology (= Concilium: Religion in the Eighties, 206). London: T. and T. Clark, 1989. The articles in this volume examine motherhood as both a human experience and a cross-cultural institution. Included are articles by women from all over the world. AMAZON
• Clipson, Elaine Marie Cumbry, et al., eds. Liberating Liturgies. Fairfax, VA: Women's Ordination Conference, 1989. Presents a series of topical liturgical celebrations (with prayers, scriptures readings, guidelines for gestures and symbols) by members of the Women's Ordination Conference. AMAZON
• Curran, Patricia. Grace Before Meals: Food Ritual and Body Discipline in Convent Culture. Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. An analysis of food rituals in a convent of Dominican Sisters, whose "dining place. . .is a ritual arena where the sisters portray their understanding of discipleship; using gesture, posture, movement, silence, and speech to give thanks to God for all that sustains them--food and faith, life and grace--and to renew their commitment to follow Christ. . ." AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Fabella, Virginia, and Park, Sun Ai Lee, eds. We Dare to Dream: Doing Theology as Asian Women. Hong Kong: Asian Women's Resource Center for Culture and Theology, 1989. In this collection, women from Korea, India, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines reflect upon themes of Christology, ecclesiology and poverty. AMAZON
• Heyward, Carter. Touching our Strength: The Erotic as Power and the Love of God. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1989. A revolutionary essay in theological anthropology which argues that there is an essential bond between our power as sexual beings and the struggle for social justice. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Kennelly, Karen, ed. American Catholic Women: A Historical Exploration. New York: Macmillan, 1989. Each chapter in the book focuses upon women in a particular sphere--in the home, in the convent, as part of the work force, as reformers and activists. Also included are essays on "Ideals of American Catholic Womanhood" (1-16) and "Catholic Feminism: Its Impact on United States Catholic Women" (182-197). AMAZON
• Marshall, Sherrin, ed. Women in Reformation and Counter-Reformation Europe: Public and Private Worlds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989. These essays examine the ways in which the great religious changes brought on by the Reformation and its aftermath affected the lives of women throughout Europe; they also explore the links among women, the family, and religious change. Of special interest: Diane Willen's "Women and Religion in Early Modern England" (140-165) and F. Ellen Weaver's "Erudition, Spirituality, and Women: The Jansenist Contribution" (189-206). AMAZON
• Massey, Lesly F. Women and the New Testament: An Analysis of Scripture in Light of New Testament Era Culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1989. The six chapters of this book examine: 1) the relation between Jesus and women; 2) prominent women in the apostolic churches; 3) female officers in the early churches; 4) female leadership in the early Christian assemblies (includes activities such as prophecy, leadership in prayer, and teaching: 76-93); 5) expectations about the deportment of women in the early communities; and 6) the theme of "equality in Christ." AMAZON
• May, Melanie A. Bonds of Unity: Women, Theology and the Worldwide Church. (AAR Academy Series, No. 65). Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1989. Using Michel Foucault's notion of the "insurrection of subjugated knowledges," the author seeks to give voice and visibility to women in the deliberations of the World Council of Churches (1948-1975). "Conversation is claimed as a mode of theologizing and as an occasion when bonds of unity that celebrate rather than condemn differences may be created" (from the book's forward). AMAZON
• Miles, Margaret R. Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West. Boston: Beacon Press, 1989. Female nakedness, the author argues, has many meanings--but perhaps none so decisive as the evaluation by Christian church-men of women's bodies. An interdisciplinary investigation that incorporates insights from the fields of art history, theology, sociology and history of religions. AMAZON
• Oduyoye, Mercy Amba, and Fabella, Virginia, eds. With Passion and Compassion: Third World Women Doing Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989. "What does it mean to be a woman and a Christian in the Third World?" This question is responded to in essays by women (both Protestant and Roman Catholic) from Latin America, Asia and Africa. AMAZON
• Plaskow, Judith and Christ, Carol. Weaving the Visions. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1989. A critique of several prominent religious traditions (including the Jewish, the Christian and the Native American), this book was intended as a sequel to the authors' earlier Womanspirit Rising (published in 1979 and reissued in 1992). A variety of perspectives from the field of feminist spirituality are represented: black, white, Native African, Chicana, and Asain American. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Sears, Marge. Life-Cycle Celebrations for Women. Mystic, CT: Twenty-third Publications, 1989. Provides resources for communal celebrations in three categories: cycles of the body (menstruation, pregnancy, birth, menopause); the life-cycle (entry into adulthood, transitions, midlife, aging); and circles of relationship (with friends, the past, the earth). AMAZON
• Smith, Christine. Weaving the Sermon. Preaching in a Feminist Perspective. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1989. An analysis of the tasks and goals of preaching from a feminist theological perspective, wtih particular attention to global feminism. AMAZON
• Tamez, Elsa, ed. Through Her Eyes: Women's Theology in Latin America. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989. This book's contributors reexamine a variety of "classic" theological themes from the perspective of Latin American women: Christology, trinitarian theology, the meaning of the "kingdom of God," sexual identity and Christian spirituality. AMAZON
• Welch, Sharon D. A Feminist Ethic of Risk. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989. The author uses fiction by African-American women (e.g., Nobel Prize Laureate Toni Morrison) in order to explore such questions as these: "What does it mean to work for social transformation in the face of seemingly insurmountable suffering and evil? How can we sustain energy, hope and commitment in the face of unrelenting social and political crises?" A vision of life is offered that attempts to empower people to keep working for justice in spite of the temptation to despair. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• World Council of Churches. Churches in Solidarity with Women: Worship and Meditation Resources for the Ecumenical Decade 1988-1998. Geneva, WCC, 1989. A rich collection of essays marking the contribution of women to European Christianity from the time of the Church Fathers to the twentieth century. AMAZON

1990

• Bach, Alice, ed. The Pleasure of Her Text. Feminist Readings of Biblical and Historical Texts. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990. A collection of essays on critical feminist hermeneutics, including Bach's "The Pleasure of Her Text" (pp. 25-44) and Ellen Ross's "Human Persons as Images of the Divine: A Reconsideration" (pp. 97-116). AMAZON
• Chittister, Joan. Job's Daughters: Women and Power. 1990 Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1990. Examines the various kinds of power (as analyzed by Rollo May: exploitative, competitive, manipulative, nurturant, and integrative) and the ways it is legitimated (by law, tradition, and custom). Outlines a new vision of the world based on women's experience. AMAZON
• Chung, Hyun Kyung. Struggle to be the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women's Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1990. This book describes, in stories and first-person accounts by women, the feminist theologies that are presently emerging in Asia. AMAZON
• Coon, Lynda L., et al., eds. That Gentle Strength: Historical Perspectives on Women in Christianity. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1990. Historical essays on early Christian women; women in the Byzantine, medieval and Reformation periods; women in seventeenth-century France (the nuns of Port Royal); and women in colonial and nineteenth-century America. AMAZON
• Diamond, Irene and Orenstein, Gloria Feman, eds. Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990. A common theme unites this multicultural collection of articles, poetry and essays--viz., that there is an unholy alliance between the degradation of women and the destruction of the environment. AMAZON
• Farmer, David and Hunter, Edwina, eds. And Blessed is She. Sermons by Women. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. A collection of sermons, with introductions and reflections, by women preachers of both the past and the present. AMAZON
• Frankiel, Tamar. The Voice of Sarah: Feminine Spirituality and Traditional Judaism. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1990. "As women," the author writes, "we are in a privileged position in opening the channels of the world to the divine flow. . .What happens through our Jewish [ritual] practice is nothing less than a realignment of the world, preparing the world to accept goodness and truth that have never before been revealed. Women are spiritual midwives in rebirthing the world. . ." (56). Part 2 of the book pays particular attention to the role of women in Jewish ritual (54-101). AMAZON
• Giles, Mary E. The Book of Prayer of Sor Maria of Santo Domingo: A Study and Translation. State University of New York Press, 1990. A study of women's spirituality in sixteenth-century Spain, as reflected in the work of a nun who wrote an account of her revelations in prayer. AMAZON
• Grey, Mary. Redeeming the Dream: Feminism, Redemption, and Christian Tradition. London: SPCK, 1990. Considers whether redemption, as a theological symbol, is relevant in today's world; focuses especially on the relevance of this symbol to women and to women's issues. AMAZON
• Hagen, June Steffensen, ed. Gender Matters: Women's Studies for the Christian Community. Grand Rapids: Zondervan [Academie Books], 1990. A look a feminist theology and biblical hermeneutics from a more conservative, evangelical Christian perspective. The essay on "Theology and Feminism" (25-48) offers assessments of contemporary feminist theologians (among them, Rosemary Radford Reuther, Letty Russell, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, and Phyllis Trible) and also deals with inclusive language and God-talk. AMAZON
• Hughes, Kathleen. How Firm a Foundation: Voices of the Early Liturgical Movement. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1990. Presents, in their own words, the women and men who led the movement toward liturgical reform in the twentieth century. Includes sections on Florence Berger, Ade Bethune, Dorothy Coddington, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Cecilia Himebaugh, Therese Mueller, Jane Marie Murray, Mary Perkins Ryan, Kathryn Sullivan, Justine Ward and Mary Fabyan Windeatt. AMAZON
• Loades, Ann, ed. Feminist Theology: A Reader. London: SPCK, 1990. A collections of essays divided into three parts: "Biblical Tradition and Interpretation;" "Christian History and Tradition;" and "Practical Consequences." Includes essays by Phyllis Trible ("Feminist Hermeneutics and Biblical Studies," pp. 23-29), Elisabeth Schuessler FIorenza ("Missionaries, Apostles, Co-workers; Romans 16 and the Reconstruction of Women's Early Christian History," 57-71), Rosemary Radford Reuther ("The Liberation of Christology from Patriarchy," 138-148), and Gail Ramshaw ("Letters for God's Name--Q and W" and "The Gender of God," 165-180). AMAZON
• Mauck, Marchita B. Shaping a House for the Church. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1990. The author (who has a Ph.D. in Art History, as well as graduate degrees in liturgical studies) discusses the things a parish community should consider when planning to build a new worship space or renovate an old one. AMAZON
• Plaskow, Judith. Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. A systematic reinterpretation of Jewish theology from a feminist point of view. Pays special attention to questions of God-language, to the "new concept of community" imaged in the religion of Israel, and to the role of Torah in a Feminist Judaism. AMAZON
• Procter-Smith, Marjorie. In Her Own Rite: Constructing Feminist Liturgical Tradition. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990. Addresses the need for dialogue between the liturgical and feminist movements, and explores basic issues such as inclusive langugage (verbal, visual, physical), language about God, preaching and the role of the Bible, and sacramental celebration. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Ramshaw, Gail. Richer Fare: Reflections on the Sunday Readings. New York: Pueblo, 1990. A collection of texts that comment on the Sunday scriptures, drawn from sources ranging from a homily by Melito of Sardis (second century) to the writings of activist Dorothy Day (twentieth century). AMAZON
• Ramshaw, Gail. Words Around the Fire. Reflections on the Scriptures of the Easter Vigil. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1990. A book designed to reflect on the "dear but sometimes outrageous words we hear" around the fire at the Easter Vigil--designed to lead catechumens and already-baptized Christians toward the celebration of that night. AMAZON
• Ramshaw, Gail. Worship: Searching for Language. Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1990. A thoughtful, sometimes disturbing, analysis of the language Christians use to describe and celebrate the mystery of God. AMAZON
• Selvidge, Marla J. Woman, Cult, and Miracle Recital. A Redactional Critical Investigation on Mark 5.24-35. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1990. Among the ancients (including ancient Christians), the menstrual cycles of women were considered cause for banishing them from cultic activities. The result was a diminishment of women's status among both Jews and Gentiles. This book examines both the Judaic and Greco-Roman influences on Mark, and concludes that this gospel "intimates that it is the woman who legitimately perceives, recognizes, and intuitively understands, the voice of God. . .Woman is, and should be God's representative of the people." AMAZON
• Sheils, W.J., and Wood Diana, eds. Women in the Church: Papers Read at the 1989 Summer Meeting and the 1990 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society. (Studies in Church History, 27). Oxford: Blackwell, 1990. A full collection which offers "a historical assessment of the activities of women in the Church from the first century until the present day. AMAZON
• Teubal, Savina J. Hagar the Egyptian: The Lost Tradition of the Matriarchs. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1990. Using pre-Judaic religious and legal codes from the ancient world (Babylonia, Assyria, Mesopotamia, Egypt), the author illuminates what is often concealed or distorted in the canonical Hebrew Scriptures: viz., the stories of women. AMAZON
• Thistlethwaite, Susan Brooks, and Engel, Mary Potter, eds. Lift Every Voice: Constructing Christian Theologies from the Underside. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. This multicultural collection of essays explores a wide variety of liberation theologies from around the world, with special attention to the experiences of Africans, Asians, Native Americans and feminists. Included are essays on the significance of ritual, especially for marginalized groups (41-48; 231-244). AMAZON
• Underhill, Evelyn. The Ways of the Spirit. Edited and introduced by Grace Adolphsen Brame. New York: Crossroad, 1990. Four retreats (previously unpublished) given to lay people by Underhill during the 1920s. They deal especially with themes of prayer, holiness and the love of God, and most include Underhill's recommendations for "preparatory worship" (psalms, hymnody, prayer). AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Upton, Julia. A Church for the Next Generation. Sacraments in Transition. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990. Outlines the process of reform and recovery of the tradition, which eventually led to the publication of the RCIA (a model for revitalizing other sacraments through involvement of the entire parish community). AMAZON
• White, Susan J. Art, Architecture, and Liturgical Reform. The Liturgical Arts Society (1928-1972). New York: Pueblo, 1990. Presents the history and purposes of the Liturgical Arts Society whose journal (published for four decades) influenced many American artists and architects responbile for building or renovating Christian churches.
• Wire, Antoinette Clark. The Corinthian Women Prophets: A Reconstruction through Paul's Rhetoric. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990. The author is particularly interested in reflecting as accurate a picture as possible of the women prophets in the church of first-century Corinth, "their behavior, daily and occasional, their position in society and the church, and their values and theology." AMAZON
• Walker, Barbara G. Women's Rituals: A Sourcebook. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. Offers a wide range of techniques, procedures and suggestions for group or individual rituals that can help women explore and deepen their spiritual lives. Includes rituals for menstruation, menopause, healing after rape, and other important times in women's lives. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Winter, Miriam Therese. WomanWord: A Feminist Lectionary and Psalter: Women of the New Testament. New York: Crossroad, 1990. A resource that celebrates the women of the early Christian heritage; includes readings, psalms, and prayers for dozens of worship servies, as well as liturgies of the word for commemorating each of the women in the New Testament. AMAZON

1991

• Aggeler, Maureen. Mind Your Metaphors: A Critique of Language in the BIshops' Pastoral Letters on the Role of Women. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1991. Listens closely to the metaphors used in the bishops' pastorals as an essential key to their interpretation--and then applies Thomas Kuhn's theory of paradigm shift "to discover whether the metaphors revealed an insight about the revolutionary change needed in the structures to accomodate women's full participation" in the church's life. AMAZON
• Anderson, Sherry and Hopkins, Patricia. The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women. New York: Bantam, 1991. "This is a book that invites women to define for themselves what is sacred, to find an indwelling source of spiritual sustenance in themselves, in communion with others, and with the divine . . . By themselves, and in groups, women are explolring the spiritual dimension of their lives, praying meditating, creating ritual, and paying attention to their dreams, symbols and metaphors." (From the Forward by Jean Shinoda Bolen). AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Becher, Jeanne, ed. Women, Religion and Sexuality. Studies on the Impact of Religious Teaching on Women. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1991. Essays (sponsored by the World Council of Churches' Sub-Unit on Women) that explore the effects of religious tradition on women from a wide variety of cultures, East and West (Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant). Of special interest: Rosemary Radford Ruether's essay, "Catholicism, Women, Body and Sexuality: A Response" (pp. 221-232). AMAZON
• Bloch, R. Howard. Medieval Misogyny and the Invention of Western Romantic Love. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. A scholarly study that shows the striking similarity between the antifeminism of medieval times and its supposed antidote, the "romantic idealization" of women. AMAZON
• Brereton, Virginia Lieson. From Sin to Salvation: Stories of Women's Conversions, 1800 to the Present. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991. The author's purpose is to write about female conversion experiences in order to "extend our knowledge of conversion narratives by exploring the successors of Puritan versions down to the present, tracing their slow evolution from a genre describing a nearly universal Protestant experience in the nineteenth century to their less central position in the twentieth, as they became largely confined to conservative Evangelicals."AMAZON
• Bynum, Caroline Walker. Fragmentation and Redemption. Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion. New York: Zone Book (distirubted by MIT Press), 1991. This collection of essays uses major twentieth-century intellectual figures as keys to a better understanding of late medieval religion-especially on issues of gender roles and the body, and the "somatic quality of women's piety." AMAZON
• Byrne, Lavinia. The Hidden Tradition: Women's Spiritual Writings Rediscovered. London: SPCK, 1991. An anthology of texts by Christian women of every historical period, covering such topics as the Divine indwelling, vocation, prayer and worship, ministry. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Carmody, Denise. Religious Woman: Contemporary Reflections on Eastern Texts. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Reflections on sacred texts reflecting the religious lives of women from the Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese and Japanese traditions. The author seeks both to elucidate the cultural and historical background of each passage and to suggest its significance for contemporary feminists. AMAZON~~POWELLS
• Carr, Anne and SchÜssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth, eds. The Special Nature of Women? Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1991. Deals with "women's difference" in society and church, how this difference has been constructed in various cultures, and the theological implications of recognizing the difference. AMAZON
• Cooey, Paula M., et al., eds. After Patriarchy: Feminist Transformations of the World Religions. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1991. This collection of essays deals with a question common to all religions that claim a worldwide membership: Are these bodies so dominated by patriarchal and androcentric concerns that they cannot change--or do they contain seeds that will enable them to reach out to meet the social and religious needs of women? AMAZON
• Darr, Katheryn. Far More Precious than Jewels: Perspectives on Biblical Women. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1991. Offers critical, rabbinical and feminist perspectives on women central in the Hebrew Scriptures--Sarah, Hagar, Ruth, Esther. AMAZON
• Finnegan, Mary. The Women of Helfta: Scholars and Mystics. Revised edition. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991. Views the thirteenth-century northern Saxon monastery of St. Mary of Helfta as a "center of literary and artistic culture" and as a school of spirituality. The book covers the period of the height of the monastery's renown, from 1251 to 1302, when the mystics Gertrude the Great, Mechtild of Hackeborn, and Mechtild of Magdeburg lived at Helfta. AMAZON
• Furlong, Monica. A Dangerous Delight: Women and Power in the Church. London: SPCK, 1991. The author explores how Christian androcentrists have stereotyped women (e.g., as "the harlot and the witch," as "unclean," as "mother and madonna") and how women view themselves; also deals with the question of inclusive language (pp. 69-87). AMAZON
• Gritz, Sharon. Paul, Women Teachers and the Mother Goddess at Ephesus. A Study of 1 Timothy 2.9-15 in Light of the Religious and Cultural Milieu of the First Century. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1991. This historical and interpretive study of 1 Tim 2.9-15 also examines the status and role of Jewish and Gentile women in Ephesus, the larger role of women in Judaism, Jesus' teaching on women, and Paul's relation to women. AMAZON
• Hughes, Kathleen. Monk's Tale: A Biography of Godfrey Diekmann. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991. A biography of the monk who for many years was editor of Worship and who served as a peritus at the Second Vatican Council. AMAZON
• Johnson, Penelope D. Equal in Monastic Profession: Religious Women in Medieval France. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. AMAZON
• Keene, Jane A. A Winter's Song: A Liturgy for Women Seeking Healing from Sexual Abuse in Childhood. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1991. Following an introduction which explains how and why this book came to be, the author presents a liturgy composed of readings, prayers and affirmations. AMAZON
• Leckey, Dolores. Women and Creativity. 1991 Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1991. Explores the foundations of creativity (courage), the structures of creativity (home, convent, the women's movement), and "religious and lay women in alliance" (care for the earth, partnership between women and men, children's advocacy and care). AMAZON
• Leslie, Julia, ed. Roles and Rituals for Hindu Women. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson (distributed by Associated University Presses), 1991. These essays deal with all aspects of women's ritual roles in Hinduism--as wife (pp. 15-67), homemaker (71-127), dancers (129-171) and ascetics (173-231); includes an extensive bibliography (233-250). AMAZON
• Levine, Elizabeth Resnick, ed. A Ceremonies Sampler: New Rites, Celebrations and Observances of Jewish Women. Woman's Institute for Continuing Jewish Education, 1991. The book's four sections include ceremonies of pregnancy, birth and mothering; healing and leave-taking; maturation and milestones; and holiday celebrations. AMAZON
• McEwan, Dorothea, ed. Women Experiencing Church: A Documentation of Alienation. Ridgefield, CT: Morehouse Publishing, 1991. Essays that include stories of conversion, analyses of the problems women have with the church as an institution, and descriptions of new forms of service. AMAZON
• Milhaven, Annie Lally, ed. Sermons Seldom Heard: Women Proclaim their Lives. New York: Crossroad, 1991. AMAZON
• Mitchell, Rosemary Catalano and Ricciuti, Gail Anderson Birthings and Blessings: Liberating Worship for the Inclusive Church. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Born as a "Protestant expression of worship that was women-directed and women-oriented as well as inclusive," this book explains the values and methods behind the services, and contains many liturgies for various occasions and parish seasons. AMAZON
• Moltmann-Wendel, Elisabeth and Moltmann, Juergen. God--His and Hers. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Discusses the need for new images of God's being and presence and the impact of women's experience on a changing Christianity. AMAZON
• Muto, Susan. Womanspirit. Reclaiming the Deep Feminine in our Human Spirituality