Woman Soul The Inner Life of Women`s Spirituality

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I. History of Women and a Spiritual Life Chapter 1: Worldviews and Women`s Spirituality Eileen Eppig Chapter 2: The Goddess Has Returned! Darlene Prestbo and Hazel Staats-Westover Chapter 3: The Saving Grace of Spirituality:Restoring Hope, Vitality, and Creative Joy Carols A. Rayburn Chapter 4: Women, Science, and Spirituality Kathleen Reedy Part II. The Healing Power of Spiritual Expression Chapter 5: My "Friendship" with Women Saints as a Source of Spirituality Oliva M. Espin Chapter 6: Illuminating the Black Madonna: A Healing Journey Lillian Comas-Diaz Chapter 7: View of Women, Spirituality, and Tibetan Buddhism Renate Wewerka Chapter 8: American Indian Women and Spirituality Rose L.Weahkee Chapter 9: Spirituality and Resilience of Filipinos Asuncion Miteria Austria Part III. Individual Journeys Chapter 10: Stepping Stones in a Full Life Jane Simon Chapter 11: Spirituality: An Eclectic Force in Life Aphrodite Clamar Chapter 12: Living Kabbalah Marcella Bakur Weiner Chapter 13: African American Women, Religion, and Oppression: The Use and Abuse of Spiritual Beliefs Beverly Greene Chapter 14: Colors of the Invisible: Sufi Healing Janet Pfunder Chapter 15: Journeying in Twilight: Agnosticism and Spirituality Mary Anne Siderits Chapter 16: A Quiet Soul Listens to Her: Women, Spirituality,and Psychology Mary Banks Gregerson Part IV. Applications to Mental Health Practice Chapter 17: Hindu Indian Spirituality, Female Identity, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Pratyusha Tummala-Narra Chapter 18: Spiritual Awareness in Life and Psychotherapy Lisa Miller Chapter 19: Strange Attractors or Hand of God: A Spiritual Journey Lee Richmond Chapter 20: Voicing My Own Gospel: Stories of Spirituality from Young Women Guerda Nicolas, Angela M. DeSilva, Maria Coutinho, and Kimberly Prater Part V. Conclusions A WomanSoul Quest Carole A. Rayburn and Lillian Comas-Diaz