One of a series of lists of suggested books for reading groups on women's history.

Women and Religion

Sublists, depending on your particular interest:

Jewish and Christian Scriptures

The Word According to Eve : Women and the Bible in Ancient Times and Our Own
by Cullen Murphy

Listen to Her Voice : Women of the Hebrew Bible
by Miki Raver

The Hebrew Goddess
by Raphael Patai, Merlin Stone (Designer)

Roman Catholic Saints

Catherine of Siena : A Biography
by Anne B. Baldwin

Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179 : A Visionary Life
by Sabina Flanagan

Secrets of God : Writings of Hildegard of Bingen
by Hildegard, Sabina Flanagan

She's not canonized, but many consider her saintly:
The Long Loneliness : An Autobiography
by Dorothy Day, Daniel Berrigan (Designer)

Feminist Approaches to the History of Women and Religion

New Woman New Earth : Sexist Ideologies and Human Liberation
by Rosemary Radford Ruether

Diving Deep and Surfacing : Women Writers on Spiritual Quest
by Carol P. Christ

Womanspirit Rising : A Feminist Reader in Religion
by Carol P. Christ, Judith Plaskow (Editor)

In Memory of Her : A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins
by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, et al

Sexism and God-Talk : Toward a Feminist Theology
by Rosemary Radford Ruether

Womanguides : Readings Toward a Feminist Theology
by Rosemary Radford Ruether(Editor)
excellent anthology of readings from ancient history to contemporary (1980s) sources

Beyond God the Father : Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
by Mary Daly

Rebirth of the Goddess : Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality
by Carol P. Christ

Damned Women : Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England
by Elizabeth Reis

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