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Feminist Perspectives on Contemporary Expressions of Faith


FAITH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES

Bridges Across the Divide
(building respectful relationships among those who disagree about moral issues surrounding homosexuality, bisexuality and gender variance.)

Ecofeminist Philosophy
(Selected Web Sites on Environmental Philosophy and Ecofeminism)

Faith-based Social Justice Links
(From Pennsylvania Social Action Forum, rich site on issues from children to welfare reform)

Eve Online
(Ecofeminist Visions Emerging -- for a spiritual politic and a political spirituality)

Jubilee USA Network
(calls for major debt relief for the world's poorest countries -- world-wide religious coalition)

People of Faith Network
(a national, multi-faith coalition, uniting local congregations, clergy, faith-based activists concerned with economic globalization)

Shalom Center: Worlds of Action, Worlds of Spirit
(Teaching the long tradition of Jewish spiritually rooted efforts toward peace and justice)

National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
(a network of people of faith mobilizing to improve lives of low-wage workers)


RESOURCE WEB SITES

Beliefnet -- sprituality, religion and morality
(An independent and commercial multi-faith e-community providing information, inspiration, collections of experts and scholars as well as spiritual tools)

Hulda - Feminist Theology
(Theologian Rebecca Unsoeld's resources site for Christian and Jewish theology and religion--English and German)

Women, Feminism Links from Faith in Living
(Internet resources of value to students on the Faith in Living course at Luther King House, Manchester)

Women's Studies in Religion Program's Resource Site
(Academic site from Harvard University Divinity School, to promote interdisciplinary scholarship on women throughout the world's religions)

Starhawk's Home Page
(author of The Spiral Dance and other books linking an earth-based spirituality to action to change the world. Includes articles and unpublished writings, links to related groups and organizations, and resources for activists)

Dharma Net
(Online clearinghouse for Buddhist study and practice resources, including in-house databases and collections, as well as links to all online Buddhist resources. Coordinated by DharmaNet International and funded entirely through donations)

Women-Related Religion/Spirituality Sites
(Joan Koreman's links chosen as especially rich sources of information appropriate for an academic women's studies program)

Women and Religion Resources
(from the Graduate Theological Union's Library, Berkeley, California)

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
(promotes religious tolerance as a human right; full of commerical banners)

Jewish Feminist Resources
("Sometimes Jewish, sometimes feminist, sometimes both.")


JOURNALS

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Vox Feminarum: Canandia Journal of Feminist Spirituality
Awakened Woman: A Journal of Women's Spirituality
Lilith: the independent Jewish women's magazine
Insight Magazine Online
SojoNet: Sojourners Magazine Online
Tikkun Magazine
The Witness


ORGANIZATIONS

Ma'yan: The Jewish Women's Project
The Muslim Women's League
Sister Site: women religious and their friends
Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions (CPWR)
Friends General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
World Council of Churches


SCRIPTURES

Sacred Texts
(Links from Beliefnet to a variety of sacred texts of many world religions)

The Women's Bible
(Large sections online -- more to come -- of the classic by Elizabeth Cady Stanton)


ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND SACRED SPACES

An Introduction to Sacred Places
Sacred Geometry Links
Labyrinth Walking Online
Spiral Goddess Grove An online Sacred Temple of the Great Goddess
Reclaiming — a Community of people, a Tradition of Witchcraft, and a religious organization


WOMEN AND WORLD RELIGIONS

Women Active in Buddhism (WAiB)
(Women teachers, activists, scholars, nuns, and yoginis (practitioners), as well as teachings and special events, projects, organisations, bibliographic and contact information)


SPRITUAL PRACTICES

Start Where You Are -- Pema Chödrön
Why Meditate?
How To Yoga
Yoga Paths
Sacred Circles -- create your own Women's Sprituality Group
Spiritual Friendships
The Use of Queries in One's Work
Spiritual Journaling
Sabbath Keeping-- from the Valparaiso Project on the Education and Formation of People in Faith, sponsered by the Lilly Foundation
Feminist Mikva -- about the films "Water Rites" & "Ocean Avenue"
Tarot Spirituality
All One Tribe Foundation -- educating people worldwide about the physical, psychological and spiritual benefits of drumming
Confluences - Sacred Circle Dancing
The Labyrinth Society
Looking for Goddesses: Kwan Yin
Coyote Madonna - Mischevious art and spirituality!


WRITINGS AND INTERVIEWS

Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration), consensus document of the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago
Discovering Goddess Spirituality by Diane Rae Schulz (from Awakened Woman e-magazine)
The Dharma of Liberation an interview with Sharon Salzberg (from Tricycle Magazine)
Time Is All There Is an essay by Letty Cottin Pogrebin (from Tikkun Magazine)


SEMINARIES AND CONGREGATIONS

Princeton Theological Seminary
Insight Mediatation Society


BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Feminist Theology Online Bibliography
Neopaganism and Women's Spirituality Bibliography
Bibliography of Ignatian Spirituality for Women
Diotima's Religion Bibliography: Judaism, Early Christianity, and Late Antiquity
Bibliography on Women & Religion


SONGS AND MUSIC

Sweet Honey in the Rock
Ladyslipper Music by Women
Carolyn McDade: Songwriter, Spiritual Feminist, Social Activist
Caroline Lavelle: Spirit and Brilliant Midnight
Circle of Soul -- Singing collective that developed from a Women's Spirituality class
Desert Wind -- devotional Goddess recordings
Sacred Arts: Jennifer Berezan
Spiritual Sanctuary -- founded by musician K.J. Reynolds
Songbird Music -- Sephardic and Original Music by Lauren Pomerantz
Libana
Libby Roderick, Alaskan folksinger and activist
Lucia Hwong, Asian American composer


FEMINIST RESEARCH

Shakers and Shakerism -- a research guide from the New York Public Libraries


LARGE RESEARCH SITES

The American Religious Experience
The American Academy of Religion
American Religion Data Archive
Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture
Divining American, Religion and the National Culture
Faces of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals
The Pluralism Project


RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN DC AREA

Student Organizations at UMD -- includes individual campus religious groups and ministries
Religious Groups -- links from Washingtondc.com
Washington Mindfulness Community
Interfaith Alliance of Washington DC
Interfaith Conference of Washington DC
Churches in Washington DC -- from DC Registry
Wat Thai Washington DC
Jewish Community Links -- from DC Pages
Bet Mishpachah, the Gay and Lesbian Synagogue of Washington
Greater Washington Association of Unitarian Universalist Congregations
Shambhala Meditation Center of Washington DC
Friends Meeting Washington (Quakers)
Islamic Organizations of the National Capital Area
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington National Cathedral
Holy Redeemer Metropolitan Community Church in College Park -- all welcome, with a special ministry to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender communities


GETTING PLACES, COLLEGE PARK, WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Home Page (Metro and Buses)
Shuttle-UM: Frequently Asked Questions (including maps and times)
Campus Maps Home Page
Maps of College Park
Regional Transit Links


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