Canadian Women Shaping Diasporic Religious Identities

Becky R. Lee is an associate professor in Humanities at York University. Her research and teaching are concerned with the intersection of religion and gender. A historian of religion, Lee's research has focused primarily on birthing rites in the middle ages. Her teaching centres on more contemporary issues including the relationship between religion and marginalization. Terry Tak-ling Woo teaches in the Humanities Department at York University. She is interested in the roles women occupy and negotiate for themselves through religion. Her publications include ""Chinese and Korean Religions"" in Oxtoby and Amore (eds.), World Religions; and ""Emotions and Self-cultivation in Nü Lunyu (A Woman's Analects).

Table of Contents for Canadian Women Shaping Diasporic Religious Identities, edited by Becky R. Lee and Terry Tak-ling Woo

Section I: Christianity and Judaism in Newfoundland, Ontario, and Alberta
1. ""He's My Best Friend"": Relationality, Materiality, and the Manipulation of Motherhood in Devotion to St Gerard Majella in Newfoundland Marion Bowman
2. ""She Couldn't Come to the Table 'til She Was Churched"": Anglican Women, Childbirth, and Embodied Christian Practice in Conception Bay, Newfoundland Bonnie Morgan
3. On the Margins of Church and Society: Roman Catholic Feminisms in English-Speaking Canada Becky R. Lee
4. Unveiling Leah: Examining Women's Voices in Two Canadian Jewish Worship Services Aviva Goldberg
Section II: New Religions in Canada
5. Charity Chicks: A Discourse-Analysis of Religious Self-Identification by Rural Canadian Mormon Women Katherine Power
6. ""The Whole World Opened Up"": Women in Canadian Theosophy Gillian McCann
7. Belief, Identity, and Social Action in the Lives of Bahá'í Women Lynn Echevarria
Section III: South Asian Religions in Southwest Ontario
8. Being Hindu in Canada: Experiences of Women Anne Pearson and Preeti Nayak
9. Women in Hinduism: Ritual Leadership in the Adhi Parasakthi Temple Society of Canada Nanette Spina