Women's religious experience [electronic resource] / edited by Pat Holden.

First published in 1983.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Pat Holden -- 2. Mediums, controls and eminent men / Vieda Skultans -- 3. Theosophy and feminism : some explorations in nineteenth century biography / Diana Burfield -- 4. Doves and magpies : village women in the Greek Orthodox Church / Lucy Rushton -- 5. Gender and religion in a Turkish town : a comparison of two types of formal women's gatherings / Nancy Tapper -- 6. Essence and existence : women and religion in ancient Indian texts / Julia Leslie -- 7. Women, fertility and the worship of gods in a Hindu village / Catherine Thompson -- 8. Women in Judaism : the fact and the fiction / Julia Neuberger -- 9. Between law and custom : women's experience of Judaism / Jonathan Webber -- 10. Women excluded? Masking and masquerading in West Africa / Elizabeth Tonkin -- 11. Men, women and misfortune in Bunyole / Susan Reynolds Whyte.