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American Women's History: Jewish Women
Bibliographies, journals, archives, and links to other sites are all included in this spare but excellent research guide from the Dinur Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible
This extensive exploration of sex in the Bible is presented by Ronald L. Ecker in "dictionary" format. It includes links to relevant biblical passages, a scholarly bibliography, an index, and links to related electronic resources.
Bibliography on Women and Religion
Compiled by Susan C. Lau from the University of Pittsburgh, this bibliography lists works by author, but is searchable by dates, key works, and titles.
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture: Christianity and Feminism
This bibliography is divided into sections on the Bible, Catholicism, the early church, liberation theology, Protestantism, and general theology. It also contains links to bibliographies of works by individual Christian feminist theologians from the Feminist Theory website by Kristin Switala.
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture: Feminism and Religion Bibliography
This page lists a dozen overview works on feminism and religion. It also contains links to more extensive bibliographies about women and feminism within specific religious traditions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, indigenous and ancient religions, Islam, Judaism, and spirituality).
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture: Hinduism and Feminism
This short bibliography from Kristin Switala lists a handful of articles about feminist themes in Hinduism.
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture: Judaism and Feminism
This list of more than 20 general works on feminism and Judaism is from Kristin Switala of Virginia Tech.
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture: Spirituality and Feminism
This short bibliography focuses on serious works about women's spirituality and goddess worship.
Dictionary of Feminist Theology
This electronic version of the book by Letty M. Russell and J. Shannon Clarkson is available in full to those within the "yale.edu" domain and in a limited version for everyone else. The bibliography lists hundreds of related works.
Frontline: Women in Early Christianity
From the website of the PBS special "From Jesus to Christ," this article by Karen King of Harvard University Divinity School explores women's important place in early Christianity.
Goddess Bibliography
This bibliography by Pat Monaghan, the author of Goddesses and Heroines, lists over 170 works on goddess cultures.
Hadassah Research Institute on Jewish Women
The publications page from the Hadassah International Research Institute on Jewish Women at Brandeis University includes downloadable "working papers" and bibliographies on a wide range of gender-related topics, from women in Judaism to Jewish masculinity.
Jewish Women in America Bibliography
This extensive annotated bibliography by Phyllis Holman Weisbard for the University of Wisconsin, Madison is divided into books, articles, collections, and archival resources pertaining to the history of Jewish women in America.
Sakyadhita International
The website for the International Association of Buddhist Women contains a bibliography, newsletters, and conference information, as well as links to other Buddhism resources.
University of California, Berkeley: Islam and Gender in the Malay World
Compiled for the International Gender Studies Resources website at the University of California, Berkeley, this bibliography lists over 80 works on women, gender, and Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Why I Can't Be a Nun
An introductory essay accompanies the full-text of this 15th-century ecclesiastical satire.
Women In Judaism
The website for this scholarly journal from the University of Toronto contains full-text of select articles from current and past issues.
Women in Islam
This collection of articles by and about Islamic women is hosted by the Muslim Students Association at the University of Southern California.
Women's Studies Section Core List: Religion
Jenifer Smith Holman lists over 50 overviews and anthologies related to religion on this "core list" for the Association of College and Research Libraries Women's Studies Section.
 
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