Includes bibliographical references.

African-American women and religious ritual / Melva Wilson Costen -- "She was born to be powerful": the witch and the Virgin Mary in Isthmus Zapotec belief narratives / Dana Everts-Boehm -- Twisting space: women, spirits, and Halloween / Karen Sue Hybertson -- Trespassing the boundaries: a reflection on men, women, and Jewish space / Barbara Borts -- Empowering spirits: women and zaar spirit possession / Sheila Webster Boneham -- Return to the dance: the power of ritual in "ordinary" lives / Shermie Schafer -- Ritual as acceptance/empowerment and rejection/disenfranchisement / Carole A. Rayburn -- Ritual creedal language and the statement of faith of the Evangelical Women's Caucus / Linda Coleman -- Bodyworship: the gender-masquerade of fashion, beauty, and style / Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi --

Expanding the X-axis: women, religious ritual, and culture / Lesley A. Northup -- Women revisioning religious rituals / Diann Neu -- Womanist ritual / Amitiyah Elayne Hyman -- Dismantling patriarchy--a redemptive vision: ritual and feminist critical theology in basic ecclesial communities / Anne R. Andersson.