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Queer Women and Religious Individualism

Queer Women and Religious Individualism

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Publisher's Synopsis

Melissa M. Wilcox explores the complex spiritual lives of queer women in the Los Angeles area. She takes the reader on a tour of a colorful array of religious and secular groups that serve as spiritual resources for these women-from the well-known Metropolitan Community Churches to Wiccan covens, from the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Arguing that these women's stories are exemplary cases of postmodern patterns of religious identity, belief, and practice, Wilcox offers a nuanced analysis of contemporary Western spirituality and selfhood, and a detailed exploration of the history of queer religious organizing in Los Angeles. Queer Women and Religious Individualism is important reading for scholars in religious studies, sociology, women's studies, and LGBT studies.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780253221162
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 205.66
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 474g
Height: 237mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 20mm