-Are women hindered or encouraged to give nfull expression to their religious experience?
-How far do the different religious traditions draw on feminine symbols in speaking about ultimate reality?
-To what extent do women take part in ritual and religious practices or hold positions of authority?
-What is the actual religious experience of women, and how do women choose to follow a religious life?
"King provides excellent introductions to the three sections of this book, Historical and Systematic Perspectives. Contemporary Perspectives, and Feminist Reflections. Her essay [on Feminism and Transformation of Religious Consciousness] is oustanding, pointing the way to 'a new religion, a new spirituality, and a new mysticism,' which will profoundly affect our notion of God and our understanding of human persons."
- Frances Sullivan, Religious Studies Review