Annual Review of Women in World Religions

This volume, Heroic Women, contains essays by Katherine Hansen, Fan Pen Chen, Sheila McDonough, Nalini Devdas, Marcia K. Hermansen , representing a broad range of academic circles.

• Kathryn HansenHeoric Modes of Women in Indian Myth, Ritual and History: The Tapasvini and the Virangana Nalini DevdasMother India, Mother Goddess and Militancy in Neo-Hinduism: The Role of Sister Nivedita Fan Pen ChenFemale Warriors, Magic and the Supernatural in Traditional Chinese Novels M. K. HermansenThe Female Hero in the Islamic Religious Tradition Sheila McDonoughFlorence Nightingale: A Study in Heroic Altruism