Carole A. Rayburn is a clinical, consulting, and research psychologist in the Independent Practice of Psychology, Silver Spring, MD. A fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions on General, Clinical, Consulting, Family and Youth, Media, and International Psychology, and the Psychology of Women, the Psychology of Religion, Psychotherapy, and the Psychology of State Psychogical Affairs, she is a past president of the APA Division of the Psychology of Religion, the APA Division on Clinical Psychology's Section on the Clinical Psychology of Women, the Maryland Psychological Association, and currently is the president of the Montgomery County (MD) National Organization for Women. Currently she is serving as the Fellows Committee Chair of the APA Division of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Rayburn has authored, developed, and copyrighted 22 inventories.Lillian Comas-Díaz is the Executive Director of the Transcultural Mental Health Institute, a Clinical Professor at the George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a private practitioner in Washington, D.C. The former director of the American Psychological Association's Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs, Dr. Comas-Díaz was also the director of the Yale University Department of Psychiatry Hispanic Clinic. She is the senior editor of two textbooks, Clinical Guidelines in Cross Cultural Mental Health, and Women of Color: Integrating Ethnic and Gender Identities in Psychotherapy. Additionally, she is the Founding Editor in Chief of the American Psychological Association Division 45 official journal, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She is a member of numerous editorial boards, and currently serves as an Associate Editor of the American Psychologist.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentDedicationIntroduction1. World Views and Women's Spirituality (Eileen Eppig)2. Saving Grace of Spirituality (Carole Rayburn)3. The Goddess Has Returned! (Darlene Prestbo and Hazel Staats-Westover)4. Women, Science, and Spirituality (Kathleen Reedy)5. My "Friendship" with Women Saints (Oliva Espin)6. Illuminating the Black Madonna (Lillian Comas-Dáz)7. My Personal Views on Women, Spirituality, and Tibetan Buddhism (Renate Wewerka)8. American Indian Women and Spirituality (Rose L.Weahkee)9. Spirituality and Resilience of Filipinos (Asuncion Miteria Austria)10. Stepping Stones in a Full Life (Jane Simon)11. Spirituality: An Eclectic Force in Life (Aphrodite Clamar)12 Living Kabbalah. (Marcella Bakur-Weiner)13. African-American Women, Religion, and Oppression (Beverly Greene)14. Colors of the Invisible (Janet Pfunder)15. Journeying in Twilight (Mary Anne Siderits)16. A Quiet Soul Listens to Her (Mary Gregerson)17. Hindu Spirituality, Female Identity, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Usha Tummala-Narra)18. Spiritual Awareness Psychotherapy with Families and Children (Lisa Miller)19. Strange Attractors or Hand of God (Lee Richmond)20. What Does Spirituality Mean to Me? (Guerda Nicolas, Angela M. DeSilva, Maria Coutinho, and Kimberly Prater)21. A WomanSoul Quest (Carole Rayburn and Lillian Comas-Díaz)About Our ContributorsIndex

Carole A. Rayburn is a clinical, consulting, and research psychologist in the Independent Practice of Psychology, Silver Spring, MD. A fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions on General, Clinical, Consulting, Family and Youth, Media, and International Psychology, and the Psychology of Women, the Psychology of Religion, Psychotherapy, and the Psychology of State Psychogical Affairs, she is a past president of the APA Division of the Psychology of Religion, the APA Division on Clinical Psychology's Section on the Clinical Psychology of Women, the Maryland Psychological Association, and currently is the president of the Montgomery County (MD) National Organization for Women. Currently she is serving as the Fellows Committee Chair of the APA Division of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Rayburn has authored, developed, and copyrighted 22 inventories.Lillian Comas-Díaz is the Executive Director of the Transcultural Mental Health Institute, a Clinical Professor at the George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a private practitioner in Washington, D.C. The former director of the American Psychological Association's Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs, Dr. Comas-Díaz was also the director of the Yale University Department of Psychiatry Hispanic Clinic. She is the senior editor of two textbooks, Clinical Guidelines in Cross Cultural Mental Health, and Women of Color: Integrating Ethnic and Gender Identities in Psychotherapy. Additionally, she is the Founding Editor in Chief of the American Psychological Association Division 45 official journal, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She is a member of numerous editorial boards, and currently serves as an Associate Editor of the American Psychologist.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentDedicationIntroduction1. World Views and Women's Spirituality (Eileen Eppig)2. Saving Grace of Spirituality (Carole Rayburn)3. The Goddess Has Returned! (Darlene Prestbo and Hazel Staats-Westover)4. Women, Science, and Spirituality (Kathleen Reedy)5. My "Friendship" with Women Saints (Oliva Espin)6. Illuminating the Black Madonna (Lillian Comas-Dáz)7. My Personal Views on Women, Spirituality, and Tibetan Buddhism (Renate Wewerka)8. American Indian Women and Spirituality (Rose L.Weahkee)9. Spirituality and Resilience of Filipinos (Asuncion Miteria Austria)10. Stepping Stones in a Full Life (Jane Simon)11. Spirituality: An Eclectic Force in Life (Aphrodite Clamar)12 Living Kabbalah. (Marcella Bakur-Weiner)13. African-American Women, Religion, and Oppression (Beverly Greene)14. Colors of the Invisible (Janet Pfunder)15. Journeying in Twilight (Mary Anne Siderits)16. A Quiet Soul Listens to Her (Mary Gregerson)17. Hindu Spirituality, Female Identity, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Usha Tummala-Narra)18. Spiritual Awareness Psychotherapy with Families and Children (Lisa Miller)19. Strange Attractors or Hand of God (Lee Richmond)20. What Does Spirituality Mean to Me? (Guerda Nicolas, Angela M. DeSilva, Maria Coutinho, and Kimberly Prater)21. A WomanSoul Quest (Carole Rayburn and Lillian Comas-Díaz)About Our ContributorsIndex

Carole A. Rayburn is a clinical, consulting, and research psychologist in the Independent Practice of Psychology, Silver Spring, MD. A fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions on General, Clinical, Consulting, Family and Youth, Media, and International Psychology, and the Psychology of Women, the Psychology of Religion, Psychotherapy, and the Psychology of State Psychogical Affairs, she is a past president of the APA Division of the Psychology of Religion, the APA Division on Clinical Psychology's Section on the Clinical Psychology of Women, the Maryland Psychological Association, and currently is the president of the Montgomery County (MD) National Organization for Women. Currently she is serving as the Fellows Committee Chair of the APA Division of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Rayburn has authored, developed, and copyrighted 22 inventories.Lillian Comas-Díaz is the Executive Director of the Transcultural Mental Health Institute, a Clinical Professor at the George Washington University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a private practitioner in Washington, D.C. The former director of the American Psychological Association's Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs, Dr. Comas-Díaz was also the director of the Yale University Department of Psychiatry Hispanic Clinic. She is the senior editor of two textbooks, Clinical Guidelines in Cross Cultural Mental Health, and Women of Color: Integrating Ethnic and Gender Identities in Psychotherapy. Additionally, she is the Founding Editor in Chief of the American Psychological Association Division 45 official journal, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. She is a member of numerous editorial boards, and currently serves as an Associate Editor of the American Psychologist.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentDedicationIntroduction1. World Views and Women's Spirituality (Eileen Eppig)2. Saving Grace of Spirituality (Carole Rayburn)3. The Goddess Has Returned! (Darlene Prestbo and Hazel Staats-Westover)4. Women, Science, and Spirituality (Kathleen Reedy)5. My "Friendship" with Women Saints (Oliva Espin)6. Illuminating the Black Madonna (Lillian Comas-Dáz)7. My Personal Views on Women, Spirituality, and Tibetan Buddhism (Renate Wewerka)8. American Indian Women and Spirituality (Rose L.Weahkee)9. Spirituality and Resilience of Filipinos (Asuncion Miteria Austria)10. Stepping Stones in a Full Life (Jane Simon)11. Spirituality: An Eclectic Force in Life (Aphrodite Clamar)12 Living Kabbalah. (Marcella Bakur-Weiner)13. African-American Women, Religion, and Oppression (Beverly Greene)14. Colors of the Invisible (Janet Pfunder)15. Journeying in Twilight (Mary Anne Siderits)16. A Quiet Soul Listens to Her (Mary Gregerson)17. Hindu Spirituality, Female Identity, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Usha Tummala-Narra)18. Spiritual Awareness Psychotherapy with Families and Children (Lisa Miller)19. Strange Attractors or Hand of God (Lee Richmond)20. What Does Spirituality Mean to Me? (Guerda Nicolas, Angela M. DeSilva, Maria Coutinho, and Kimberly Prater)21. A WomanSoul Quest (Carole Rayburn and Lillian Comas-Díaz)About Our ContributorsIndex