Zayn R. Kassam, PhD, is John Knox McLean Professor of Religious Studies at Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionZayn R. KassamPart I. Woman, Family, and Environment1. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage: Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto RegimeMaria Talamantes2. The Holy "Mother Who Is Not a Mother": Saradamani ChattopadhyayNarasingha P. Sil3. Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium's Marriage Life in Northeast ThailandVisisya Pinthongvijayakul4. Indian Women Through the Ages: Mother's Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future ProspectsLavanya VemsaniPart II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority5. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women's Movements in the PhilippinesVivienne SM Angeles6. Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female Sadhus Voicing Vulnerability and ViolenceAntoinette E. DeNapoli7. The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri LankaWilliam Harman8. Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of WomenJae Woo JangPart III. Body, Mind, and Spirit9. Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' TombAnru Lee and Wen-hui Anna Tang10. Shakti's New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female EmpowermentAngela Rudert11. Storytelling for Change: Women's Activism and the Theater of Pritham ChakravarthyKristen Rudisill12. Women Living Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Practice and Daily LifeLeesa S. DavisPart IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability13. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment: Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, IndiaNicole Aaron14. A Politics of Empathy: Christianity and Women's Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South KoreaKeun-Joo Christine Pae15. Transforming Trauma: From Partition Hauntings to Post 9/11 Angst in South Asian CinemaKhani BegumPart V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice16. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist NunPetcharat Lovichakorntikul, Phramaha Min Putthithanasombat, and John Walsh17. Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society GroupsPaola Cavaliere18. From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali ShaktismJune McDaniel19. The Rise of Female Vipassana Meditation Teachers in Southeast AsiaBrooke SchedneckAbbreviationsGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

The extensive back matter adds value. Graduate and upper undergraduate students will find rich material in areas such as intersectionality, socioeconomics, anthropology, and politics.

Zayn R. Kassam, PhD, is John Knox McLean Professor of Religious Studies at Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionZayn R. KassamPart I. Woman, Family, and Environment1. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage: Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto RegimeMaria Talamantes2. The Holy "Mother Who Is Not a Mother": Saradamani ChattopadhyayNarasingha P. Sil3. Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium's Marriage Life in Northeast ThailandVisisya Pinthongvijayakul4. Indian Women Through the Ages: Mother's Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future ProspectsLavanya VemsaniPart II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority5. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women's Movements in the PhilippinesVivienne SM Angeles6. Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female Sadhus Voicing Vulnerability and ViolenceAntoinette E. DeNapoli7. The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri LankaWilliam Harman8. Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of WomenJae Woo JangPart III. Body, Mind, and Spirit9. Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' TombAnru Lee and Wen-hui Anna Tang10. Shakti's New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female EmpowermentAngela Rudert11. Storytelling for Change: Women's Activism and the Theater of Pritham ChakravarthyKristen Rudisill12. Women Living Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Practice and Daily LifeLeesa S. DavisPart IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability13. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment: Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, IndiaNicole Aaron14. A Politics of Empathy: Christianity and Women's Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South KoreaKeun-Joo Christine Pae15. Transforming Trauma: From Partition Hauntings to Post 9/11 Angst in South Asian CinemaKhani BegumPart V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice16. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist NunPetcharat Lovichakorntikul, Phramaha Min Putthithanasombat, and John Walsh17. Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society GroupsPaola Cavaliere18. From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali ShaktismJune McDaniel19. The Rise of Female Vipassana Meditation Teachers in Southeast AsiaBrooke SchedneckAbbreviationsGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

The extensive back matter adds value. Graduate and upper undergraduate students will find rich material in areas such as intersectionality, socioeconomics, anthropology, and politics.

Zayn R. Kassam, PhD, is John Knox McLean Professor of Religious Studies at Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionZayn R. KassamPart I. Woman, Family, and Environment1. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage: Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto RegimeMaria Talamantes2. The Holy "Mother Who Is Not a Mother": Saradamani ChattopadhyayNarasingha P. Sil3. Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium's Marriage Life in Northeast ThailandVisisya Pinthongvijayakul4. Indian Women Through the Ages: Mother's Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future ProspectsLavanya VemsaniPart II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority5. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women's Movements in the PhilippinesVivienne SM Angeles6. Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female Sadhus Voicing Vulnerability and ViolenceAntoinette E. DeNapoli7. The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri LankaWilliam Harman8. Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of WomenJae Woo JangPart III. Body, Mind, and Spirit9. Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' TombAnru Lee and Wen-hui Anna Tang10. Shakti's New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female EmpowermentAngela Rudert11. Storytelling for Change: Women's Activism and the Theater of Pritham ChakravarthyKristen Rudisill12. Women Living Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Practice and Daily LifeLeesa S. DavisPart IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability13. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment: Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, IndiaNicole Aaron14. A Politics of Empathy: Christianity and Women's Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South KoreaKeun-Joo Christine Pae15. Transforming Trauma: From Partition Hauntings to Post 9/11 Angst in South Asian CinemaKhani BegumPart V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice16. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist NunPetcharat Lovichakorntikul, Phramaha Min Putthithanasombat, and John Walsh17. Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society GroupsPaola Cavaliere18. From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali ShaktismJune McDaniel19. The Rise of Female Vipassana Meditation Teachers in Southeast AsiaBrooke SchedneckAbbreviationsGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Editor and Contributors

The extensive back matter adds value. Graduate and upper undergraduate students will find rich material in areas such as intersectionality, socioeconomics, anthropology, and politics.