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This article is from the Feminism References FAQ, by Cindy Tittle Moore tittle@netcom.com with numerous contributions by others.

Religion:

Adler, Margot. _Drawing Down the Moon_. Revised edition.

BeaconPress, Boston. 1986. ISBN: 0-8070-3253-0.

This has a chapter on "Women, Feminism, and the Craft". It

places feminist wicca in one of its contexts. Otherwise the book

ismainly about neopaganism.

Armstrong, Karen. _The Gospel According to Woman_. Anchor

Books,Doubleday. 1987. ISBN: 0-385-24079-1 (trade paperback).

A provocative interpretation of the history of women in

Christianity. In particular, there are interesting parallels

between the Virgins (who could stay separate from men) of

Christian history and latter-day feminists.

Beck, Evelyn Torton, ed. _Nice Jewish Girls. A Lesbian

Anthology_.

Revised and updated. Beacon Press, Boston. 1989.

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler. _Bread Not Stone_. Beacon Press,

Boston. 1984. ISBN: 0-8070-1103-7 (trade paperback).

Feminist biblical interpretation.

Greenberg, Blu. _On Women and Judaism: A View from

Tradition_. Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia.

1981.

This discusses conflicts between Orthodox Judaism and 

feminism,and suggests resolutions of the conflicts within the

boundaries of Jewish law.

Hampson, Daphne. _Theology and Feminism_. Basil Blackwell 

Ltd/Inc.

1990. ISBN: 0-631-14944-9.

Discusses the limitations of Christianity from a feminist

perspective, and suggests ways for moving beyond Christianity.

Heine, Susanne. _Women and Early Christianity: A Reappriasal_.

Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis. 1988. ISBN: 0-8066-

2359-4.

Documents the strength of influence women had in early

Christianity, uses this as basis for concluding that Christianity

need not be anti-woman. Originally published in German under

_Frauen der Fru:hen Christenheit_.

Heschel, Susannah. _On Being a Jewish Feminist: A Reader_. Schocken,
1984.

Kaye/Kantrowitz, Melanie and Irena Klepfisz. _The Tribe of Dina:
A Jewish Women's Anthology_. Beacon Press. 1989.

Koltun, Elizabeth. _The Jewish Woman: New Perspectives_. Schocken
Books, 1976.

Miles, Margaret R. . _Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and 

Religious Meaning in the Christian West_. Beacon Press, Boston. 

1989.

Looks at how images of the female body have shaped and been 

shaped by religious and social forces. Although most of the

emphasis is mediaeval, It has a final chapter that looks at a

modern perspective. Has an excellent section on Hildegard von

Bingen,one of the few female writers of the middle ages.

Pagel, Elaine. _Adam, Eve, and The Serpent_. Random House, 

New York.1988. 

Also, _The Gnostic Gospels_. Vintage Books

edition,Random House, New York. 1989.

The former is a thorough exploration of how the Genesis myth is

inextricably interwined with western culture views of women. The

latter shows how the early Christian church although initially

receptive to women became patriarchal.

Plaskow, Judith. _Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism From A

Feminist Perspective_. Harper Collins, 1990. ISBN 0-06-066684-6.

Plaskow discusses conflicts between Judaism and feminism, and

suggests ways to make Judaism into a feminist religion.

Ruther, Rosmary Radford. _Women-Church. Theology and

Practice of Feminist Liturgical Communities_. ISBN 0-06-066834-2.

This is a collection of liturgies for unconventional purposes

(i.e. A Coming-Out rite for a Lesbian). They are not so much

pagan as they are feminist. They ignore the distinctions between

Christian and non-Christian. The thesis of the book is in part

that women should create their own ritual without waiting for the

"church" to catch up with their reality. Ruther has written other

books with similar themes.

Schneider, Susan Weidman. _Jewish and Female_. Simon &

Schuster.

ISBN: 0-671-60439-2.

Sprentak, Charlene, ed. _The Politics of Women's Spirituality:

Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power within the Feminist

Movement_.

1982. ISBN. 0-385-17241-9.

This is a thick (590pp) sampler with short pieces by a number of

important authors. A few are written as responses to others

which gives a bit more sense of the dialog.

Starhawk. _The Spiral Dance_. 10th anniversary edition, revised.

Harper & Row, San Francisco. 1989. ISBN 0-06-250814-8.

This has clearly been a very influential book. Z. Budapest is

another mother of feminist wicca from the same era; Starhawk

seems a bit more readable and less cookbook-like.

Stone, Merlin. _When God Was a Woman_. Harcourt Brace

Jovanovich,Publishers. 1976. ISBN: 0-15-696158-X (trade 

paperback).

Historical revisionist view of early matriarchal & female-based

worship.