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	Post-Feminism: Filling the Void (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Feminism was revitalized in the 1960's and 1970's in North America, attracting young women like me. As baby boomers who entered adulthood at a time of unprecedented prosperity, we were granted far more opportunities than those available to our mothers a generation earlier.
		Though feminism is often promoted as the bastion of liberty and self-fulfillment, in recent years the movement has fostered bondage, emptiness and brokenness.
		Disillusioned with feminism yet still longing for the sense of purpose that attracted them to the movement in the past, many women have turned to New Age spirituality and self-help gurus to fill the spiritual vacuum.
	www.lifetoolsforwomen.com /p/post-feminism.htm (1199 words)

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		Feminism is generally said 7 to have begun in 7 the 19th century as 9 people increasingly adopted the 9 perception that women 8 are oppressed in a 4 male-centered society (see 8 patriarchy).
		This form of feminism was popular in the so-called second wave (a "wave" being a large major change in general feminist ideas), though is not as prominent today, however many identify the word "feminism" to mean the ideas proposed by Radical feminism which is not the case.
		Some of the major 2 subtypes of feminism 3 are: Amazon feminism, 9 cultural feminism, ecofeminism, 6 libertarian feminism or individualist 6 feminism, material feminism, gender 9 feminism, French feminism, pop 5 feminism, liberal feminism, 1 sexually-liberal feminism/sex-positive feminism, 8 spiritual feminism, separatist 8 feminism and third-world 3 feminism.
	www.thub.net /feminism_.htm (2937 words)

	FEMINISM'S SPIRITUAL WAVE BY PYTHIA PEAY
		Previous advances in American feminism have rarely happened smoothly; the gains of one generation have often both shaped and conflicted with the ambitions of the next.
		Feminism’s new direction was perhaps most striking at the Women & Power conference, sponsored by the Omega Institute and V-Day in New York City last September.
		Meanwhile, as feminism allows more women to reach positions of power in American culture, increasing numbers have discovered that material success does not satisfy their hunger for meaning and connection.
	www.feminist.com /resources/artspeech/insp/spiritualwave.html (1258 words)

	the_venom_posse: "The woman I needed to call my mother was silenced before I was born." -- Adrienne Rich
		This form of feminism was popular in the so-called second wave (a "wave" being a large major change in general feminist ideas), though it is not as prominent today.
		Opponents of feminism claim that women's quest for external power, as opposed to the internal power to affect other people's ethics and values, has left a vacuum in the area of moral training, where women formerly held sway.
		There have been changes also in attitudes towards sexual morality and behaviour with the onset of second wave feminism and "the Pill": women are then more in control of their body, and are able to experience sex with more freedom than was previously socially accepted for them.
	community.livejournal.com /the_venom_posse/58965.html (3884 words)

	Mews Review
		To equate secular or modern with equality and feminism is as naïve and misinformed as equating faith and religion with anti-feminism.
		Muslim feminism is then a negotiation with modernity, accepting modernity (which emerged first in the West) yet presenting an “alternative” that is to look distinct and different from the West, Western modernism, and “Western feminism.” This is an attempt to “nativize” or legitimize feminist demands in order to avoid being cast as a Western import.
		But spiritual feminism and faith-based feminists cannot be much different from religious fundamentalists if they do not respect freedom of choice, and impose their version of feminism on secular, laic and atheist feminists.
	www.amews.org /review/reviewarticles/tohidi.htm (3063 words)

	<Currents Vol 3 No 1 Todd>
		In contrast to "socialized" spiritual narratives she uses "found" or "made" spiritual narratives to make sense of connections between the sacred and community organizing in her personal and professional life.
		The redemptive narratives of feminism and community organizing are made explicit, as perhaps are the ways in which feminist social work regulates bodies in the present towards an idealized, “better world.” Relations of race and class are at work in our stories.
		Once we established some "faithful" similarities between feminism and religion, we utilized religious metaphors to understand the ways in which feminism is taken up as an identity and a practice of community organizing.
	fsw.ucalgary.ca /currents/articles/todd_v3_n1.htm (5032 words)

	Spiritual Feminism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		African American feminism developed because African American women were able to recognize that status quo feminists could not represent the concerns of women of color.
		The terms "spirituality" and "spiritual formation", once reserved for the hushed halls of seminary life in a bygone era, are now being picked up in popular culture.
		Spiritual feminism could provide a means for physically challenged women to bond with women of color, and for women of color to bond with poor women of all races.
	members.aol.com /aawon2/spiritual.htm (2987 words)

	Jewish Social Studies--The Myth of Matriarchy in Recent Writings on Jewish Women's Spirituality
		This is a theme within non- Jewish spiritual feminism, and there, as in the Jewish context, it permits another transformation of the matriarchal myth: the moon losing its light is likened to women's loss of their womanly knowledge.
		The sex act becomes a spiritual and "higher" experience, however, when the couple is aware that their union has a parallel in the upper world.
		Feminism can be mined for this: women who need a lot of personal space, independence from men, and a feeling of empowerment can enjoy the twelve days of the month in which they determine their husbands must leave them alone.
	iupjournals.org /jss/jss4-1.html (10243 words)

	Religious feminism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prior to feminism, in some circles and within some denominations women were considered as morally inferior to men and the source of many temptations, especially sexual infidelity.
		These include polygamy, wife beating (under certain extreme conditions), the existence of houris in paradise, the lack of female imams and prophets, and demanding that women's first responsibility is to bear children.
		In the latter part of the 20th Century, feminism was influential in the rise of Neopaganism in the United States, and particularly the Dianic tradition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spiritual_feminism (1192 words)

	next-wave.org - the church and culture: Filling the spiritual void in a post-feminist world by Judy Rushfeldt
		To be relevant in reaching out to post-feminist women, I think we need to understand the spiritual shift that preceded the decline in feminist philosophy.
		Feminism was revitalized in the 1960’s and 1970’s in North America, attracting young women like me. As baby boomers who entered adulthood at a time of unprecedented prosperity, we were blessed with more choices and opportunities than were available to our mothers a generation earlier.
		In the midst of this spiritual vacuum, feminism became completely secularized, motivated primarily by the desire for self-fulfillment.
	www.next-wave.org /dec02/postfem.htm (1362 words)

	Freestone Innerprizes: Online Articles
		For too long the spiritual communities of the pagans and the yogis, the two philosophies I have studied for many years, have neglected to re-vision abortion.
		Vegetarianism and recognition of the Golden Rule and karma are part of the spiritual path and both yogis and pagans base their practices on doing no harm.
		Spirituality in its essence is reverence for life.
	www.freestone.org /articles/TheSword.html (5537 words)

	Whither feminism? \| media girl (mediagirl.org)
		Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women.
		While generally providing a critique of social relations, many proponents of feminism also focus on analyzing gender inequality and the promotion of women's rights, interests, and issues.
		I blame the media in the UK at least; feminism has become inextricably linked with lesbianism, which is another dirty word to a lot of women.
	mediagirl.org /node/80 (3219 words)

	When Spirituality and Feminism Collide
		Ask them what "spirituality" means, on the other hand, and they repeat words like "patience," "compassion," "acceptance," and "goodness" and indicate that as far as they can tell the two concepts couldn't be more remote from one another.
		The core of the problem, he realized, wasn't the external institutions that kept colonial rule in place, it was the internalized sense of their own inferiority that held Indians in a kind of hypnotic trance, making it impossible to challenge their foreign rulers.
		Certainly most of the nineteenth century advocates of suffrage for women were engaged -- and their feminism nourished -- in spiritual practices and communities of one kind or another, particularly in religions that were springing up in opposition to Calvinism.
	www.gracecathedral.org /enrichment/interviews/int_19980331.shtml (2031 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Feminism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Feminism is a set of social theories and political practices that are critical of past and current social relations and primarily motivated and
		Some of the major subtypes of feminism are: Amazon feminism, cultural feminism, ecofeminism, libertarian feminism or individualist feminism, material feminism, gender feminism, French feminism, pop feminism, liberal feminism, sexually-liberal feminism, spiritual feminism, separatist feminism and third-world feminism.
		Feminism in England has a very different face from in America; it is concerned more with social eqaulity and fulfilment, trying to counter 'roles' which are still being indoctrinated on this continent, mainly by the advertising industry and it 'labour saving' and 'home-making' projections of females.
	fusionanomaly.net /feminism.html (3385 words)

	Feminism \| 100777.com
		Feminism - from a former feminists' point of view
		Earlier this year it was reported that the sons of women exposed to phthalates during pregnancy tend to have smaller penises (New Scientist, 4 June, p 11).
		This was the first direct evidence that such chemicals can feminise fetuses in the womb.
	100777.com /feminism (2371 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Their work is grounded in spiritual practices and informed by spiritual perspectives.
		Spiritual feminism doesn't stop with women, it asks, rather, how we all might move together into radiant wholeness.
		She is currently a Fellow of the Spirituality and Health Institute at Santa Clara University.
	www.thesophiainstitute.org /shopsite_sc/store/html (1005 words)

	Amazon.com: Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance: Books: Helen, Ph.D. Hunt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Intelligent and heartfelt, Faith and Feminism offers a perceptive look at the lives of five spirited and spiritual women of history, women who combined their undying faith with feminist beliefs and who made the world a better place by doing so.
		If a feminist happened to refer to her spiritual life in "mixed company," she was likely to be met with an embarrassed silence.
		Increasingly, scholars acknowledge that American feminism was rooted in the abolitionist movement, and that religion played a central role in condemning the institution of slavery and substantiating the need for immediate abolition.
	www.amazon.com /Faith-Feminism-Helen-Ph-D-Hunt/dp/0743483723 (4926 words)

	Medusa Coils: Soul Harvest
		They are the most recent in what seems to be a inordinate number of spiritual and political feminists who have died in the last few years.
		They were true pioneers for the supposedly "silent" generation, perhaps lone voices until those younger joined them; or perhaps they came to feminism, to Goddess, late in life when others of that generation had already closed their minds.
		For now, we can be inspired by the contributions of those who have passed, respect and if necessary care for those of this innovative generation who are still with us, and together continue this work.
	medusacoils.blogspot.com /2006/09/soul-harvest.html (555 words)

	Bodhi Tree Bookstore Featured Lecturer: Charlotte Kasl, Ph.D. and her book "If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring ...
		She has a longtime involvement with social activism, feminism, Eastern spiritual practices, and alternative healing.
		She has written extensively on addiction, relationships, sexuality, and healing, and weaves together many aspects of spirituality and psychology to bring a holistic, empowering approach to her work.
		To do this, we need to differentiate from our past, which means the voices of our parents, teachers, religious systems, spiritual systems, and etc. These are simply voices in our minds, and the mind is just the mind, it's not who we are.
	www.bodhitree.com /lectures/kasl.html (2680 words)

	Radical Concepts
		calls herself an anarcha-feminist and stems from the social anarchist tradition with strong roots in radical feminism.
		She argues that the problems of feminism in anarchist politics stem from practice, as opposed to theory, which she contrasts with the conflicts between marxism and feminism.
		Usually, liberal feminism seeks to gain power for women within existing economic, political, and social structures.
	www.jagaimo.com /progress/def.html (1020 words)

	Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		I still remember my first brush with spiritual feminism as if it happened yesterday: I was no more than 9 years old, living in Kashmir, India, and sleeping in the lap of my saintly grandmother when I saw a love filled bright light which I knew was God.
		In this act of celebration and charity I saw that women are equal before God and that when he bestows his grace upon us we must reciprocate by connecting with those who are less fortunate as they too are equal in God's eyes.
		When my grandmother was 50 and I was about 9, I watched her remove her burqa as she adhered to the Islamic ruling that women beyond a marriageable age can give up their covering.
	www.nyspirit.com /Issue130/article1.html (425 words)

	Feminism (take two) - Screen-Gems
		I ask only in the context that some feminist look down upon women who wish to be housewives and/or stay at home moms etc, on the premise that in filling that ‘role’ they set back the Women’s Movement.
		Is the goal of feminism an aggressive pursuit of money, power, etc equal to what men have, or is about the right to choose which way a woman decides to live her life?
		Feminism serves to promote the idea (which is still considered "radical" by some men in this country) that a WOMAN CAN and SHOULD be able to do WHATEVER SHE WANTS.
	www.screen-gems.net /showthread.php?t=1901 (2042 words)

	AlterNet: The Religious Left Fights Back
		The Spiritual Covenant could give the Democrats and the Greens a coherent and spiritually sensitive platform that could do for them what Republican Newt Gingrich's Contract with America did for Republicans in the 1994 election, giving them enough coherence to win control of Congress if they were to seriously adopt it.
		Posted by: parise on Jul 28, 2005 7:02 AM the problem with incorporating spirituality into political thinking is that, whenever most people do, they are really talking about the god of the "great faiths" and what they really want is tolerance towards their religion to the point of that religions laws being everyones laws.
		I also appreciate his efforts to include "spiritual, but not religious, progressives." Those are the increasing number of people who have a strong, personal religious sensibility, but who do not accept the arbitrary authority of any organized religion being imposed on them.
	www.alternet.org /story/23725 (12035 words)

	Women at the 4th Turning - A Retreat with Carol Lee Flinders
		Carol Lee Flinders believes that the longing for depth, connection, and identity that fuels women's movements is just as truly a religious longing: "Feminism catches fire when it draws upon its inherent spirituality,” she maintains.
		Carol believes that the relationship between feminism and spirituality is so layered and complex that it is best approached from several angles: from one's own life experience as well as that of women mystics, spiritual activists, and.
		She will offer women a meditative practice that can be carried out in any religious tradition (or none!), and believes it is an ideal foundation for spiritually informed activism.
	www.awomansway.com /subjects/schedule/2007/Carol-Lee-Flinders.htm (608 words)

	the long-awaited fourth wave feminism - getcrafty.com
		I used to think it was just a generational thing, and I certainly like the whole thing that happened in the early 90s with the riot grrrl movement, although that fizzled out and we're once again in a world where men are the only ones seen as real musicmakers.
		I fear any "spiritual" feminism might quickly be taken over as "Christian" and that's not fair to those of us who see spirit in other forms.
		that feminine spirituality that they all share is likely a result of the fact that they all shared enough of the same ideals in the first place to be coming together for some women-across-faiths initiative, not because women have some special spirituality in how they practice religion.
	www.getcrafty.com /viewtopic.php?p=23223 (4184 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is hard to imagine that for centuries many spiritual women have defined themselves or reflected on their experience only as permanently marginalized persons in relation to the mainstream cultic and social life of their chosen faith or the faith they were raised in.
		Learning Objectives: After completing the course the students will be able to: Understand the archetype of the Justice worker and the effect this archetype has had on women’s roles emphasizing change in the esoteric forms of the individual practices and communally directed areas for social and ethical revisioning.
		Reevaluate women’s spiritual experience and bring it from the periphery of a structured religious setting to the center of a “reimagined” and active spiritual life on all levels of spiritual authority and leadership.
	www.ciis.edu /students/syllabisp05/PARW7536.doc (1176 words)

	Medusa Coils: July 2006
		Most Goddess feminists, for example, have no problem combining sexuality and spirituality; they also honor the various possibilities of women in relation to child-bearing and intellectual functioning in such mythologies as the triune Goddess of Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
		We'd like to add your Goddess and spiritual feminist events (and those you know about that are open to the public) no matter where in the world they are.
		Although a certain amount of "borrowing" from one spiritual path to another is common, it seems to us that much of what is going on today is an intentional slight of Goddess scholars and of women.
	medusacoils.blogspot.com /2006_07_01_medusacoils_archive.html (2837 words)

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