Book Reviews

Book Reviews are listed in order of the most recently published to the least.


Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles – Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/07/17/women-who-dig-by-trina-moyles-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/

GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN by Christena Cleveland, PhD – Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/04/14/book-review-god-is-a-black-woman-by-christena-cleveland-phd-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/


Eruptions of Inanna: Justice, Gender, and Erotic Power by Judy Grahn BOOK REVIEW by Carolyn Lee Boyd- https://feminismandreligion.com/2021/06/07/eruptions-of-inanna-justice-gender-and-erotic-power-by-judy-grahn-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/

Queering the American Dream by Angela Yarber, Book Review by Janet Maika’i Rudolph – https://feminismandreligion.com/2024/06/30/queering-the-american-dream-by-angela-yarber-book-review-by-janet-maikai-rudolph/


Desperately Seeking Persephone by Janet Rudolph, Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd, Part Two https://feminismandreligion.com/2024/05/30/desperately-seeking-persephone-by-janet-rudolph-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd-part-two/

Desperately Seeking Persephone by Janet Rudolph, Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd, Part One https://feminismandreligion.com/2024/05/29/desperately-seeking-persephone-by-janet-rudolph-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd-part-one/


Hijab: Word of God or Word of Man? By John Andrew Morrow: BOOK REVIEW by Esther Nelson – https://feminismandreligion.com/2024/02/29/hijab-word-of-god-or-word-of-man-by-john-andrew-morrow-book-review-by-esther-nelson/

Maternal Thinking: Gifts, Mothers’ Bodies, and Earth edited by Sid Reger, Mary Jo Neitz, Denise Mitten, and Simone Clunie; book review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2024/02/08/maternal-thinking-gifts-mothers-bodies-and-earth-edited-by-sid-reger-mary-jo-neitz-denise-mitten-and-simone-clunie-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/


Meeting the Melissae: The Ancient Greek Bee Priestesses of Demeter by Elizabeth Ashley, Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2024/01/05/meeting-the-melissae-the-ancient-greek-bee-priestesses-of-demeter-by-elizabeth-ashley-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/

Women in Greek Mythography: Pythias, Melissae and Titanides by Max Dashu, Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/12/16/women-in-greek-mythography-pythias-melissae-and-titanides-by-max-dashu-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/


My Life as a Prayer by Elizabeth Cunningham, book review by Janet Maika’i Rudolph – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/11/08/my-life-as-a-prayer-by-elizabeth-cunningham-book-review-by-janet-maikai-rudolph/

Women’s Sovereignty and Body Autonomy Beyond Roe v. Wade: Book Review by Beth Bartlett – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/10/26/womens-sovereignty-and-body-autonomy-beyond-roe-v-wade-book-review-by-beth-bartlett/


Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time by Kapka Kassabova, Book review by Laura Shannon – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/08/10/elixir-in-the-valley-at-the-end-of-time-by-kapka-kassabova-book-review-by-laura-shannon/

Emerging from the Underworld: a book review by Eline Kieft – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/06/02/emerging-from-the-underworld-a-book-review/


Goddess Lost: How the Downfall of Female Deities Degraded Women’s Status in World Cultures by Rachel S. McCoppin; book review by Margot Van Sluytman – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/05/31/goddess-lost-how-the-downfall-of-female-deities-degraded-womens-status-in-world-cultures-by-rachel-s-mccoppin-book-review-by-margot-van-sluytman/

TO SING WITH BARDS AND ANGELS by Iona Jenkins, Book Review by Janet Maika’i Rudolph – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/03/16/to-sing-with-bards-and-angels-by-iona-jenkins-book-review-by-janet-maikai-rudolph/


The Fifth Wound by Aurora Mattia, Book Review by Janet Maika’i Rudolph – https://feminismandreligion.com/2023/02/25/the-fifth-wound-by-aurora-mattia-book-review-by-janet-maikai-rudolph/

Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles – Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/07/17/women-who-dig-by-trina-moyles-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/


Adventure in Zanskar by Amy Edelstein – Book Review by Janet Maika’i Rudolph – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/04/20/adventure-in-zanskar-by-amy-edelstein-book-review-by-janet-maikai-rudolph/

GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN by Christena Cleveland, PhD – Book Review by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/04/14/book-review-god-is-a-black-woman-by-christena-cleveland-phd-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/


Walking With Aletheia by Jean Hargadon Wehner – Book Review by Janet Maika’i Rudolph – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/04/08/walking-with-aletheia-by-jean-hargdon-wehner-book-review-by-janet-maikai-rudolph/

A COMPLICATED CHOICE by Katey Zeh – Book Review by Esther Nelson – https://feminismandreligion.com/2022/03/26/book-review-by-esther-nelson-a-complicated-choice-by-katey-zeh/


Leonora Carrington’s THE HEARING TRUMPET – Book Review by Sally Abbott – https://feminismandreligion.com/2021/08/16/leonora-carringtons-the-hearing-trumpet-book-review-by-sally-abbott/

Eruptions of Inanna: Justice, Gender, and Erotic Power by Judy Grahn BOOK REVIEW by Carolyn Lee Boyd – https://feminismandreligion.com/2021/06/07/eruptions-of-inanna-justice-gender-and-erotic-power-by-judy-grahn-book-review-by-carolyn-lee-boyd/


ANNA’S DANCE: A BALKAN ODYSSEY by Michele Levy – Book Review by Joyce Zonana – https://feminismandreligion.com/2020/08/29/annas-dance-a-balkan-odyssey-by-michele-levy-book-review-by-joyce-zonana/


White Monkey Chronicles: Myth-busting in Eden BOOK REVIEW by BJ Austin – https://feminismandreligion.com/2019/09/29/white-monkey-chronicles-myth-busting-in-eden-book-review-by-bj-austin/

Pro-Choice and Christian: Reconciling Faith, Politics, and Justice BOOK REVIEW by Katie M. Deaver – https://feminismandreligion.com/2019/09/12/pro-choice-and-christian-reconciling-faith-politics-and-justice-book-review-by-katie-m-deaver/


Women v. Religion: The Case Against Faith and for Freedom BOOK REVIEW by Katie M. Deaver – https://feminismandreligion.com/2018/10/11/women-v-religion-the-case-against-faith-and-for-freedom-book-review-by-katie-m-deaver/



Bless This House: Creating Sacred Space Where You Live, Work & Travel by Mama Donna Henes – A Book Review by Joyce Zonana – https://feminismandreligion.com/2018/05/18/bless-this-house-creating-sacred-space-where-you-live-work-travel-by-mama-donna-henes-a-book-review-by-joyce-zonana/