Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: Women's Roles in New Religions

Women and Gender in Religion

by Susan J. Palmer

A study of women's roles and alternative patterns of sexuality in seven contemporary communal and millenarian movements. Based almost exclusively on interviews and first-hand data, this book will be of interest to scholars and students in communal and utopian studies, American religious history, and new religious movements. 10 illustrations. Index.

Genres: Religion

287 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1994

About the author

Canadian sociologist and author whose primary research interest is new religious movements.

She is a professor of Religious Studies at Dawson College in Montreal and an adjunct professor at Concordia University, teaching sociology of religion courses.