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

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Summary

"Recording for the first time the voices of women interpreting the... bond between the sacred and the sexual". -- Publishers Weekly

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Illustrations
Tables
Introduction
Acknowledgments
New Religious Feminine Roles	p. 1
Sex Polarity Groups
Mothers and Widows in Krishna Consciousness	p. 15
Lovers and Leaders in the Rajneesh Movement	p. 44
Sex Complementarity Groups
Sisters in the Unification Church	p. 75
Actualizers in the Institute of Applied Metaphysics	p. 105
Helpmeets in the Messianic Community	p. 133
Sex Unity Groups
Playmates in the Raelian Movement	p. 157
Secret Shamans in the Institute for the Development of the Harmonious Human Being	p. 188
Paradigms or Parodies?
Spiritual Solutions to Problems Besetting the Family	p. 209
Social Experimentation and Sexual Innovations	p. 238
Endnotes	p. 269
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 283
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