Kirstin Aune is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Derby, UK. Sonya Sharma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada and Giselle Vincett is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

’... an excellent piece of academic work that will serve both as an impetus for further debate as well as a platform for future research. ... The volume brings together up-to-date research and raises significant theoretical issues on religion, gender and secularization.’ Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 'The primary contribution of the book lies in further empirically specifying the general insight that gender is a constructive aspect of how people as groups or as individuals are part of larger socio-historical developments such as secularization. Drawing upon women's voices and lived realities, it provides a well-founded critique of generalizing narratives about 'religion', 'secularism' and 'emancipation'. It also allows for comparative insights as the contributions are based upon the diverging experiences of women from various religious/secular, cultural, ethnic and national backgrounds. The book is therefore a must-read for those interested in comprehensive empirical accounts of the intersections between gender, religion, secularization and other 'markers' of sociopolitical differences.' Religion and Gender

• Contents: Introduction: women and secularization: one size does not fit all, Giselle Vincett, Sonya Sharma and Kristin Aune; Part 1 Christianity: Religious change in the West: watch the women, Penny Long Marler; Singleness and secularization: British evangelical women and church (dis)affiliation, Kristin Aune; When young women say 'yes': exploring the sexual selves of young Canadian women in Protestant churches, Sonya Sharma; Vocational habit(u)s: Catholic nuns in contemporary Poland, Marta Trzebiatowska. Part 2 Alternative Spiritualities: The spiritual revolution and the New Age gender puzzle: the sacralization of self in late modernity (1980-2000), Dick Houtman and Stef Aupers; The soul of soulless conditions: paganism, Goddess religion and witchcraft in Canada, Siân Reid; The fusers: new forms of spiritualized Christianity, Giselle Vincett; 'Because I'm worth it': religion and women's changing lives in the West, Linda Woodhead. Part 3 Islam : Counting women with faith: what quantitative data can reveal about Muslim women in 'secular' Britain, Serena Hussain; Real Islam in Kazan: reconfiguring the modern, knowledge and gender, Sarah Bracke; Being Muslim and being Canadian: how 2nd generation Muslim women create religious identities in 2 worlds, Rubina Ramji; Being seen by many eyes: Muslim immigrant women in the United States, Garbi Schmidt; Afterword, Mary Jo Neitz; Index.

Kirstin Aune is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Derby, UK. Sonya Sharma is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Canada and Giselle Vincett is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

’... an excellent piece of academic work that will serve both as an impetus for further debate as well as a platform for future research. ... The volume brings together up-to-date research and raises significant theoretical issues on religion, gender and secularization.’ Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 'The primary contribution of the book lies in further empirically specifying the general insight that gender is a constructive aspect of how people as groups or as individuals are part of larger socio-historical developments such as secularization. Drawing upon women's voices and lived realities, it provides a well-founded critique of generalizing narratives about 'religion', 'secularism' and 'emancipation'. It also allows for comparative insights as the contributions are based upon the diverging experiences of women from various religious/secular, cultural, ethnic and national backgrounds. The book is therefore a must-read for those interested in comprehensive empirical accounts of the intersections between gender, religion, secularization and other 'markers' of sociopolitical differences.' Religion and Gender

• Contents: Introduction: women and secularization: one size does not fit all, Giselle Vincett, Sonya Sharma and Kristin Aune; Part 1 Christianity: Religious change in the West: watch the women, Penny Long Marler; Singleness and secularization: British evangelical women and church (dis)affiliation, Kristin Aune; When young women say 'yes': exploring the sexual selves of young Canadian women in Protestant churches, Sonya Sharma; Vocational habit(u)s: Catholic nuns in contemporary Poland, Marta Trzebiatowska. Part 2 Alternative Spiritualities: The spiritual revolution and the New Age gender puzzle: the sacralization of self in late modernity (1980-2000), Dick Houtman and Stef Aupers; The soul of soulless conditions: paganism, Goddess religion and witchcraft in Canada, Siân Reid; The fusers: new forms of spiritualized Christianity, Giselle Vincett; 'Because I'm worth it': religion and women's changing lives in the West, Linda Woodhead. Part 3 Islam : Counting women with faith: what quantitative data can reveal about Muslim women in 'secular' Britain, Serena Hussain; Real Islam in Kazan: reconfiguring the modern, knowledge and gender, Sarah Bracke; Being Muslim and being Canadian: how 2nd generation Muslim women create religious identities in 2 worlds, Rubina Ramji; Being seen by many eyes: Muslim immigrant women in the United States, Garbi Schmidt; Afterword, Mary Jo Neitz; Index.