Thema Bryant-Davis, PhD, is associate professor of psychology at Pepperdine University.Asuncion Miteria Austria, PhD, coedited Praeger's A Handbook for Women Mentors: Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity. Debra M. Kawahara, PhD, is associate professor at Alliant University.Diane J. Willis, PhD, is professor emeritus at University of Oklahoma.

• Introduction: Religion and Spirituality: Foundations of Resilience in Diverse Women's LivesThema Bryant-Davis, Anthea Gray, and Cecile BhangPART I: NATIVE AMERICAN/AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN1. Building Resilience through Indigenous Traditions: American Indian Women Gain Strength through Traditional Spiritual PracticesDolores Subia BigFoot and Iva GreyWolf2. Indigenous Women and Wisdom: An Eternal Chain of BeingWendy M. K. Peters and Jacqueline S. Gray3. Native Women: Voices from the Circle of LifePamela Jumper Thurman and Barbara A. PlestedPART II: WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT4. Toward a Positive Womanist Psychospirituality: Strengths, Gifts, and the Optimal Well-Being of Women of African DescentShelly Harrell, Ashley E. Coleman, and Tyonna P. Adams5. African American Women Coping with Trauma: The Impact of Spirituality and ReligiosityGimel Rogers6. Christian Religious Coping with HIV, Cancer, and Diabetes: African American Women and the Church's ResponseMonica U. Ellis7. Religious Behaviors and Beliefs among Haitian Women in the United StatesGuerda Nicolas, Lauren Smith, and Anna WheatleyPART III: WOMEN OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DESCENT8. Negotiating Multiple Cultures and Identities: Asian American Women and ChristianityGrace Kim9. Buddhism and Taoism in the Lives of Asian American WomenDiane S. Hayashino and Yuying Tsong10. Transformation through our Circle of FireYvonne N. Awana, Susana Ming Lowe, and Ann S. Yabusaki11. The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Sikh Women's LivesKiran S. K. Arora and Muninder K. AhluwaliaPART IV: LATINAS12. Santa María, Madre de Dios: Latinas, Religion, and SpiritualismEnedina García-Vázquez and Merranda Romero Marín13. La Diosa: Syncretistic Folk Spirituality among LatinasLillian Comas-DiazPART V: WHITE WOMEN14. Unitarian Universalism and Feminist Psychology: An Intellectual, Spiritual, Personal, Professional JourneyMargaret E. Madden15. Women, Spirituality, and Resilience: Women Saints (1098–1540) and Contemporary WomenLela A. Joscelyn16. Religion and Spirituality: Key Factors in Resilience in Coptic Orthodox WomenChristine E. Agaibi17. Feminism as a Source of Spiritual StrengthJoan C. Chrisler and Maureen C. McHughConclusion: The Path Forward: The Future Study of Spirituality, Religion, and Resilience among Ethnically Diverse WomenThema Bryant-Davis and Adriana AlejandreIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors

Thema Bryant-Davis, PhD, is associate professor of psychology at Pepperdine University.Asuncion Miteria Austria, PhD, coedited Praeger's A Handbook for Women Mentors: Transcending Barriers of Stereotype, Race, and Ethnicity. Debra M. Kawahara, PhD, is associate professor at Alliant University.Diane J. Willis, PhD, is professor emeritus at University of Oklahoma.

• Introduction: Religion and Spirituality: Foundations of Resilience in Diverse Women's LivesThema Bryant-Davis, Anthea Gray, and Cecile BhangPART I: NATIVE AMERICAN/AMERICAN INDIAN WOMEN1. Building Resilience through Indigenous Traditions: American Indian Women Gain Strength through Traditional Spiritual PracticesDolores Subia BigFoot and Iva GreyWolf2. Indigenous Women and Wisdom: An Eternal Chain of BeingWendy M. K. Peters and Jacqueline S. Gray3. Native Women: Voices from the Circle of LifePamela Jumper Thurman and Barbara A. PlestedPART II: WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT4. Toward a Positive Womanist Psychospirituality: Strengths, Gifts, and the Optimal Well-Being of Women of African DescentShelly Harrell, Ashley E. Coleman, and Tyonna P. Adams5. African American Women Coping with Trauma: The Impact of Spirituality and ReligiosityGimel Rogers6. Christian Religious Coping with HIV, Cancer, and Diabetes: African American Women and the Church's ResponseMonica U. Ellis7. Religious Behaviors and Beliefs among Haitian Women in the United StatesGuerda Nicolas, Lauren Smith, and Anna WheatleyPART III: WOMEN OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER DESCENT8. Negotiating Multiple Cultures and Identities: Asian American Women and ChristianityGrace Kim9. Buddhism and Taoism in the Lives of Asian American WomenDiane S. Hayashino and Yuying Tsong10. Transformation through our Circle of FireYvonne N. Awana, Susana Ming Lowe, and Ann S. Yabusaki11. The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Sikh Women's LivesKiran S. K. Arora and Muninder K. AhluwaliaPART IV: LATINAS12. Santa María, Madre de Dios: Latinas, Religion, and SpiritualismEnedina García-Vázquez and Merranda Romero Marín13. La Diosa: Syncretistic Folk Spirituality among LatinasLillian Comas-DiazPART V: WHITE WOMEN14. Unitarian Universalism and Feminist Psychology: An Intellectual, Spiritual, Personal, Professional JourneyMargaret E. Madden15. Women, Spirituality, and Resilience: Women Saints (1098–1540) and Contemporary WomenLela A. Joscelyn16. Religion and Spirituality: Key Factors in Resilience in Coptic Orthodox WomenChristine E. Agaibi17. Feminism as a Source of Spiritual StrengthJoan C. Chrisler and Maureen C. McHughConclusion: The Path Forward: The Future Study of Spirituality, Religion, and Resilience among Ethnically Diverse WomenThema Bryant-Davis and Adriana AlejandreIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors