Nonfiction on feminism & religion
1. 
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women
by:
Sarah Bessey
3.90 avg rating β 12,277 ratings 2. 
Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health
by:
Wylin D. Wilson
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 4 ratings 
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"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
by:
Asma Barlas
4.26 avg rating β 1,386 ratings 5. 
In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins 4.11 avg rating β 393 ratings
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Catholic and Feminist: The Surprising History of the American Catholic Feminist Movement
by:
Mary J. Henold
3.69 avg rating β 32 ratings 
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Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne
by:
Wilda C. Gafney
4.63 avg rating β 695 ratings 14. 
Pauli Murray: The Autobiography of a Black Activist, Feminist, Lawyer, Priest, and Poet
by:
Pauli Murray
4.50 avg rating β 101 ratings 16. 
Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective
by:
Amina Wadud
4.23 avg rating β 2,312 ratings 
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Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective
by:
Judith Plaskow
4.05 avg rating β 389 ratings 19. 
Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
by:
Mary Daly
3.93 avg rating β 866 ratings 19. 
Radical Suburbs: Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City 3.85 avg rating β 341 ratings
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Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism
by:
Rita M. Gross
3.84 avg rating β 127 ratings 23. 
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness
by:
Alice Walker
4.07 avg rating β 992 ratings 
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New Jewish Feminism: Probing the Past, Forging the Future
by:
Anita Diamant
3.71 avg rating β 21 ratings 26. 
Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences
by:
Margot Badran
3.74 avg rating β 57 ratings 28. 
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
by:
Fatema Mernissi
3.96 avg rating β 1,286 ratings 
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A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by:
Jimmy Carter
4.04 avg rating β 2,220 ratings 
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American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
by:
Eve LaPlante
3.59 avg rating β 1,741 ratings 34. 
After Patriarchy: Feminist Transformations of the World Religions (Faith Meets Faith Series)
by:
Paula M. Cooey
3.53 avg rating β 19 ratings 35. 
Women and Goddess Traditions: In Antiquity and Today
by:
Karen L. King
3.50 avg rating β 12 ratings 35. 
Where We Must Stand: Ten Years of Feminist Mormon Housewives
by:
Sara K.S. Hanks
4.41 avg rating β 22 ratings 37. 
Islamic Gender Apartheid: Exposing a Veiled War Against Women
by:
Phyllis Chesler
4.11 avg rating β 9 ratings 38. 
Man's Dominion: The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights
by:
Sheila Jeffreys
4.08 avg rating β 48 ratings 39. 
Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis
by:
Haideh Moghissi
3.90 avg rating β 48 ratings 40. 
Refusing Holy Orders: Women and Fundamentalism in Britain
by:
Gita Sahgal
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 1 rating 41. 
The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology 4.14 avg rating β 35 ratings
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Nearly Orthodox: On being a modern woman in an ancient tradition 4.06 avg rating β 147 ratings
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A Serpentine Path: Mysteries of the Goddess
by:
Carol P. Christ
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 24 ratings 42. 
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At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst 4.20 avg rating β 323 ratings
42. 
A Few Hidden Truths: Islam and Indonesian Democracy in The Age of Terror really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 4 ratings
42. 
Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America
by:
Helen Tworkov
3.94 avg rating β 163 ratings 
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Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health
by:
Wylin D. Wilson
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 1 rating 52. 
Hagar, Sarah & Their Children: Jewish, Christian & Muslim Perspectives
by:
Phyllis Trible
3.91 avg rating β 89 ratings 52. 
Stay in the City: How Christian Faith is Flourishing in an Urban World
by:
Mark R Gornik
3.54 avg rating β 26 ratings 52. 
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Coloring Mandalas 3: Circles of the Sacred Feminine (An Adult Coloring Book) 4.23 avg rating β 52 ratings
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Sufi Narratives of Intimacy: Ibn 'ArabΔ«, Gender, and Sexuality
by:
Sadiyya Shaikh
4.27 avg rating β 56 ratings 57. 
The Ministry of Ordinary Places: Waking Up to God's Goodness Around You
by:
Shannan Martin
4.23 avg rating β 3,821 ratings 
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The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
by:
Sue Monk Kidd
3.99 avg rating β 10,833 ratings 60. 
The Birth of the Khalsa: A Feminist Re-memory of Sikh Identity really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 6 ratings
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The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women
by:
Laura Swan
3.97 avg rating β 283 ratings 
64. 
Feminist Approaches to the Bible: Symposium at the Smithsonian Institution September 24, 1994
by:
Phyllis Trible
4.29 avg rating β 31 ratings 
64. 
Weavers of Wisdom: Women Mystics of the Twentieth Century
by:
Anne Bancroft
4.12 avg rating β 26 ratings 68. 
Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives
by:
Phyllis Trible
4.34 avg rating β 641 ratings 68. 
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women
by:
Jane Hirshfield
4.36 avg rating β 476 ratings 68. 
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But God Remembered: Stories of Women from Creation to the Promised Land 4.23 avg rating β 39 ratings
71. 
The New Interpreter's Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha
by:
Anonymous
4.49 avg rating β 378 ratings 
77. 
Yentl's Revenge: The Next Wave of Jewish Feminism
by:
Susannah Heschel
3.91 avg rating β 217 ratings 77. 
Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah
by:
Phyllis Trible
4.31 avg rating β 42 ratings 
81. 
This-Worldly NibbΔna: A Buddhist-Feminist Social Ethic for Peacemaking in the Global Community
by:
Hsiao-Lan Hu
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β 4 ratings 81. 
God's Wisdom or the Devil's Envy: Death and Creation Deconstructing in The Wisdom of Solomon (ATF Biblical Series)
by:
Marie Turner
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 1 rating 81. 
Muslima Theology: The Voices of Muslim Women Theologians
by:
Ednan Aslan
4.20 avg rating β 5 ratings 84. 
The Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual Ethics, 1972-2003
by:
Judith Plaskow
4.15 avg rating β 72 ratings 
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Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam
by:
Asma Sayeed
4.05 avg rating β 83 ratings 88. 
She Who Dwells Within: A Feminist Vision of a Renewed Judaism
by:
Lynn Gottlieb
4.08 avg rating β 37 ratings 88. 
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
by:
Jay Allison
3.85 avg rating β 6,943 ratings 
91. 
Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature
by:
Miriam Cooke
3.67 avg rating β 39 ratings 91. 
The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati
by:
Wendy Garling
4.04 avg rating β 47 ratings 91. 
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Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam 4.31 avg rating β 29 ratings
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Talking Story: One Woman's Quest to Preserve Ancient Spiritual and Healing Traditions 4.03 avg rating β 31 ratings
98. 
Prepared for a Purpose: The Inspiring True Story of How One Woman Saved an Atlanta School Under Siege
by:
Antoinette Tuff
4.19 avg rating β 299 ratings 98. 
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Forever Different: A Memoir of One Woman's Journey Living with Bipolar Disorder 3.87 avg rating β 108 ratings