TY - BOOK ID - 77880302 TI - Queer women and religious individualism PY - 2009 SN - 1282539868 9786612539862 0253004020 9780253004024 9780253221162 0253221161 9780786443796 0786443790 9780253353511 0253353513 PB - Bloomington, IN DB - UniCat KW - Lesbians KW - Female gays KW - Female homosexuals KW - Gay females KW - Gay women KW - Gayelles KW - Gays, Female KW - Homosexuals, Female KW - Lesbian women KW - Sapphists KW - Women, Gay KW - Women homosexuals KW - Gays KW - Women KW - Social conditions. KW - Religious life UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77880302 AB - Melissa M. Wilcox explores the complex spiritual lives of queer women in the Los Angeles area. She takes the reader on a tour of a colorful array of religious and secular groups that serve as spiritual resources for these women -- from the well-known Metropolitan Community Churches to Wiccan covens, from the Gay and Lesbian Sierrans to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Arguing that these women's stories are exemplary cases of postmodern patterns of religious identity, belief, and practice, Wilcox offers a nuanced analysis of contemporary Western spirituality and selfhood, and a detailed exploration of the history of queer religious organizing in Los Angeles. Queer Women and Religious Individualism is important reading for scholars in religious studies, sociology, women's studies, and LGBT studies. ER -