Alka Arora is an assistant professor in women’s spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. She is an expert on women and spiritual-based activism and Buddhism.

The Global Peace Initiative of Women works to develop and mobilize what it calls “spiritual energies” for the healing and benefit of the world. It is led by a group of international women spiritual leaders and practitioners with a main office in New York City and several satellites. Dena Merriam is its founder and convenor, and […]

Green Mountain Monastery is the home of a new order of Catholic women who align themselves with the teachings of Thomas Berry, the founder of the monastery. The sisters express their spirituality through the work of their hands and bodies, by creating dances and artwork and by making syrup. The monastery is in Green Mountain, […]

Girlfriends in God is a national Christian ministry that focuses on fostering women’s spirituality through a Christian lens. It is headed by three women, Sharon Jaynes, Gwen Smith and Mary Southerland. They are based in Huntersville, N.C., and hold conferences nationwide. Contact via the website.

Nikky Singh is a professor of religion at Colby College. She is an expert in Sikhism, Eastern sexuality, Indian women’s issues, major religions of northern India, role of women in religious literature, literary analysis of scripture, and religious themes in Western literature.

Ellen M. Umansky is a professor of religious studies at Fairfield University in Connecticut, where she teaches many courses, including one on women in Judaism. She focuses on Jewish history in the U.S. and England, leadership and women’s spirituality. She wrote the book From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews.

Lilian Calles Barger is an independent historian and the author of Eve’s Revenge: Women and a Spirituality of the Body, an examination of women’s relationships with their bodies and how that affects their Christianity. Contact via her website.