Drawn from over 55 individual, in-depth, qualitative interviews with women of faith in Malaysia and Britain, this book is a multi-faith, multi-cultural and cross-cultural comparative focus that explores women's religious expressions.

Sara Ashencaen Crabtree is Professor of Social and Cultural Diversity at Bournemouth University, UK. She has worked extensively in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and the Middle East and is widely published in the areas of gender, vulnerability, discrimination, disadvantage, cross-cultural issues and belief.

1. Searching for the Sacramental: An Introduction

2. Gender and Faith: A Critical Review

3. 'When Eve Delved': Fieldwork Reflections

4. What is it to be a Woman of Faith?

5. God the Patriarch and Other Relatives

6. The Sacred, Sacramental and Sex

7. The Damnable, Salvational and Salvageable

8. Conclusions and Contemplations