Queer Women and Religious Individualism

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments   ix Map of Los Angeles   xii 1 Beyond the Congregation   1 2 Setting the Stage: Historical Contexts   16 3 Queering the Spiritual Marketplace   43 4 Negotiating Religion: Continuity, Conversion, Innovation   81 5 Tiles in the Mosaic: Organizations as Resources   132 6 Building a Mosaic: The Sacred (and the) Self   165 7 Queer Women, Religion, and Postmodernity   196 Appendix A. Biographical Summaries   213 Appendix B. Methods and Methodological Considerations   217 Appendix C. Interview Schedules   228 Notes   233 Selected Bibliography   261 Index   267 ...