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Book Reviewed comes in this article
Feminist Perspectives in Therapy: An Empowerment Model for Women , J udith W orell and P am R emer
Women and Self-Help Culture , W endy S imonds
Working Out: New Directions for Women's Studies , H ilary H inds , A nn P hoenix, and J ackie S tacey
Feminist Knowledge: Critique and Construct , S neja G unew
The Knowledge Explosion: Generations of Feminist Scholarship , C heris K ramarae and D ale S pender
Motherhood: Meanings, Practices and Ideologies , A nn P hoenix , A nne W oollett, and E va L loyd
Mothering Psychoanalysis , J anet S ayers
Freud, Dora, and Vienna 1900 , H annah S. D ecker Gender Issues Across the Life Cycle , B arbara R ubin W ainrib     

BOOK REVIEWS

Contemporary Perspectives on Psychotherapy with Lesbians and Gay Men , TERRY S. STEIN AND CAROL COHEN (Eds.)
Women's Therapy Groups: Paradigms of Feminist Treatment , C laire M. B rody (Ed.)
A Mote in Freud Eye: From Psychoanalysis to the Psychology of Women , H. L erman
MEDIA REVIEWS
Just Between Sisters
Small Happiness
Critical Feminist Issues
Sexuality in Advertising
The Ultimate Test Animal
Not All Parents Are Straight
Surviving Sexual Abuse     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Rethinking Democracy: freedom and social cooperation in politics, economy and society . Carol C. Gould
Thinking about Nature: an investigation of nature, value and ecology . Andrew Brennan
Feminist Theory and the Philosophies of Man . Andrea Nye
Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy . Morwenna Griffiths & Margaret Whitford
Ethics in Nursing Practice . F. J. Fitzpatrick
Ethics, Technology and Medicine . David Braine & Harry Lesser
Cost and Choice in Health Care . Albert Weale (Ed.)
Politics, Innocence, and the Limits of Goodness . Peter Johnson     

New Feminist Work on Knowledge,Reason and Objectivity

The contributors to two new anthologies A Mind of One's Own: Feminist Essays on Reason and Objectivity (edited by Louise Antony and Charlene Witt) and Feminist Epistemologies (edited by Linda Alcoff and Elizabeth Potter) are philosophers for whom feminism is an intellectual as well as political commitment and they produce original, valuable feminist and philosophical work. I focus on differences between the anthologies and on two themes: the social character of knowledge and the allegedly oppressive “masculinism” of epistemological ideals.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
John Ryder, Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought
Maria Pia Lara, Moral Textures: Feminist Narratives in the Public Sphere     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed:
Amy Allen, The Power of Feminist Theory: Domination, Resistance, Solidarity
Hans Oberdiek, Tolerance: Between Forbearance and Acceptance
Jonathan Jacobs, Choosing Character: Responsibility for Virtue and Vice     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Origins of Satan, Elaine Pagels Lydia's Impatient Sisters: A Feminist History of Early Christianity, Luise Schottroff LAKierkegaard as Religious Thinker, David J. Gouwens LAThe Consecrated Life: Crossroads and Directions, Marcello Azevedo SJ LATertullian and the Church, David Rankin Judaism in the New Testament: Practices and Beliefs, Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner The Image of God: A Theology for Pastoral Care and Counseling, Leroy T. Howe Systematic Theology Volume 2: Doctrine, James W. McClendon Jr Journey into Truth: Spiritual Direction in the Anglican Tradition, Peter Ball Dictionary of Feminist Theologies, Letty M. Russell and J. Shannon Clarkson Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom - Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop, J.N.D. Keily The Kingdom of God: The Message of Jesus for Today, John Fuellenbach University of Birmingham The Religion of the People: Methodism and Popular Religion c. 1750–1900, David Hempton Religion and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland: From the Glorious Revolution to the Decline of Empire, David Hempton Nineteenth-Century English Religious Traditions: Retrospect and Propect, D.G. Paz Old Testament Theology Volume 1, Horst Dietrich Preuss Revelation and Reconciliation: A Window on Modernity, Stephen N. Williams Jesus Framed: Biblical Limits, George Aichele Women in the Presence: Constructing and Seeking Spirituality in Mainline Protestantism, Jody Shapiro Davie In Search of a Calling: The College's Role in Shaping Identity, Thomas O. Buford University of Birmingham Judges 1–5: A New Translation and Commentary, Barnabas Lindars SSF, edited by A.D.H. Mayes Escape from Paradise: Evil and Tragedy in Feminist Theology, Kathleen M. Sands Worship in Transition: The Twentieth-Century Liturgical Movement, John Fenwick and Bryan Spinks Encountering Illness: Voices in Pastoral and Theological Perspective, James Woodward Divine Meaning: Studies in Patristic Hermeneutics, Thomas F. Torrance Christian-Jewish Dialogue: A Reader, Helen P. Fry University of Birmingham From Women's Experience to Feminist Theology, Linda Hogan Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized, John Rist     

BOOK REVIEWS

Untold Lives: The First Generation of American Women Psychologists, E lizabeth S carborough and L aurel F urumoto
The Psychology of Gender: Advances through Meta-analysis, J anet S hibley H yde and M arcia C. L inn (Eds.)
Mirror, mirror … : The importance of looks in everyday life, E laine H atfield and S usan S precher
Beauty Bound, R ita F reedman
Women, Feminism, and Biology: The Feminist Challenge, L ynda B irke , (Ed.)
Science and Gender: A Critique of Biology and its Theories on Women, R uth B leier
Feminist Approaches to Science, R uth B leier (Ed.)
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men, A nne F austo -S terling
MEDIA REVIEWS
Miss … Or Myth?     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Discovering Reality: Feminist Perspectives on Epistenwlogy. Metaphysics, Methodology. and Philosophy of Science . Edited by Sandra Harding and Merrill B. Hintikka
Mary Vetterling-Braggin, editor, SEXIST LANGUAGE: A MODERN PHILDSOPHICAL ANALYSIS     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Women and Early Christianity: Are the Feminist Scholars Right? by Susanne Heine Beyond God the Father: Towards a Philosophy of Women's Liberation by Mary Daly, Beginning New Testament Study by Bruce Chilton     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Bohan, Janis S., Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance
Tolman, Deborah L. and Brydon-Miller, Mary (Eds.), From Subjects to Subjectivities: A Handbook of Interpretive and Participatory Methods
Lau Chin, Jean (Ed.), Relationships Among Asian American Women
Bevacqua, Maria, Rape on the Public Agenda: Feminism and the Politics of Sexual Assault
Janis S. Bohan, Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance
McMahon, Anthony, Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind
Wirth-Cauchon, Janet, Women and Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms and Stories
Chrisler, Joan C., Golden, Carla, and Rozee, Patricia (Eds.), Lectures on the Psychology of Women
Castle, David J., McGrath, John and Kulkarni, Jayashri (Eds.), Women and Schizophrenia
Crawford, Mary and Unger, Rhoda, In Our Own Words: Writings from Women's Lives (2nd Ed.)     

Book Reviews

Scruton, Roger Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey
Fraser, Nancy and Bartky, Sandra Lee (eds) Revaluing French Feminisms: Critical Essays on Difference, Agency and Culture
Friedman, Marilyn What are Friends For? Feminist Perspectives on Personal Relationships and Moral Theory     

Three Aspects of the Therapeutic Conversation in Couples Therapy

Abstract

Feminist scholars have revealed the importance of examining the influence of gender on the therapeutic process. Gender differences in the treatment of clients may reveal inequitable or traditionally Stereotypie treatment of clients by therapists. This study examined gender differences in three conversational strategies widely used by therapists: expressions of empathy or understanding, compliments or praise, and challenges or requests for change. Fourteen tapes of live therapy sessions conducted by “master” therapists were examined using an exploratory, qualitative methodology based on Conversation Analysis. Results of this exploration revealed that therapists who are not self identified as “feminist challenged female clients more than male clients, and complimented male clients more than female clients. Feminist therapists challenged male clients more than female clients, and complimented female clients more than male clients. Feminist therapists used more challenges designed to facilitate non-stereo-typic gender behavior in both male and female clients. Only male therapists used disrespectful challenges of female clients, and were more often disrespectful to female clients than to male clients. Implications for the therapist-client relationship and the feminist critique are provided.     

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Reviews in This Article
THE MORAL CASE AGAINST RELIGIOUS BELIEF by R. A. Sharpe SCM Press, London, 1997, pp
LIBERATING CONSCIENCE: Feminist Explorations in Moral Theology by Anne E. Patrick; SCM Press     

Review of Feminist Bioethics At the Center, On the Margins, edited by Jackie Leach Scully, Laurel E. Baldwin-Ragaven, Petya Fitzpatrick

Book details

Leach ScullyJackie, Baldwin-RagavenLaurel, Fitzpatrick Petya:Feminist Bioethics At the Center, On the Margins Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press 2010 Xiv307     

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Book reviewed in this article: Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads by Gil Bailie The Feminist Question: Feminist Theology in the Light of Christian Tradition by Francis Martin Doctrine: Systematic theology, Volume II by James Wm. McClendon, Jr. Pattern of Redemption: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar by Edward T. Oakes Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhowffer: The Promise of His Theology by Charles Marsh WITTGENSTEIN: A Religious Point of View? by Norman Malcolm, edited with a response by Peter Winch. God and the Philosophers: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason, Ed. Thomas V. Morris Reasoning and Rhetoric in Religion by Nancey C. Murphy A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity by Daniel Boyarin     

Constructing a Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust

The Female Face of God in Auschwitz: A Jewish Feminist Theology of the Holocaust , Melissa Raphael, Routledge 2003 (0-415-23665-7) pp. xii + 228, Pb. £18.99     

After the Crash:

This article chronicles the journey of a therapist and a lesbian feminist activist over the last thirty years. Her path has taken her through many different therapy experiences: Freudian psychoanalysis, Radical Psychiatry, encounter groups, women's groups, Gestalt Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Reichian Therapy, Bioenergetics, breath and movement therapy, and Integratice Body Psychotherapy (IBP). Synthesizing all she has experienced and studied, the author had developed Feminist Body Psychotherapy (FBT). Today her work integrates FBP with IBP, an approach similar to hers, which she experienced, studied and now teaches in Los Angeles. This article stresses the importance of integrating the body into psychotherapy to heal the mind-body split.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this Article
Luce Irigaray, Philosophy in the Feminine Margaret Whitford
Language and Sexual Difference: Feminist Writing in France Susan Sellers
Sita's Kitchen: a Testimony of Faith and Inquiry Ramchandra Gandhi
Problems in Personal Identity James Baillie
Indivisible Selves and Moral Practice Vinit Haksar
Personal Love Mark Fisher THOMAS JONES
Review of Four Books in The Kinship Library: STEPHEN BOSTOCK     

Women and Sin: Responses to Mary Elise Lowe

Responses to Mary Elise Lowe:
A Response to Mary Elise Lowe's Women Orientated Hamartilogies , by Paul Sponheim, p.229
Feminist Thinking on Sin: Thoughts on an Update , by MaryMcClintock Fulkerson, p.230
Women and Sin: Response to Mary Elise Lowe , byRosemary Radford Ruether, p.233