In the context of Women's Studies on US universities in the first decade of this century, this probably isn't a bad book. In a global context a decade later it has grave defects.

The 'multicultural' of the title is definitely a US multiculture. While some of the authors describe their early experiences in other (Asian) countries, all the authors live in the US. This leaves out not only a large part of the world all together, but even of those cultures included, there is no consideration of how an adult woman experiences these cultures. One of the contributers complains that in the US the cultual divide is Black/White, and other cultures don't count for much. Reading this from outside the US, I would add that the Black side is Afro-American, and that Africa doesn't seem to have any relevance after the end of the slave trade.

Many of the readings were over ten years old when included in the anthology, which makes them very dated now. It is not always obvious when an article was written and/ or when the events refered to take place.

It is also very heavily weighted against. It would have been interesting to read something by women who make 'standard' religion work for them.

I found most of the articles interesting, but the book as a whole is out of date and unbalanced. ( )