Part I. Woman, Family, and Environment. Balinese Dancers on the Global Stage: Negotiating Motherhood, Religion, and Politics during the Suharto Regime -- The Holy "Mother Who Is Not a Mother": Saradamani Chattopadhyay -- Crisis of Transnational Families and Restoration of a Medium's Marriage Life in Northeast Thailand -- Indian Women Through the Ages: Mother's Roles in Mythology, Current Practices, and Future Prospects.

Part II. Socioeconomics, Politics, Authority. From Secession to Social Activism: Muslim Women's Movements in the Philippines -- Speaking Shadows to Light: Vernacular Narrative as a Vehicle for Rajasthani Female Sādhus Voicing Vulnerability and Violence -- The Martyr Bomber Becomes a Goddess: Women, Theosis, and Sacrificial Violence in Sri Lanka -- Women of the Clouds: The Cordillera Religion and the Shaping of the Economic, Political, and Social Empowerment of Women.

Part III. Body, Mind, and Spirit. Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' Tomb -- Shakti's New Voice: Anandmurti Gurumaa and Female Empowerment -- Storytelling for Change: Women's Activism and the Theater of Pritham Chakravarthy -- Women Living Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Practice and Daily Life.

Part IV. Sexuality, Power, and Vulnerability. Losing Faith, Gaining Empowerment: Changing Identities of Devadasis in Karnataka, India -- A Politics of Empathy: Christianity and Women's Peace Activism in U.S. Military Prostitution in South Korea -- Transforming Trauma: From Partition Hauntings to Post 9/11 Angst in South Asian Cinema.

Part V. Women, Worldview, and Religious Practice. The Virtuous Life of a Thai Buddhist Nun -- Women in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society Groups -- From the Old Lady of the Grove to Ekatmika Bhava: Women's Mysticism, Devotion, and Possession Trance in Popular Bengali Shaktism -- The Rise of Female Vipassanā Meditation Teachers in Southeast Asia.