Welcome to the Sacramento Women & Faith website.

Do you feel a sense of satisfaction when you hear that a woman is able to share her exploration and examinination of issues deeply rooted in her spiritual tradition?

Do you sometimes find that the expression of your faith feels incomplete?

Are you aware of how many of the world's religious traditions have historically been ordered in such a way as to relegate roles based on gender? With women's voices being largely unheard?

Do you feel that the world has an urgent need to hear the wisdom that women can bring to their faith? To feel the strength and compassion that women can bring to their community?

Purpose

Sacramento Women & Faith (SacWaF) attempts to address some of these needs and concerns raised above by providing a meeting and discussion ground for women and men to read of, write about, and hear lectures by prominent women of various spiritual traditions.

Whether a women is Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu, SacWaF would like to invite a conversation on her perspective on how her tradition has shaped her life and shaped her spititual growth. SacWaF would like to hear about her traditions in her own words.

Although SacWaF is not intended as an interfaith dialogue, it may be that there are similarities and differences among the religious traditions that come to light in these discussions. Similarly, although the politics of feminism is not the intended subject matter, it may be that this will sometimes be considered in the course conversations.

We at SacWaF would like to offer these readings, writings, and lectures with the hope that you will be inspired to contribute to the community of all in ways that are consistent with what you might learn at SacWaF.