Check these links out for further information on this week's topics!

Use these links as quick references and contextualizing material as well as for ideas about forms of related activism and community work. To really delve, you need to print and read all essays, or go look at books and articles in Further Reading.

Remember that materials on the web MUST be evaluated as critically as any other texts we consider in this course. For brief guidelines on thinking critically about the web, click HERE.

Rites of Passage

• First Moon
  Mother-daughter site in the U.S. advocating first menarche rituals for girls
  
  
• The Red Web Foundation
  Non-profit U.S. group dedicated to supporting a positive societal view of girls' and women's bodies and menstrual cycles from first menstruation (called menarche) through menopause.
  
  
• Bibliography on rites of passage for boys and men in the U.S.

Women and Islam

• Women in Islam
  Islamic site defending women's role in Islam
  
  
• Muslim Women's Homepage
  
  
• Webography on Women in Islam
  Extremely comprehensive listing of sites on women in Islam
  
  
• RAWA
  Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
  
  
• Afghan Women's Mission
  The Afghan Women's Mission works closely with RAWA to support health, educational, and other programs for Afghan women.

Methods

• Anthropology of Religion Overview
  Doug Padgett's site on the Anthropology of Religion; brief essay giving nice overview
  
  
• Anthro of Religion site
  AAA Anthro. of Religion's links site. Good collection of on-line resources on ritual and religion globally.