Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Religion/Women in Religion series

In addition to writing, creating, and improving biographies about Women in Religion on Wikipedia, one of the goals of WikiProject Women in Religion is to increase content about them in the general scholarship. Our strategy is to provide secondary sources for Wikipedia editors and contributors to use to increase the content about women in religion on Wikipedia. To that end, we have participated in the publication of, as of the summer of 2023, three volumes of monographs, published by Atla Open Press and the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Planning is underway for a fourth volume in the series, the second to be published by the Parliament of the World's Religions. A call for proposals is now available, with an extended deadline for proposed chapters, now October 31, 2024. Acceptance notices will be sent November 15, 2024, with accepted chapters due by February 28, 2025. For those willing to circulate the call to others who might be interested in contributing, copy for a cover letter is available here.

If you would like to participate in this endeavor, please choose a subject in the lists below and when you are completed working on her Wikipedia bio, please place your username in the "Main WP editor" cell. Please use the monograph as one of your sources.

The WikiProject is conducting an experiment on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the creation of Wikipedia biographies, using the biographies in the volumes as "subjects" in the study. For more information, contact User:Clifford Anderson.

Volume 1: Claiming Notability

Claiming Notability for Women Activists in Religion (2020)

Edited by Colleen D. Hartung (User:Dzingle1), Wikiproject Women in Religion's co-founder, by Atla Open Press.

Consists of ten biographies of women underrepresented in Wikipedia and in academic literature.


Volume chapter	WP bio	Main WP editor	Notes
"Foreword: More Notable Than Thou" Mary E. Hunt, pp. i—iii	N.A.	N.A.
"Leveraging Notability: Defining, Critiquing and Strategically Engaging a Wikipedia Guideline" Colleen D. Hartung, pp. v—xxix	N.A.	N.A.
"Mae Eleanor Frey: Early 20th-century Pentecostal Matriarch" Deborah L. Fultrop, pp. 1—16	Mae Eleanor Frey	Christine (Figureskatingfan)
"Janet McKenzie: A Sacred Artist’s Life of Creative Activism" Elizabeth Ursic, pp. 17—39	Janet McKenzie	RosPost
"Miranda E. Shaw: A Passionate Path of Women’s Active Contributions in Tantric Buddhism" Janice L. Poss, pp. 41—59	Miranda E. Shaw	Jaireeodell
"Beatriz Melano: First Female Protestant Doctor of Theology in Latin America" Martha González Peréz, pp. 61—77	Beatriz Melano	Jaireeodell
"Bertha Mae Lillenas: How Women Are Lost to History" Melisa Ortiz Berry, pp. 79—95	Bertha Mae Lillenas	Jaireeodell
"Yvonne V. Delk: A 'Soul on Fire' for Justice" Mary C. "Polly" Hamlen, pp. 97—122	Yvonne V. Delk	PMCH2, Jaireeodell, Dzingle1
"Ida Weis Friend: Living Her Best Century" Rosalind Hinton, pp. 97—139	Ida Weis Friend	Gecko990	Good candidate for experiment.
"Shundō Aoyama Rōshi: Nurturing the Seeds of Zen" Karma Lekshe Tsomo, pp. 141—161	Aoyama Rōshi	Winifredwhelan
"Margaret Peoples Shirer: Explorer, Translator, and Proclaimer" Rosemarie Daher Kowalski, pp. 163—177	Margaret Peoples Shirer	Jaireeodell
"Ellen Margaret Leonard, CSJ: A Life of Transforming Grace" Mary Ellen Chown, pp. 179—208	Ellen Margaret Leonard	Engmaj

Volume 2: Challenging Bias

Volume 2 in the Women in Religion series, also edited by Colleen D. Hartung, was published by Atla Open Press in 2021 and was entitled Challenging Bias against Women Academics in Religion It focuses on female academics (teachers, professors, theologians, and scholars).


Volume chapter	WP bio	Main WP editor	Notes
"Creating Inclusive Biographical Narratives: A Disruptive Use of Sources and Writing Conventions" Colleen D. Hartung, pp. i—xxviii	N/A
"Carolyn Tennant: Prophet and Mystic at the Helm of Pentecostal Education, A Ballast in the Current of Change" Deborah Fulthorp, pp. 1—18	Carolyn Tennant		Good candidate for experiment.
"Mary Burt Messer: Christian Science Healer as Sociologist and Scholar" Jonathon Eder, pp. 19—44	Mary Burt Messer	Jaireeodell	Good candidate for experiment.
"Isabel Apawo Phiri: Centering the Voices of Women in Africa" Mary C. "Polly" Hamlen, pp. 45—78	Isabel Apawo Phiri	Melcous	Good candidate for experiment, adding content from volume to already-existing content.
"Stephanie Y. Mitchem:" Revolutionary Acts" Rosalind Hinton, pp. 79—103	Stephanie Mitchem	Jaireeodell	Good candidate for experiment.
"Traci C. West: Disruptive Activism, Ministry, and Scholarship" Carolyn Bratnober, pp. 105—124	Traci C. West	Alorde1	Good candidate for experiment, adding content from volume to already-existing content. As of June 2023, Challenging Bias is used for one source.
"Chanequa Walker-Barnes: 21st-century Womanist Advocate" Kimberly Carter, pp. 125—144	Chanequa Walker-Barnes	Melcous	Good candidate for experiment, adding content from volume to already-existing content.
Mary Milligan, RSHM, STD: Selvage Leadership within the Fabric of Church" Janice Poss, pp. 145—175	Mary Milligan	Engmaj
"Paula Kane Robinson Arai: Navigating Cultural Intimacy and Scholarly Authority" Karma Lekshe Tsomo, pp. 177—208	Paula Arai	Christine	Good candidate for experiment.
"Agustina Luvis Núñez: A Life of Wandering through the Horizons of God’s Justice" Juliany González Nieves, pp. 209—223	Agustina Luvis Núñez		Good candidate for experiment.
"Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng: Green is Better than Blue" Sheryl Johnson	Greer Anne Wenh-In Ng		Good candidate for experiment.

Volume 3: Women Advancing Knowledge Equity: The Parliament of the World's Religions

Volume 3 in the Women in Religion series, Women Advancing Knowledge Equity: The Parliament of the World's Religions, also edited by Colleen D. Hartung, was published in December 2023 by the Parliament of the World's Religions. The volume focuses on women important in the history of the Parliament.

This volume is dedicated to Mary (Polly) Hamlen, a founding member of the Women in Religion Wikipedia Project. Polly’s extraordinary contributions as an editor on Wikipedia, as an author of secondary sources about under-covered women in religion, and as patient mentor, have made a significant, global impact on the problem of gender bias on Wikipedia and beyond. We are grateful.


Volume chapter	WP bio	Main WP editor	Notes
"Foreword: Introduction by the Chair of the Women’s Task Force of the Parliament of the World’s Religions" Phyllis Curott, pp. 1—2	N.A.		Curott entry needs an infobox.
"Towards a Fuller Embrace.--The Evolution of Women’s Stories at the Parliament of the World’s Religions" Jonathon Eder and Mary C. Hamlen, pp. 3—31	N.A.		The entry for Parliament of the World's Religions does not mention any of its task forces. Content could be added.
"Uncovering Women’s Stories: She Said, but Not According to Wikipedia" Christine Meyer, pp. 32—51	N.A.	N.A.
"Teresia Mbari Hinga: An African Woman’s Contributions to Religious Dialogue and Knowledge Equity" Rosalind Hinton, pp. 52—74	Teresia Mbari Hinga	Created by Melcous in 2021.
"Pamela Ayo Yetunde: Wisdom from the Center of the Heart: The Life and Work of Pamela Ayo Yetunde So Far" Karma Lekshe Tsomo, pp. 75—94	Pamela Ayo Yetunde
"Jennifer Howe Peace: Interfaith Outreach as “Basic Christianity” Jonathon Eder, pp. 95—116	Jennifer Howe Peace	Jaireeodell (talk) 21:35, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair: The Sacred Story of a Dakota Woman Challenging Knowledge Inequity" Deborah Fulthorp, pp. 117—135	Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair
"Barbara Lewis King: 'When you believe in who you are, nobody can stop you.'" Winifred Whelan, pp. 136—151	Barbara Lewis King		Entry needs infobox and updates.
"Elizabeth Ursic: Scholar and Artist" Christine Meyer, pp. 152—168	Elizabeth Ursic
Audrey E. Kitagawa: Interfaith Activist and Spiritual Leader"" Mary C. Hamlen, pp. 169—186	Audrey E. Kitagawa
"Dolly Dastoor: Celebrated Dementia Researcher, Committed Zoroastrian, Inter-Religious Leader" Sheryl Johnson, pp. 187—200	Dolly Dastoor