Women of Fire and Spirit: History, Faith, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya. By Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. xxviii + 260 pp. $45.00 cloth; $19.95 paper.

1997 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 693-694
Author(s):  
Paul R. Dekar
2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1026-1027
Author(s):  
Jeannette McGlone

Hines finds it impossible to make distinctions between the terms “sex” and “gender,” hence their refreshing, non-political interchangeability in her new book. After examining hormonal and brain-based data, Hines concludes that science cannot yet inform us which differences are determined biologically, socially, and/or both.


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