Defecting in place

American women - Catholic and Protestant - tell what it's like to be a woman in the church as a new millennium approaches. "Women and religion are at a crossroad," writes a Roman Catholic mother from New Mexico. "If women are not taken seriously and their talents recognized, there will be serious consequences. I've had three daughters and they are not drawn to current religious traditions. They see no place for women. Why join such confusion?" This groundbreaking book documents, in the words of the women themselves, the pain, frustration, and creative tension experienced by those who embrace…