Diving Deep and Surfacing reveals how the writings of Kate Chopin, Margaret Atwood, Doris Lessing, Adrienne Rich, and Ntozake Shange can inform women's search for spiritual renewal. A new afterword testifies to the importance of spiritual autobiography for women.This is a work of first importance to the developing women's spirituality movement, to (feminist) theologians, and to anyone interested in religious experience. —Judith Plaskow,Religious Studies ReviewUS