RITA NAKASHIMA BROCK: BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Proverbs of Ashes: Violence, Redemptive Suffering and the Search for What Saves Us, co-authored with
Rebecca Ann Parker. Boston: Beacon Press, 2001.
Casting Stones: Prostitution and Liberation in Asia and the United States, co-authored with Susan Brooks
Thistlethwaite. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996 (Catholic Religious Press, Gender Studies Award 1997).
Journeys By Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power. New York: Crossroad Press, 1988 (Publisher's Women's
Studies Award, 1988).
Ed. Setting the Table: Women in Theological Conversation. ed. with Claudia Camp and Serene Jones. St. Louis:
Chalice Press, 1995.
Ed. Guide to the Perplexing: A Survival Manual for Women in Religious Studies. Anthology ed. with Judith
Plaskow. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992 (Author of approximately 30% of text).
ESSAYS
“Asian American Protestant Women.” co-authored with Nami Kim. The Encyclopedia of Women and Religion
in North America. Ed. Rosemary S. Keller and Rosemary R. Ruether, Bloomington, IN: Indiana U. Press,
forthcoming.
“Marriage Troubles.” Body and Soul: Justice-Lovers Rethink Sexuality. Ed. Marvin Ellison and Sylvia
Thorson-Smith. Cleveland, OH. Pilgrim Press, 2003.
“Shape-shifting Disturbances as Divine Presence.” The Future of Liberal Theology. Ed. Mark D Chapman.
Aldershott, England: Ashgate Publishing, 2002: 170-190.
“Politicians, Pastors, and Pimps: Christianity and Prostitution Policies.” God Forbid: Religion and Sex in
American Public Life. Ed. Kathleen M. Sands. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000:254-261.
“Dry Bones: The Legacy of Racism.” Radcliffe Quarterly, (Fall/Winter 1997): 24.
“Interstitial Integrity: Reflections Toward an Asian American Woman's Theology.” Contours: An Introduction
to North American Theologies. Ed. Roger Badham. Louisville: Westminster Press, 1997.
“Feminist Theories.” A Dictionary of Feminist Theologies. Eds. Shannon Clarkson and Letty Russell.
Louisville: Westminster Press, 1996.
“Critical Reflections on Asian American Religious Identity: Response - Clearing the Tangled Vines.” Ameriasia
Journal. 22, 1 (1996):181-186.
“Private, Public, and Somewhere in Between: Lessons from the History of Asian-Pacific American Women.”
“Special Section: Feminism and Family Values.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 12, 1 (Spring 1996):
127-132.
“Interstitial Integrity: A Sermon.” Impact. 36 (1996): 46-52.
“Ending Innocence and Nurturing Willfulness.” Violence Against Women and Children: A Religious
Sourcebook. Eds. Carol J. Adams and Marie M. Fortune. New York: Continuum Publishing Group, 1995.
“On Mirrors, Motherroot, and Memory.” Church and Society. (May 1994). (Winner of Associated Religious
Press Award for Theological Reflection, May 1995)
“Dusting the Bible on the Floor: A Hermeneutics of Wisdom.” Searching the Scriptures: A Feminist
Introduction. Ed. Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza. New York: Crossroad Press, 1993.
“Messages from My Grandmothers.” Impact. 30 (1993): 40-47 (Stanford University Centennial Baccalaureate
Sermon).
“Shooting for Fun: The Military Sexual Exploitation of Women.” The Disciple. 131, 5 (May 1993).
"Dusting the Bible on the Floor." In God's Image. 11, 3 (Fall 1992): 3-9.
“Meticulous Mercy Is the Work of Travelers.” Bread Afresh, Wine Anew. Eds. Joan Campbell and David Polk.
St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1991.
Reflections on Visiting China. In God's Image. 10, 3 (Autumn, 1991): 40-42.
Ed. “The Questions That Won't Go Away: A Dialogue About Women in Buddhism and Christianity.” Journal
of Feminist Studies in Religion - 6, 2 (Fall 1990): 87-120.
“On Mirrors, Mists, Murmurs and the Way to an Asian American Theology.” Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spiri
“The Other Half of the Basket: Asian American Women and the Search for a Theological Home.” Co-authored
with Naomi Southard. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 3, 2 (Fall 1987): 135-149.
Ed. “Special Section: Asian Women Theologians Respond to American Feminism.” Journal of Feminist Studies
in Religion . 3, 2 (Fall 1987): 103-128.
“On Weaving and Soaring.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. 3, 2 (Fall 1987): 103-106.
“The Courage to Choose/The Commitment to Being Chosen.” Impact: Disciples of Christ on the Pacific Slope.
19 (1987): 40-47.
"Asian Americans Need Second Invitation." The Disciple. 14, 7 (July 1987): 60-61.