WATER, the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, is a major force in the feminist liturgical movement.  Diann L. Neu has been creating and celebrating feminist liturgies with communities locally, nationally, and internationally for more than thirty years.

For decades women have brought feminism into faith communities, churches and cathedrals, synagogues and sacred circles.  Many liturgists and theologians, women from every walk of life, some children and men, now participate in the feminist liturgical movement.

These liturgies challenge religious communities to rethink the basics of religious practice: interpretations of scriptures, liturgical language and symbols, and strictures applied only to women. Women-church communities and women’s spiritual support groups, sacred circles and small faith communities, worship services and prayer meetings celebrated by communities around the world are enriched by feminist ritual work.