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• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Re-Thinking Marriage: Religious Authority and Religious Imagination in Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage ," Religious Studies Review. Review Essay. Vol. 35. Issue 1. (March 2009). pp.1-11.

  Abstract: Review Essay of six books on theme of Same-Sex Marriage

• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Religious Controversies over Christmas ," in Christmas, Ideology and Popular Culture. Book chapter. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, (2008). pp.71-87.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Melting the Venusberg: A Feminist Theology of Music, by Heidi Epstein ," Women and Music. Book Review. Vol. 12. Issue Winter. (2008). pp.117-122.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Prudence Crandall ," Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (2007). pp.196-198.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Elizabeth Heyrick ," Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (2007). pp.325-326.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Maria Stewart ," Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (2007). pp.656-658.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Benjamin Lundy ," Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (2007). pp.452-454.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Quakers and Antislavery ," Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (2007). pp.549-554.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of The Recycled Bible: Autobiography, Culture, and the Space Between, edited by Fiona C. Black. ," Biography. Book Review. Vol. 30. Issue 3. (2007). pp.393-396.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Queering Creole Traditions, by Randy Connor and David Sparks ," American Ethnologist. Book Review. Vol. 34. Issue 3. (August 2007).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Fanon: The Postcolonial Imagination by Nigel Gibson ," Journal of Asian and African Studies. Book Review. Vol. 42. Issue 3/4. (2007). pp.360-363.
• Jennifer Rycenga and Sheila Whitely, editors. "Queering the Popular Pitch ." Book. New York: Routledge, (2006).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. ""Is This Desire?: Queering Large-scale Form in Rock Music" ," in Queering the Popular Pitch. Book chapter. New York: Routledge, (2006). pp.235-247.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Cosmology Hopping: Engaging and Avoiding Controversy in the Religious Studies Classroom ," Religious Studies News. Occasional Essay. Vol. 21. Issue 4. (October 2006). pp.iv.

  Abstract: in "Spotlight on Teaching," Cynthia Ann Humes, guest editor

• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "A Greater Awakening: Women's Intellect as a Factor in Early Abolitionist Movements, 1824-1834 ," Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. Article. Vol. 21. Issue 2. (2005). pp.31-59.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Elizabeth Cady Stanton ," Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition, ed. Lindsey Jones. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 13. Detroit: Macmillan Reference and Thompson/Gale, (2005). pp.8730-8732.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga et. al., Melissa Wilcox, facilitator. "Roundtable Discussion: What is the Future of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies in Religion? ," Culture and Religion. Panel Discussion. Vol. 5. Issue 2. (2004). pp.267-281.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Touchdown Jesus by R. Laurence Moore ," Religion and Popular Culture. Book Review. Vol. vii. (2004).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Traces of the Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music by Robin Sylvan ," Religion and Popular Culture. Book Review. Vol. vii. (2004).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Passionate Gratitude ," The Gay/Lesbian Study Group (American Musicological Association) Newsletter. Music Review. Vol. 14. Issue 1. (2004). pp.5-6.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Guru Nanak and Religious Diversity ," Second Annual Guru Nanak Lecture Series, Punjabi Studies Program. Occasional Essay. Vol. Winter. San José State University, (2004).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Religion, Spirituality, and Popular Music ," Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume One, ed. John Shepherd. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 1. London: Cassell, (2003). pp.338-345.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Poetry, Prose and Art in the American Social Gospel Movement, 1880-1910 by John C. Waldmeir ," Religion and Popular Culture. Book Review. Vol. v. (2003).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Border Crossings: Christian Trespasses on Popular Culture and Public Affairs by Rodney Clapp ," Religion and Popular Culture. Book Review. Vol. iii. (2003).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Tales of change within the sound: Form, lyrics, and philosophy in the music of Yes. ." Book Chapter. (January 2002).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Queerly amiss: Sexuality and the logic of Adorno's dialectics. ." Book Chapter. (January 2002).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of With God on Their Side: Sport in the Service of Religion edited by Tara Magdalinski and Timothy J.L. Chandler ," Religion and Popular Culture. Book Review. Vol. ii. (2002).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Dropping in for the holidays: Christmas as commercial ritual at the Precious Moments Chapel. ." Book Chapter. (January 2001).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga and Marguerite Waller, editors. "Frontline feminisms: Women, war, and resistance. ." Book. (January 2001).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "The Influence of Asian Religious Thought on Avant-Garde Jazz and Classical Music in the United States and Canada ," Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 3. New York: Garland, (2001). pp.129-133.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Maria Stewart, Black Abolitionist, and the idea of freedom. ." Book Chapter. (January 2000).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Anguished Shouts and Religious Echoes: Octavia Butler’s Kindred in the Religious Studies Classroom. ," Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. Article. Vol. 11. Issue 2. (2000). pp.185-189.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Passionate Struggle is Not an Intuition: An Argument and Appreciation of Mary Daly ," Feminist Theology: The Journal of the Britain and Ireland Chapter of Feminist Theology. Article. Vol. 24. Issue May. (2000). pp.31-35.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook, edited by Chris White ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 7. Issue 1. (2000). pp.27.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga and Carol Anderson. "Mary Daly: Grand Agitator and Revolting Hag ," Feminist Theology: The Journal of the Britain and Ireland Chapter of Feminist Theology. Introductory Article. Vol. 24. (May 2000). pp.9-12.

  Abstract: Introduction to special issue articles on Daly

• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Reclaiming the Spiritual in Art: Contemporary Cross-Cultural Perspectives, edited by Dawn Perlmutter and Debra Koppman ," Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Book Review. Vol. 68. Issue 2. (2000). pp.439-442.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review-essay of Is This Desire?, by P.J. Harvey ," The Gay/Lesbian Study Group (American Musicological Association) Newsletter. Music Review. Vol. 10. Issue 1. (2000). pp.8-10.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Coming Out as a Sacrament by Chris Glaser ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 6. Issue 2. (2000). pp.7-8.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics edited by Barry Adam, Jan Willem Duyvendak and André Krouwel ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 6. Issue 2. (2000). pp.22-23.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Crossroads. ," Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 1. (January 1999). pp.224-226.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Music. ," Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 2. (January 1999). pp.687-690.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Seclusion. ," Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 2. (January 1999). pp.875-878.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Diary of a Shirtmaker by Edith Simcox ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 5. Issue 3. (1999). pp.12-13.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Silence. ," Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion. Encyclopedia Article. Vol. 2. (January 1999). pp.907-908.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of We Are Everywhere, edited by Shane Phalen and Mark Blasius ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 4. Issue 4. (1998). pp.33-34.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "The perils and pleasures of being an out Lesbian academic; or speech from the scaffold. ." Book Chapter. (January 1997).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Sisterhood: A Loving Lesbian Ear Listens to Progressive Heterosexual Women's Rock Music ," in Keeping Score: Music, Disciplinarity, Culture. Book chapter. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, (1997). pp.204-228.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Clearly God Intended Polemics to be Threadbare: Some Christian Theological Justifications for Monogamy and Polygyny ," in Breaking the Barriers to Desire: New Approaches to Multiple Relationships. Book chapter. London: Five Leaves Publications, (1995). pp.87-106.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Just Good Friends by Elizabeth Stuart ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 4. Issue 1. (1997). pp.20.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of When the Drummers Were Women by Lane Redmond ," The Gay/Lesbian Study Group (American Musicological Association) Newsletter. Book Review. (1997).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of The Sound of the Dove by Beverly Bush Patterson ," American Music. Book Review. Vol. 14. Issue 3. (1996). pp.384-387.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Lesbian compositional process. ." Book Chapter. (January 1994).
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Lesbians Talk Left Politics ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 2. Issue 2. (1995). pp.6-7.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "The Uncovering of Ontology in Music: Speculative and Conceptual Feminist Compositions ," Repercussions. Article. Vol. 3. Issue 1 (Spring/Summer). (1994). pp.22-46.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of Sisters, Sexperts, Queers by Arlene Stein ," The Lesbian Review of Books. Book Review. Vol. 1. Issue 2. (1994). pp.22.
• Jennifer J. Rycenga. "Review of All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century by John Rockwell ," Sacred Heart University Review. Book Review. Vol. 4. Issue 1/2. (1984). pp.34-38.