Also a professional dancer and artist, Yarber is pastor for preaching and worship at Wake Forest Baptist Church. Using the methods of phenomenology, formal analysis, and Paul Knitter's
constructive method of global responsibility, she analyzes four dances that teach both the dancer and observers inside and outside a particular faith tradition, about the experiences,
expressions, and understandings of women within that faith tradition. The dances are the Bharatanatyam from India, the kabuki onnagata from Japan, whirling dervishes from the Sufi Mevlevi
Order, and Jewish folk dance. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
