Goddesses and the Divine Feminine : a Western Religious History.

Goddesses and the Divine Feminine : a Western Religious History.

This landmark work presents the most illuminating portrait we have to date of goddesses and sacred female imagery in Western culture - from prehistory to contemporary goddess movements. Beautifully written, lucidly conceived, and far-ranging in its implications, this work will help readers gain a be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ruether, Rosemary Radford
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Goddesses.
Women and religion.
Goddess religion.
Goddess religion
Goddesses
Women and religion
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Gender and the Problem of Prehistory; 2. Goddesses and World Renewal in the Ancient Mediterranean; 3. The Hebrew God and Gender; 4. Savior Goddesses in the Mystery Religions and Gnosticism; 5. The Spiritual Feminine in New Testament and Patristic Christianity; 6. Feminine Symbols in Medieval Religious Literature; 7. Tonantzin-Guadalupe: The Meeting of Aztec and Christian Female Symbols in Mexico; 8. Mary and Wisdom in Protestant Mystical Millennialism; 9. Contested Gender Status and Imagining Ancient Matriarchy.
  • 10. The Return of the GoddessConclusion; Notes; Index.

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