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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
May 1, 2005
Pages
381
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520231467
ISBN-10
0520231465
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$85.00
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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When God Was a Woman | The Divine Feminine | Goddess and God in the World | The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe | Rebirth of the Goddess | Womanspirit Rising | Book of the Goddess Past and Present
When God Was a Woman | The Divine Feminine | Goddess and God in the World | The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe | Rebirth of the Goddess | Womanspirit Rising | Book of the Goddess Past and Present
Summaries and Reviews
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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 better appreciation of the complexity of the social forces— mostly androcentric—that have shaped the symbolism of the sacred feminine. At the same time, it charts a new direction for finding a truly egalitarian vision of God and human relations through a feminist-ecological spirituality.
Rosemary Radford Ruether begins her exploration of the divine feminine with an analysis of prehistoric archaeology that challenges the popular idea that, until their overthrow by male-dominated monotheism, many ancient societies were matriarchal in structure, governed by a feminine divinity and existing in harmony with nature. For Ruether, the historical evidence suggests the reality about these societies is much more complex. She goes on to consider key myths and rituals from Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and Anatolian cultures; to examine the relationships among gender, deity, and nature in the Hebrew religion; and to discuss the development of Mariology and female mysticism in medieval Catholicism, and the continuation of Wisdom mysticism in Protestanism. She also gives a provocative analysis of the meeting of Aztec and Christian female symbols in Mexico and of today's neo-pagan movements in the United States.
Rosemary Radford Ruether begins her exploration of the divine feminine with an analysis of prehistoric archaeology that challenges the popular idea that, until their overthrow by male-dominated monotheism, many ancient societies were matriarchal in structure, governed by a feminine divinity and existing in harmony with nature. For Ruether, the historical evidence suggests the reality about these societies is much more complex. She goes on to consider key myths and rituals from Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and Anatolian cultures; to examine the relationships among gender, deity, and nature in the Hebrew religion; and to discuss the development of Mariology and female mysticism in medieval Catholicism, and the continuation of Wisdom mysticism in Protestanism. She also gives a provocative analysis of the meeting of Aztec and Christian female symbols in Mexico and of today's neo-pagan movements in the United States.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Univ of California Pr (May 1, 2005)
9780520231467 | details & prices | 381 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $85.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
1 edition from Univ of California Pr (November 20, 2006)
9780520250055 | details & prices | 381 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.26 lbs | List price $28.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
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