Goddesses and the divine feminine: a Western religious history

Gender and the problem of prehistory -- Goddesses and world renewal in the ancient mediterranean -- The Hebrew God and gender -- Savior goddesses in the mystery religions and gnosticism -- The spiritual feminine in New Testament and patristic Christianity -- Feminine symbols in medieval religious li...

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Auteur principal: Ruether, Rosemary Radford 1936-2022 (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Berkeley [u.a.] University of Californiarnia Press c 2005
Dans:Année: 2005
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Monde occidental / Déesse
B Déesse / Religion / Études de genre / Histoire
Sujets non-standardisés:B Goddess religion
B Women and religion
B Goddesses
Accès en ligne: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Résumé:Gender and the problem of prehistory -- Goddesses and world renewal in the ancient mediterranean -- The Hebrew God and gender -- Savior goddesses in the mystery religions and gnosticism -- The spiritual feminine in New Testament and patristic Christianity -- Feminine symbols in medieval religious literature -- Tonantzin-Guadalupe : the meeting of Aztec and Christian female symbols in Mexico -- Mary and wisdom in protestant mystical millennialism -- Contested gender status and imagining ancient matriarchy -- The return of the goddess
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0520231465