04142nam 22007214a 450 991081398270332120200520144314.00-520-94041-597866123588071-282-35880-41-59875-530-710.1525/9780520940413(CKB)1000000000030685(EBL)231914(OCoLC)475938240(SSID)ssj0000164143(PQKBManifestationID)11179950(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164143(PQKBWorkID)10117810(PQKB)10863072(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084780(MiAaPQ)EBC231914(DE-B1597)519193(OCoLC)1110715247(DE-B1597)9780520940413(Au-PeEL)EBL231914(CaPaEBR)ebr10079961(CaONFJC)MIL235880(OCoLC)936897724(dli)HEB33863(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001084(EXLCZ)99100000000003068520041208d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGoddesses and the divine feminine a Western religious history /Rosemary Radford Ruether1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. University of California Pressc20051 online resource (392 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-25005-2 0-520-23146-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-358) and index.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.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.GoddessesWomen and religionGoddess religionGoddesses.Women and religion.Goddess religion.202/.114Ruether Rosemary Radford185956MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813982703321Goddesses and the divine feminine4023587UNINA