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200 10$aGoddesses and the divine feminine $ea Western religious history /$fRosemary Radford Ruether
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBerkeley, Calif. $cUniversity of California Press$dc2005
215   $a1 online resource (392 pages)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-358) and index.
327   $aGender 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.
330   $aThis 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.
606   $aGoddesses
606   $aWomen and religion
606   $aGoddess religion
610   $aancient matriarchy.
610   $aaztec religions.
610   $ababylonia.
610   $achristianity.
610   $acomparative religions.
610   $adeity.
610   $adivine feminine.
610   $aegypt.
610   $afemale mysticism.
610   $afeminine divinity.
610   $afemininity.
610   $afeminist ecological spirituality.
610   $agender studies.
610   $agoddess movements.
610   $agoddesses.
610   $ajudaism.
610   $amariology.
610   $amatriarchal structures.
610   $amedieval catholicism.
610   $amedieval religious literature.
610   $amyths and rituals.
610   $areligion.
610   $asacred female imagery.
610   $asacred feminine.
610   $aspiritual.
610   $asumerian.
610   $awestern civilization.
610   $awestern culture.
610   $awestern religions.
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