Goddesses and the Divine Feminine a Western Religious History by Rosemary Radford Ruether.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

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. ix, 381 p. :ill. ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Ruether, Rosemary Radford.

Place Published

City

Berkeley, Calif.

Date Published

circa 2005

Publication Subjects

Goddesses. Women and religion. Goddess religion.

Call No.

BL325 .F4 R84 2005

ISBN

0520231465 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004029226

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-358) and index.