Goddesses and the divine feminine : a Western religious history / Rosemary Radford Ruether.
2005
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Goddesses and the divine feminine : a Western religious history / Rosemary Radford Ruether.
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Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2005]
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©2005
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ix, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-358) and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0520231465 alkaline paper
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