Goddesses and the divine feminine: a Western religious history
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Berkeley, CA
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University of California Press
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 309-358( and index
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Rosemary Radford Ruether
CONTENTS NOTE
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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