Through the Earth Darkly

Female Spirituality in Comparative Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book makes a compelling case for male-female religious complementarity in many of the world’s religions. It offers an extensive survey of female spiritual roles in a variety of cultures and provides evidence that women have exercised authority and sacred power in a variety of traditional religions.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-10-06
Mått160 x 236 x 26 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieReligious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
Antal sidor320
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781474281676

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Foreword by Rita M. Gross Prologue: A Personal Journey Acknowledgments1. IntroductionPART I. FRAMING EUROPE2. Pre-Christian Saami Religion, with Louise Bäckman3. Israelite Religion and Its Precursors, with Johanna StuckeyPART II. EAST ASIA4. Traditional Chinese Religion5. Contemporary Chinese Religion, with Li Chuang Paper 6. Effects of Chinese Religion on Neighboring Traditions Aspects of Japanese Religion, with Marilyn Nefsky Aspects of Korean ReligionPART III. NATIVE NORTH AMERICA7. Introduction: Four VignettesBridging the Continents: A Female Image Sedna: From Earth Mother to Sea MotherThe Amazonian Earth Mother and Her Rituals Inca Gender Parallelism8. Anishnabe ReligionIntroductionPre-Contact Female SpiritualityContemporary Anishnabe Female Spirituality, with Jacqui LavalleyTraditions Corollary to Those of the Anishnabeg: Lenapé and Nitsitapi9. Hopi Religion·10. Fusion: Diné Menarche RitualsPART IV. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA11. Glimpses of West Central African ReligionsYoruba ReligionAkan Religion, with E. & P. Aijin-Tettey12. Candomblé: An African Religion in the AmericasENDINGS13. Analysis and ConclusionsCommonalities of Non-Western Traditions Comparative Spirituality: West and Non-West Towards a Non-Eurocentric, Non-Androcentric Science of Religion Epilogue: Through the Earth Darkly Afterword by Catherine KellerNotesIndex