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In this anthology, author Shirley Nicholson gathers the work of 23 theologians, historians and other scholars in pursuit of what Stone, a pioneer of modern studies of the mother-Goddess, calls "the universal feminine principle"--"the concept of a divine principle in the universe that is specifically associated with the female gender." These essays collectively imply that this feminine principle is far more profound than a simplistic antithesis of all that we think of as masculine. Addressing cultural representations of the mother-Goddess, female worship traditions and Goddess-centered rites, and the psycholog
In this anthology, author Shirley Nicholson gathers the work of 23 theologians, historians and other scholars in pursuit of what Stone, a pioneer of modern studies of the mother-Goddess, calls "the universal feminine principle"--"the concept of a divine principle in the universe that is specifically associated with the female gender." These essays collectively imply that this feminine principle is far more profound than a simplistic antithesis of all that we think of as masculine. Addressing cultural representations of the mother-Goddess, female worship traditions and Goddess-centered rites, and the psychological, social and political implications of a feminine principle, the discussions are commendably free of jargon, combative rhetoric and scholarly infighting. In a particularly intriguing entry, psychologist June Singer suggests that by imagining their own deaths, hence letting go of a distorting sense of self-importance, women in a patriarchal society may reconcile the "masculine" definition of self through choice of career with the "feminine" emphasis on relations.
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Manufacturer: Quest Books
Release date: 25 January 1989
ISBN-10 : 0835606422 |
ISBN-13: 9780835606424
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