9780887068355-0887068359-The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West

The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West

ISBN-13: 9780887068355
ISBN-10: 0887068359
Edition: First Edition
Author: David Kinsley
Publication date: 1989
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Format: Hardcover 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780887068355
ISBN-10: 0887068359
Edition: First Edition
Author: David Kinsley
Publication date: 1989
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Format: Hardcover 320 pages

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The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West (ISBN-13: 9780887068355 and ISBN-10: 0887068359), written by authors David Kinsley, was published by State Univ of New York Pr in 1989. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.25.

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In this book, you can see how the divine has been perceived in feminine form. Here are ten of the best known goddesses from a variety of cultures -- East and West, past and present. A wide range is presented, from the fierce Durga, to the gentle, but firm, Sita; from the erotic goddeses Inanna and Aphrodite, to the chaste figures of Mary and Athena; from goddesses closely associated with material wealth such as Laksmi, to ethereal goddesses such as Kuan-yin.Each goddess is treated separately in considerable detail to provide a distinct and clear portrait of her special "personality" and meaning within her own cultural context. At the same time, each chapter has a similar structure and style to enhance comparisons among the goddesses. An attempt is made in each case to draw upon both elite and popular sources of information. The Introduction and Conclusion consider important central questions closely connected with goddess scholarship, for example, the possibility of a prepatriarchal culture in which goddess worship was central, the difficulty of recovering female religious experience in goddess traditions that exist in male-dominated cultures, and the extent to which an overarching goddess theology can be implied in the goddess traditions that remain known to us.
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