Goddesses and the divine feminine : a Western religious history /
Rosemary Radford Ruether.
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2005.
- ix, 381 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-358) and index.
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.