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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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Author:   Jordan Paper (York University, Canada)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.599kg
ISBN:  

9781474281676

ISBN 10:   1474281672
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   06 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Rita M. Gross Prologue: A Personal Journey Acknowledgments 1. Introduction PART I. FRAMING EUROPE 2. Pre-Christian Saami Religion, with Louise Backman 3. Israelite Religion and Its Precursors, with Johanna Stuckey PART II. EAST ASIA 4. Traditional Chinese Religion 5. 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 Religion PART III. NATIVE NORTH AMERICA 7. Introduction: Four Vignettes Bridging the Continents: A Female Image Sedna: From Earth Mother to Sea Mother The Amazonian Earth Mother and Her Rituals Inca Gender Parallelism 8. Anishnabe Religion Introduction Pre-Contact Female Spirituality Contemporary Anishnabe Female Spirituality, with Jacqui Lavalley Traditions Corollary to Those of the Anishnabeg: Lenape and Nitsitapi 9. Hopi Religion* 10. Fusion: Dine Menarche Rituals PART IV. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 11. Glimpses of West Central African Religions Yoruba Religion Akan Religion, with E. & P. Aijin-Tettey 12. Candomble: An African Religion in the Americas ENDINGS 13. Analysis and Conclusions Commonalities 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 Keller Notes Index

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Jordan Paper is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at York University, Canada.

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