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Divine women - in many guises - have featured in every world faith from deep history until the present day, inspiring people and cultures across the world. In a cross-cultural and global approach, this book discusses Eve alongside Inanna, Radha and Aphrodite in the context of sex and desire, while in the chapter on evil, witches and Hecate are compared with other deities, like Lamastu and the Cihuateotl, as well as monstrous women such as Taraka, Medusa, Rangda, and Lilith. Ideas of justice and defence are explored in the figures of Athena, Sekhmet and Kali, and the final chapter on compassion and salvation uncovers links between Isis, Mary, Tara and Guanyin. The publication concludes with a discussion of contemporary feminism and modern interpretations of goddesses. Until the mid-twentieth century, the disciplines of theology, archaeology and history were heavily dominated by male academics, resulting in the under-representation of women's experience and fewer studies on female divinity. This timely book, which is packed with fascinating insights into different cultures and beliefs, seeks to redress that balance.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

• Full title: Feminine power
• Subtitle: the divine to the demonic
• Author: Belinda Crerar
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780714151304
• ISBN: 0714151300
• ID: 37149771
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Weight: 1018 g
• Dimensions: 245 × 190 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. May 2022

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