Neela Bhattacharya Saxena

Absent Mother God of the West

A Kali Lover's Journey into Christianity and Judaism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the absence of the Divine Feminine in Christianity and Judaism and its psycho-spiritual consequences. It chronicles the author's journey into obscure and suppressed figures like the Black Madonna of Europe and Shekhinah of mystical Judaism and reveals an emergent understanding of a Mother God for the twenty-first century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781498508056
• ISBN-10: 1498508057
• Artikelnr.: 43894351

Autorenporträt

Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena is professor of English and women's studies at Nassau Community College. You can visit her website at http://neelabhattacharyasaxena.com/.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Carving Kali: A Hindu/Buddhist Perspective 2. Triple Goddesses of
Greece: Traveling Through Ancient Lands 3. Matricide: Slow Destruction of
the Mother God 4. Theotokos: Ascendant Christianity's Mother of God 5.
Yogini Magdalene: Gnostic Eve to the Black Madonna 6. Shakti Shekhinah:
Immanence Returns to the West