Devi: Goddesses of India Volume 7 by Hawley, John Stratton

Devi: Goddesses of India Volume 7 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520200586)

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Devi: Goddesses of India Volume 7 by Hawley, John Stratton

Devi: Goddesses of India Volume 7

$33.95
Devi: Goddesses of India Volume 7 by Hawley, John Stratton

Devi: Goddesses of India Volume 7

$33.95
Format: Paperback
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The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism "God" very often means "Goddess." This extraordinary collection explores twelve different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the Great Goddess. They range from the liquid goddess-energy of the River Ganges to the possessing, entrancing heat of Bhagavati and Seranvali. They are local, like Vindhyavasini, and global, like Kali; ancient, like Saranyu, and modern, like "Mother India." The collection combines analysis of texts with intensive fieldwork, allowing the reader to see how goddesses are worshiped in everyday life. In these compelling essays, the divine feminine in Hinduism is revealed as never before-fascinating, contradictory, powerful.

Author: John Stratton Hawley, Donna Marie Wulff
ISBN-10: 0520200586
ISBN-13: 9780520200586
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1996
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.09w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/15/1996 pg. 69
By John Stratton Hawley
By John Stratton Hawley
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John S. Hawley is Professor of Religion at Barnard College and Director of the the National Resource Center for South Asia at Columbia University. Donna M. Wulff is Professor of Religion at Brown University. Together they edited The Divine Consort: Radha and the Goddesses of India (1986).

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