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Berkeley: University of California Press, Date: 1996. 6" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. Very Good+ condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Illustrations. Glossary. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "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 'Goddesses.' 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 Vindhavasini, 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 essays the divine feminine in Hinduism is revealed as never before -- fascinating, contradictory, powerful... John Stratton Hawley is Professor of Religion at Bernard College and Director of the National Resource Center for South Asia at Columbia University. Donna Marie Wulff is Associate Professor of Religion at Brown University.". Second printing. Soft ...
ISBN10: 0520200586, ISBN13: 9780520200586, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Softcover Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. 6" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. Very Good+ condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Illustrations. Glossary. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. From the rear cover: "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 'Goddesses.' 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 Vindhavasini, 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 essays the divine feminine in Hinduism is revealed as never before -- fascinating, contradictory, powerful. John Stratton Hawley is Professor of Religion at Bernard College and Director of the National Resource Center for South Asia at Columbia University. Donna Marie ...
Berkeley: University of California Press, Date: 1996. (1996), 352pp, illus., maps, slight shelfwear to cover, sticker to rear cover, bookplate to inside front cover, contents clean & unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 1996. University of California Press ISBN 0520200586 9780520200586 [US]
ISBN10: 0520200586, ISBN13: 9780520200586, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Softcover (1996), 352pp, illus., maps, slight shelfwear to cover, sticker to rear cover, bookplate to inside front cover, contents clean & unmarked. [Oil City, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
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