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Author: Lucinda Ramberg Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822376415 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 295
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Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these questions based upon two years of ethnographic research on an ongoing South Indian practice of dedication in which girls, and sometimes boys, are married to a goddess. Called devadasis, or jogatis, those dedicated become female and male women who conduct the rites of the goddess outside the walls of her main temple and transact in sex outside the bounds of conjugal matrimony. Marriage to the goddess, as well as the rites that the dedication ceremony authorizes jogatis to perform, have long been seen as illegitimate and criminalized. Kinship with the goddess is productive for the families who dedicate their children, Ramberg argues, and yet it cannot conform to modern conceptions of gender, family, or religion. This nonconformity, she suggests, speaks to the limitations of modern categories, as well as to the possibilities of relations—between and among humans and deities—that exceed such categories.
Author: Lucinda Ramberg Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822376415 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 295
Book Description
Who and what are marriage and sex for? Whose practices and which ways of talking to god can count as religion? Lucinda Ramberg considers these questions based upon two years of ethnographic research on an ongoing South Indian practice of dedication in which girls, and sometimes boys, are married to a goddess. Called devadasis, or jogatis, those dedicated become female and male women who conduct the rites of the goddess outside the walls of her main temple and transact in sex outside the bounds of conjugal matrimony. Marriage to the goddess, as well as the rites that the dedication ceremony authorizes jogatis to perform, have long been seen as illegitimate and criminalized. Kinship with the goddess is productive for the families who dedicate their children, Ramberg argues, and yet it cannot conform to modern conceptions of gender, family, or religion. This nonconformity, she suggests, speaks to the limitations of modern categories, as well as to the possibilities of relations—between and among humans and deities—that exceed such categories.
Author: Carol P. Christ Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136763848 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 240
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First published in 1999. One of the most unexpected developments of the late twentieth century is the rebirth of the religion of the Goddess in western cultures. Though we were taught that the Gods and Goddesses died with the triumph of Christianity, the re-emergence of the Goddess is not as surprising as it might seem. This book explores the meaning of the Goddess, and the questions we ask as well as the ways we answer them.
Author: Tamora Pierce Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442427647 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal.
Author: Michelle Skye Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide ISBN: 0738710806 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 289
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Meet Danu, the Irish mother goddess of wisdom; Freya, the Norse goddess of love and war; and eleven other Celtic and Norse goddesses very much alive in today's world. Explore each deity's unique mythology and see how she relates to Sabbats and moon rites. Goddess Alive, also includes crafts, invocation rituals, and other magical activities to help you connect with each goddess.
Author: Carl Olson Publisher: ISBN: 9781577662730 Category : Goddess religion Languages : en Pages : 0
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"This comprehensive text, highly acclaimed as the premier sourcebook on goddesses, introduces students of religion to the various manifestations and complex nature of the goddess. Often a stranger to contemporary devotees of monotheistic religions, the goddess forces the recognition of female power, which can transform deeply held beliefs. The recent renewed interest in goddesses and the rise of feminist scholarship are addressed in this well-chosen collection of essays, written by an international group of scholars. The book elucidates the diverse religious cultures and periods of history in which goddesses have played an important role by providing examples of ancient and modern goddesses in Eastern and Western religious traditions, in major world and tribal religions, and in living religions and those no longer practiced."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author: HeatherAsh Amara Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser ISBN: 1938289579 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 228
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In Warrior Goddess Training, readers discovered the woman they were meant to be. In The Warrior Goddess Way, readers are taught how to claim her for themselves. In the third and final book of the Warrior Goddess series, author HeatherAsh Amara goes deeper into the warrior journey that will lead each woman to reclaim her true goddess self. Incorporating elements from her experience in Wicca, Native American and European shamanism, Buddhism, and a variety of other Wisdom traditions, Amara addresses the most important topics that aren't found in the introductory text, such as: The power of wisdom Passion Forgiveness Conscious relationships Present moment awareness Death Packed with exercises that lead to real and lasting change, and led by Amara's direct, loving, and occasionally humorous guidance, The Warrior Goddess Way can show every woman the path to claiming her radiant, authentic, and loving self.
Author: Yodassa Williams Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1684630339 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 185
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“ . . . an impressive, commanding novel about black girl magic . . . The Goddess Twins is an emotive and powerful feminist novel that inspires the innate goddess in every girl..” —Foreword Reviews “Family bonds create the magic in this stirring fantasy.” —Kirkus Reviews It’s days before your eighteenth birthday, but your mother is missing and suddenly you have supernatural powers. What are you willing to face to discover the truth of who you really are? After years of traveling the world, black identical twins Aurora and Arden think they’ve settled into normalcy in Ohio. But days before their eighteenth birthday, the snarky twins develop powers in telekinesis and telepathy―at the same time that their famous mother, who’s on tour in London, disappears. Searching for answers and determined to rescue her, the sisters unearth truths that threaten to extinguish their bond and demolish their strength as individuals. Can they trust their beguiling, newly discovered British cousins when they barely trust one another? Should they heed the warnings of their immortal grandmother, a Patoi-chatting goddess, who says she’s friendly with The Fates and can see inside a person’s very soul? In order to succeed in their quest, these goddess twins must work together, master their powers, and unveil a horrifying, century-old family mystery. Otherwise, they may not live to see eighteen―or their mother again.
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476792011 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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"A new novel from the author of Oleander Girl, a novel in stories, built around crucial moments in the lives of 3 generations of women in an Indian/Indian-American Family"--
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