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Do Women Really Need a "God/Ess" To Save Them? an Inquiry Into Notions of the Divine Feminine

Do Women Really Need a "God/Ess" To Save Them? an Inquiry Into Notions of the Divine Feminine <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The rise of women-focused spirituality presents several difficulties for feminisms concerned with the liberation of women. In this paper I look at several issues. In the first I focus upon theoretical problems that arise when replacing a female deity with a male deity, while in the second I focus upon both theoretical and methodological concerns in the enterprise of locating a female based religious system. In order to do the latter, I explore a number of the epistomolgical implications found in the work of Luce Irigaray.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0943-3058
eISSN
1570-0682
DOI
10.1163/157006898X00024
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The rise of women-focused spirituality presents several difficulties for feminisms concerned with the liberation of women. In this paper I look at several issues. In the first I focus upon theoretical problems that arise when replacing a female deity with a male deity, while in the second I focus upon both theoretical and methodological concerns in the enterprise of locating a female based religious system. In order to do the latter, I explore a number of the epistomolgical implications found in the work of Luce Irigaray.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Method & Theory in the Study of ReligionBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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