Through the Earth Darkly Female Spirituality in Comparative Perspective [Hardcover]

This book makes a compelling case for male-female religious complementarity in many of the world's religions. It offers an extensive survey of female spiritual roles in a variety of cultures and provides evidence that women have exercised authority and sacred power in a variety of traditional religions.Jordan Paperis Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at York University, Canada.

Foreword byRita M. Gross
Prologue: A Personal Journey Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
PART I. FRAMING EUROPE
2. Pre-Christian Saami Religion,with Louise B?ckman
3. Israelite Religion and Its Precursors,with Johanna Stuckey
PART II. EAST ASIA
4. Traditional Chinese Religion
5. Contemporary Chinese Religion,with Li Chuang Paper
6. Effects of Chinese Religion on Neighboring Traditions
Aspects of Japanese Religion,with Marilyn Nefsky
Aspects of Korean Religion
PART III. NATIVE NORTH AMERICA
7. Introduction: Four Vignettes
Bridging the Continents: A Female Image Sedna: From Earth Mother to Sea Mother
The Amazonian Earth Mother and Her Rituals Inca Gender Parallelism
8. Anishnabe Religion
Introduction
Pre-Contact Female Spirituality
Contemporary Anishnabe Female Spirituality,with Jacqui Lavalley
Traditions Corollary to Those of the Anishnabeg: Lenap? and Nitsitapi
9. Hopi Religion?
10. Fusion: Din? Menarche Rituals
PART IV. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
11. Glimpses of West Central African Religions
Yoruba Religion
Akan Religion,with E. & P. Aijin-Tettey
12. Candombl?: An African Religion in the Americas
ENDINGS
13. Analysis and Conclusions
Commonalities of Non-Western Traditions Comparative Spirituality: West and Non-West Towards a Non-Eurocentric, Non-Androcentric Science of Religion
Epilogue: Through the Earth Darkly
Afterwordby Catherine Keller
Notes
Index