Uses of Darkness: Women`s Underworld Journeys, Ancient and Modern 9780268043063

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Автор: Laurie Brands Gagn?
Название: Uses of Darkness: Women`s Underworld Journeys, Ancient and Modern
ISBN: 9780268043063
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация:

Литературоведение: Классическое, раннего, высокого и позднего средневековья до 1500 г.

Литературоведение: с 1900 г.

Природа и существование Бога

Сравнительное религиоведение

Христанская духовность и религиозный опыт

Древние религии и мифологии

Гендерные исследования: женщины

ISBN-10: 026804306X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 238
Вес: 0.32 кг.
Дата издания: 2000-08-31
Язык: English
Размер: 218 x 140 x 17
Читательская аудитория: Undergraduate
Основная тема: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval,LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Women,RELIGION / Spirituality
Подзаголовок: Women`s underworld journeys, ancient and modern
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Laurie Brands Gagn? believes the image of God as stern Father or Judge has done much damage over the centuries and has engendered a sense of shame and guilt, especially in women. She sees our own civilization as one that is cut off from the natural world and from the precious part of ourselves that is earthy and sensual. In The Uses of Darkness: Womens Underworld Journeys, Ancient and Modern, Gagn? explores womens journeys through the underworld to reclaim the wisdom and sensuality contained in these stories for heirs of the God the Father tradition. She looks at the ancient stories of Inanna, Demeter, and Psyche and the reflections of these archetypal figures in the work of women such as Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, Mary Gordon, Virginia Woolf, and Etty Hillesum to illustrate that the alternative tradition these journey stories represent has much to offer modern Christians. Gagn? successfully demonstrates that only by turning to confront the mystery that has been obscured by the image of God as stern Father or Judge can a woman raised in the Christian tradition acquire a sense of self strong enough to integrate experiences of profound loss. Most importantly, by drawing on the wisdom of the goddess tradition, both men and women are able to effect a more meaningful reappropriation of Christianity. Gagn?s examination of the dark experience of the underworld in the goddess tradition discovers the elements of all spiritual journeys: self-transcendence followed by self-transformation. Anyone who has struggled with love and loss and whose spirit has been suppressed by the image of God as Judge, yet who will not reject Christianity, will benefit from this work.

Uses of Darkness: Women`s Underworld Journeys, Ancient and Modern, Laurie Brands Gagn?