When God Was a Woman

By Merlin Stone
(Mariner Books, Paperback, 9780156961585, 320pp.)

Publication Date: May 1978

Categories: Comparative Religion, Spirituality - Women's, Women's Studies - History

Description

Here, archaeologically documented,is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Under her, women’s roles were far more prominent than in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Stone describes this ancient system and, with its disintegration, the decline in women’s status. Index; maps and illustrations.

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