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Zusatztext fascinating study ... Starr demonstrates in rich detail that women's religions share several characteristics. Starr's non-dogmatic ('female'?) approach to women's religions makes very worthwhile reading. Informationen zum Autor Susan Starr Sered is the author of Women as Ritual Experts, and is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. Klappentext In this fascinating and path-breaking work, Susan Starr Sered uncovers, describes, and analyzes religions scattered throughout the world in which women are both the majority of leaders and the majority of participants. How are these women's religions different from those dominated by men? What can we learn from them about the ways in which women experience and interpret the supernatural? Under what conditions is women's religious dominance likely to occur? Looking for common threads linking groups as diverse as the Sande secret societies of West Africa, Matrilineal Spirit cults of Northern Thailand, Christian Science, and the Feminist Spirituality movement, Sered asks whether there is anything particularly "womanly" about women's religions. Offering a new understanding of the role gender plays in determining how individuals grapple with the ultimate conditions of existence, "Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister" not only explores differences between men and women, but the equally important ways in which we are all alike. scribes, and analyzes religions scattered throughout the world in which women are both the majority of leaders and the majority of participants. How are these women's religions different from those dominated by men? What can we learn from them about the ways in which women experience and interpret the supernatural? Under what conditions is women's religious dominance likely to occur? Looking for common threads linking groups as diverse as the Sande secret societies of West Africa, Matrilineal Spirit cults of Northern Thailand, Christian Science, and the Feminist Spirituality movement, Sered asks whether there is anything particularly "womanly" about women's religions. Offering a new understanding of the role gender plays in d Zusammenfassung Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister is a unique examination of the critical impact of the social rather than the biological aspects of motherhood on women's religions. Women's social roles as nurturers, healers, primary childcare providers, and emotional supporters are celebrated in women's religions more so than in traditional religions. This book explores the shared experiences of women across great cultural divides and offers a new understanding of the role gender plays in determining how individuals grapple with the ultimate questions of existence....
