Through the Earth Darkly - Female Spirituality in Comparative Perspective

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.>

About the author

Jordan Paper is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at York University, Canada.

Jordan Paper is Professor Emeritus at York University (Toronto) and a Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria (BC), Canada. He is author of a dozen books covering Chinese Religion, Native American religions, polytheism, mysticism, female spirituality, and Chinese Judaism.

Jordan Paper is Professor Emeritus at York University. He is the author of Offering Smoke: The Sacred Pipe and Native American Religion, The Spirits are Drunk: Comparative Approaches to Chinese Religion, Through the Earth Darkly: Female Spirituality in Comparative Perspective, The Deities Are Many: A Polytheistic Theology, and other titles, articles and presentations.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan Paper, Jordan (York University Paper, Paper Jordan
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2016
• EAN: 9781474281676
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-8167-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Religious Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Spirituality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Spirituality & religious experience, Gender studies: women, Spirituality and religious experience, Gender studies: women and girls