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The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess (Hardcover)
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The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess (Hardcover)
Series: The Oxford History Of Hinduism
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The Oxford History of Hinduism: The Goddess provides a critical
exposition of the Hindu idea of the divine feminine, or Devi,
conceived as a singularity expressed in many forms. With the
theological principles examined in the opening chapters, the book
proceeds to describe and expound historically how individual
manifestations of Devi have been imagined in Hindu religious
culture and their impact upon Hindu social life. In this quest the
contributors draw upon the history and philosophy of major Hindu
ideologies, such as the Puranic, Tantric, and Vaisnava belief
systems. A particular distinction of the book is its attention not
only to the major goddesses from the earliest period of Hindu
religious history but also to goddesses of later origin, in many
cases of regional provenance and influence. Viewed through the lens
of worship practices, legend, and literature, belief in goddesses
is discovered as the formative impulse of much of public and
private life. The influence of the goddess culture is especially
powerful on women's life, often paradoxically situating women
between veneration and subjection. This apparent contradiction
arises from the humanization of goddesses while acknowledging their
divinity, which is central to Hindu beliefs. In addition to
studying the social and theological aspect of the goddess ideology,
the contributors take anthropological, sociological, and literary
approaches to delineate the emotional force of the goddess figure
that claims intense human attachments and shapes personal and
communal lives.
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