Most of the early literature concerning women's religious
experience is about exceptional women; those who diverged from the
traditional female role to become nuns, mystics or charismatic
leaders. While women were permitted to be prophets and visionaries
they rarely played an important part in church organisation. This
paradox is explored in this book and a number of themes emerge: in
particular, the dominance of male symbolism within the great
religions. The question of whether men and women apprehend
religious systems and signs in the same way is also explored. In
considering the contemporary scene, the book is able to look at the
ways in which religion affects the lives of women in different
societies and in different historical periods; this gives us a
larger view of the ways in which our own perceptions of
'femaleness' have been constructed out of the religious world views
of both the past and the present. First Published in 1983.
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