Publisher's Synopsis
Written from a cross-cultural perspective, this book attempts to take a critical look at the feminist challenge to traditional religion, examining the spiritual dimension of women's experience in relation to questions of identity, liberation and transcendence.;The author also discusses women mystics, goddess worship, matriarchy, androgyny and feminist theology as well as the spiritual aspects of the peace and ecology movements.;The author's previous works include "Women in the World's Religions, Past and Present" and "Towards a New Mysticism: Teilhard de Chardin and Eastern Religions".
