The implied spider : politics and theology in myth
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The implied spider : politics and theology in myth
(Columbia classics in religion)
Columbia University Press, c2011
Updated ed
- : cloth
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Updated with a new preface"--T.p
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Wendy Doniger's foundational study is both modern in its engagement with a diverse range of religions and refreshingly classic in its transhistorical, cross-cultural approach. By responsibly analyzing patterns and themes across context, Doniger reinvigorates the comparative reading of religion, tapping into a wealth of narrative traditions, from the instructive tales of Judaism and Christianity to the moral lessons of the Bhagavad Gita. She extracts political meaning from a variety of texts while respecting the original ideas of each. A new preface confronts the difficulty of contextualizing the comparison of religions as well as controversies over choosing subjects and positioning arguments, and the text itself is expanded and updated throughout.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Updated Edition: Context and History Acknowledgments Introduction: Myth and Metaphor 1. Microscopes and Telescopes 2. Dark Cats, Barking Dogs, Chariots, and Knives 3. Implied Spiders and the Politics of Individualism 4. Micromyths, Macromyths, and Multivocality 5. Mother Goose and the Voices of Women 6. Textual Pluralism and Academic Pluralism Notes Bibliography Index
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