Mother Worship
Theme and Variations
Edited by James J. Preston
384 pp., 6 x 9, 33 illus., mix of photo, line drawings, map
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Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4114-3
Published: November 1983 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-8297-4
Published: October 2017 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-1020-7
Published: October 2017
Studies in Religion
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Originally published in 1983.
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Reviews
"Reveal[s] the tremendous variety of religious forms to be found. . . . Its usefulness will by no means be limited to the religious forms or geographical areas mentioned."--Library Journal
"An absorbing topic in contemporary religion study. . . . Preston and his colleagues have moved investigations of goddess worship toward levels of greater maturity."--Choice
"Preston presents new material on, and new interpretations of, a subject of perpetual interest."--Barbara Myerhoff, University of Southern California