CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Gender and the Problem of Prehistory

2. Goddesses and World Renewal in the Ancient Mediterranean

3. The Hebrew God and Gender

4. Savior Goddesses in the Mystery Religions and Gnosticism

5. The Spiritual Feminine in New Testament and Patristic Christianity

6. Feminine Symbols in Medieval Religious Literature

7. Tonantzin-Guadalupe: The Meeting of Aztec and Christian Female Symbols in Mexico

8. Mary and Wisdom in Protestant Mystical Millennialism

9. Contested Gender Status and Imagining Ancient Matriarchy

10. The Return of the Goddess

Conclusion

Notes

Index