Evil, Good and Gender
Subtitle: Facets of the Feminine in Zoroastrian Religious History (Toronto Studies in Religion)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780820456645
Subjects: Zoroastrianism; Women; Women And Religion (General); Religion - Church History; Religion; Christianity - History - General; History; Good and evil; Religious aspects
Description: "Societies often link the phenomena of evil and good to the feminine and masculine genders and, by extension, to women and men. Evil, Good, and Gender explores doctrinal and societal developments within a context of malevolence that came to be attributed to the feminine and the female in contrast to benevolence ascribed to the masculine and the male by Zoroastrians or Mazda worshipers.

This study authoritatively elucidates implications of the feminine and the masculine in religion and suggests that images in theology have been fundamental for defining both women's and men's social roles and statuses."--BOOK JACKET.