This collection of 20th-century feminist writings attempts to re-think the ideas and traditions of male-dominated Western religion. It provides an overview of contemporary feminist thinking on religion and should appeal to anyone interested in the feminist perspective.

Womanspirit Rising: A Feminist Reader in Religion (Harper Forum Books)

Politics & Social Sciences

Elisabeth Fiorenza

Mary Daly

ELAINE PAGELS

Valerie Saiving

Rosemary Radford Ruether

Sheila Collins

Phyllis Trible

Eleanor McLaughlin

Nelle Morton

Merlin. Stone

Sociology

Harper

Deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us.  How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that  championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin?  In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis.  And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.

Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Penguin??Books

A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Gnostic Gospels

The Origin of Satan

Occult & Paranormal

Penguin

Penguin Books, Ltd.

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When her infant son was diagnosed with fatal pulmonary hypertension, award-winning author Elaine Pagels was moved to explore her faith. In Beyond Belief, her spiritual journey becomes a springboard for an intellectual and professional re-examination of early Christian faith. Controversial and thought-provoking, this international bestseller investigates the politics of Christianity and how the church crafted a Bible and a faith far more stringent than previously thought. In her search for meaning, Elaine Pagels discovers that the history of the Church and therefore the history of the Western world could have been significantly different. This moving testament to history, faith and humanity, Pagels will challenge and transform everything you know of Christianity. 'Those who are moved by religion but who find that they can no longer accept the official doctrines of their church will find this marvellous book a source of inspiration and hope' Karen Armstrong 'This is writing about religion of the first order: enlightening, intelligent, inclusive and humane' Peter Stanford, Independent

Beyond Belief : The Secret Gospel of Thomas

Pan/Macmillan

Beyond Belief: Early Christian Paths Toward Transformation

Macmillan

From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

History

World

Vintage

Origins of Satan

Allen Lane.

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