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  <title><![CDATA[When God Was a Woman]]></title>
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  <default_description>Here, archaeologically documented,is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Under her, women&#8217;s roles were far more prominent than in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Stone describes this ancient system and, with its disintegration, the decline in women&#8217;s status. Index; maps and illustrations.


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      <name><![CDATA[Merlin Stone]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you’ve ever been put off by the biased way many western religions treat different genders, you should read this book. It’s a history of early goddess religions and the reactionary positioning of women in early Judeo-Christian societies. It’s also an analysis of the way religion helped form ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19230395">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very insightful look into a wide variety of past religions and cultures where women were revered and had much higher standings than in current cultures. I only wish that Stone could have read the beginning of Captivating before writing her introduction. How sad it is that the continuous m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25473970">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say about this book that has not already been said?  It was not a complete eye-opener, having previously been exposed to ritual and belief systems that venerated the sacred feminine, but Stone's work is a landmark on this topic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Merlin Stone has created a powerful work that address the question was there anything before Adam and Eve? Of course there was and she does a great job of talking about the time before God worship. She focuses on how women had a powerful influence in cultures that honored fertility, prosperity, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57001669">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was raised with the ideas that are counter cultural and this was one of the basic texts that my mother quoted often. None of this seems controversial or weird to me though I have come to learn that it does to most people.<br/><br/>I thought it was common knowledge that women were seen as positiv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27171867">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's definitely written in a way that is accessible to pretty much anyone, and should be part of your education in that it remains a perspective that people hold on to. But most academics - feminist archaeologists, Classicists and historians included - agree that the majority of the evidence cited d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20092410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of the History is Dated, but the Questions she poses are outstanding food for thought. An excellent work in understanding how Women's Studies clashed with traditional Western education that is Androcentric and at times subtly mysogynistic]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was incredible.  Merlin Stone takes the reader throughout the herstory of the early Goddess religions.  Throughout every stage of human evolution Women were revered as the Midwives, Healers, Shamans, Mothers, Property Owners, Matriarchs of the Ancient world until, as Stone reveals, Norther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12072626">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm giving this book three stars because of its sloppy scholarship. But when I read it back in the early eighties, I loved it, and it certainly opened my mind to new ways of looking at scripture and mythology.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was filled with really interesting information. Yet it was presented in such a terrible way that it was difficult to make my way through it all. I think I'll look for a better book on the same subject.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Inaccurate and overly opinionated, but this was probably the first book of it's kind. I know it impressed me when it first came out. Probably doesn't hold up, but worth a look.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book intrigued me. The archaeological evidence is definitely there regarding the worship of goddesses, but I just can't get too excited over the whole patriarchal/matriarchal fight and injustices.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting research.  Now I'm thinking.  Although I enjoyed reading the book, doesn't mean I accept the author's conclusion on everything.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Valuable information and novel perspective.  Despite a controversial thesis and conclusions, author Stone presents valuable information regarding Mesopotamian history, and the development of and competition between various religious mythologies, which reflect and influence important cultural shifts....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35686131">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just found this in a box of books <br/>I just found again...Every good feminist should read this. ;)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned women have it worse than I thought. And the crap has been going on for awhile.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone (1975)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Important not because of its scholarship which is suspect, but for its timing and impact on the mind.  It's one of those jumping off books.  A place to stand in order to leap for better books and as such it deserves at least three stars.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must-read for anyone interested in the matriarchal origins of religion!  This book remains in my personal library as a classic!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've only owned this book for nearly a decade.  I s'pose I ought to read the damn thing.  LOL.<br/><br/>Finally finished it...not a hard read, but since I'm familiar with more recent scholarship on the topic, it wasn't breaking new ground for me.  It's hard to remember that when this book was publ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27980621">more...</a>]]></body>
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