Encyclopedia - Feminist Spirituality: Encyclopedia - Feminist Spirituality
Feminist spirituality is a class of religious beliefs in which certain feminist ideas play an important role. In the latter part of the 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thealogy: Encyclopedia - Thealogy
Thealogy is literally the study of the Goddess (Greek θεά, thea, "goddess" + λόγος, logos, "study"). In 1993, Charlotte Caron's...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Feminist Witchcraft: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Feminist Witchcraft
Feminist Witchcraft: Several new monotheistic religions started since the early 1970s by women in the feminist community who belonged ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dianic Wicca: Encyclopedia - Dianic Wicca
Dianic Wicca, also known as Women's Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality, Feminist Witchcraft, and Feminist Wicca. Dianic Wicca - Beliefs ...   » Read the article

Article - Aghora: Unleash Your Energy - Run With The Wolves  
Today is International Women's Day. Around the world, in conferences and debates, ways to 'improve' women's lot and empower them will ...   » Read the article

Article - Women Rights: Baha'i Perspective On Gender Divide
Baha'i Perspective On Gender Divide Nearly 121 million children around the world receive little or no schooling, and the majority of th...   » Read the article

Article - God As Mother: Celebration Of The Mother Principle
God as Mother: Celebration of the Mother Principle Durga Puja is to Bengal what Ganesh Chaturthi is to Maharashtra - an occasion to cele...   » Read the article

Article - Wicca And Witchcraft: Basic Philosophy Of Wicca Or Witchcraft
Wicca and Witchcraft: Basic Philosophy of Wicca or Witchcraft Wicca, or Witchcraft, is an earth religion -- a re-linking with the life f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zsuzsanna Budapest: Encyclopedia - Zsuzsanna Budapest
Zsuzsanna Budapest (b. 30 January 1940) is the pen name and religious name assumed by ZsuZsanna Ernese Moukesay, an American author of Hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminist Movement: Encyclopedia - Feminist Movement
The Feminist movement (also known as the Women's Movement and Women's Liberation) campaigns on issues such as reproductive rights, domest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia - Feminism
Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia - Spirituality
Spirituality is, in a narrow sense, a concern with matters of the spirit, however that may be defined; but it is also a wide term with ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Collyridians: Encyclopedia - Collyridians
The Collyridians were an obscure minor early Christian heretical group. According to our main source, the Panarion or "Medicine-chest aga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Theological Seminary Of America: Encyclopedia - Jewish Theological Seminary Of America
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness Revolution: Encyclopedia - Consciousness Revolution
The Consciousness Revolution was a period of spiritual awakening in American history, according to Strauss and Howe in their books Genera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess Worship: Encyclopedia - Goddess Worship
Goddess worship is a general description for the veneration of a female Goddess or goddesses. Many New Age Goddess devotees prefer the te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circle Dance: Encyclopedia - Circle Dance
Circle dance, is the most common name for a style of dance usually done in a circle without partners to musical accompaniment. It became ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalman Schachter-shalomi: Encyclopedia - Zalman Schachter-shalomi
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi D.H.L., Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati; Brooklyn Chabad Ordination 1947. Rabbi Schachter held the World Wisdom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burned-over District: Encyclopedia - Burned-over District
The Burned-Over District was a name given by evangelist Charles Grandison Finney to an area in western New York State in the United State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer Beads: Encyclopedia - Prayer Beads
Prayer beads are traditionally used to keep count of the repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions. They are used by followers of four ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sky Father: Encyclopedia - Sky Father
The sky father is a recurring theme in pagan and neopagan mythology. The sky father is the complement of the earth mother and appears in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yeshe Tsogyal: Encyclopedia - Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshey Tsogyel (rhymes with "may say so well"), also known in the Nyingma tradition as the Great Bliss Queen, is a mythical red skinned d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Youth Voice: Encyclopedia - Youth Voice
Youth voice is a fairly common neologism to refers to the distinct ideas, opinions, attitudes, knowledge, and actions of young people as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia - God And Gender
This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thealogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Thealogy - Definition By Charlotte Caron
In 1993 Charlotte Caron's definition of thealogy as "reflection on the divine in feminine and feminist terms" appeared in "To Make and Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pro-feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pro-feminism - Pro-feminism Compared To Feminism
Many feminists and pro-feminists believe that it is inappropriate for men to call themselves "feminists". This argument takes a variety o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - September Six: Encyclopedia Ii - September Six - Short Biographies
September Six - Lynne Kanavel Whitesides. Lynne Kanavel Whitesides is a feminist noted for speaking on the "Mother in Heaven." Whitesid...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dianic Feminist Wicca: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Dianic Feminist Wicca
DIANIC FEMINIST WICCA: A Wiccan tradition started by Ann Forfreedom that includes both female and male practitioners , solo practition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thealogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Thealogy - Further Expansion Of Thealogy By Starr* Saffa
Tahirih Thealogy The basic Definition of TheAlogy as opposed to Theology means viewing the world incorporating the Female lens which to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thealogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Thealogy - Three Interpretations Of Thealogy
There are perhaps three distinct interpretations of thealogy, and they are evident in the briefing above. Christ, King and Raphael focus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess Movement - Background
Inclusive spirituality in the West initially gained ground in 19th century, when North American first-wave feminists such as Matilda Josl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Liberation Theology: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Liberation Theology
Liberation Theology A movement that attempts to unite theology with social and religious concerns about oppression.   It finds e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Liberation Theology: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Liberation Theology
Liberation Theology A movement that attempts to unite theology with social and religious concerns about oppression.   It finds e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joss Whedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Joss Whedon - Common Themes And Motifs In Whedon's Writing
Joss Whedon - Feminism. Whedon identifies himself as a feminist, and feminist themes are common in his work. The most obvious example i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thealogy: Encyclopedia Ii - Thealogy - First Uses
Thealogy - First? usages. In "The Druid Chronicles (Evolved)," privately published in 1976, Isaac Bonewits used "thealogian" to refer t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Female Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Female Sexuality - Feminist Concepts
The feminist movement, and the increasing social status of women in modern society, have led to women's sexuality as being reassessed as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminist Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminist Movement - Achievements
Feminist movement - Early Achievements. The Feminist Movement has effected many changes in Western society, including women's suffrage;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Feminism In Many Forms
Some forms of feminist theory question basic assumptions about gender, gender difference, and sexuality, including the category of "woman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Contemporary Criticisms Of Feminism
Feminism, in some forms and to varying degrees, has become generally accepted in Western society. However, the attention it has attracted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Origins
Feminism as a philosophy and movement in the modern sense may be usefully dated to The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Spirituality - The Spiritual And The Religious
An important distinction needs to be made between spirituality in religion and spirituality as opposed to religion. In recent years, spir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Effects Of Feminism In The East
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Relationship To Other Movements
Some feminists take a holistic approach to politics, believing the saying of Martin Luther King Jr., "A threat to justice anywhere is a t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Perspective: The Nature Of The Modern Movement
Most feminists believe discrimination against women still exists in North American and European nations, as well as worldwide. But there ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Effects Of Feminism In The West
Some feminists would argue that there is still much to be done on these fronts, while others would disagree and claim that the battle has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Contemporary Criticisms Of Feminism
Feminism, in some forms and to varying degrees, has become generally accepted in Western society. However, the attention it has attracted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Spirituality - Directed Spirituality
One aspect of 'Being spiritual' is goal-directed, with aims such as: simultaneously improve one's wisdom and willpower, achieve a closer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Spirituality - Spirituality And Personal Well-being
Due to its broad scope and individual nature, spirituality is perhaps better understood by highlighting a number of key concepts that ari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zsuzsanna Budapest: Encyclopedia Ii - Zsuzsanna Budapest - Biography
Zsuzsanna Emese Budapest was born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 30, 1940. Her mother, Masika Szilagyi, was a medium and a practicing w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Dualism - Usage In Contemporary Feminist Theory
An interesting theory relating to dualism and a contemporary feminist world view is presented by Susan Bordo. Bordo contends that dualism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Wicca - Exceptions
One qualified exception is Gardnerian Wicca and other relatively traditional groups. Gardnerians do not make any moral judgements about h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Táhirih: Encyclopedia Ii - Táhirih - Death Of Táhirih
One of her most notable quotes is her deathbed utterance, "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priesthood Correlation Program: Encyclopedia Ii - Priesthood Correlation Program - Feminism Criticism And Other Effects
Feminist critics, such as Maxine Hanks, believe Priesthood Correlation diminishes women's roles in the LDS Church. She claims that correl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Democracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Democracy - Other Issues
Islamic democratic systems have the same human rights issues as other democracies, but some matters which may cause friction include appe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dianic Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Dianic Wicca - Beliefs And Practices
Dianic Wicca, Dianic Witchcraft, and Feminist Dianic Witchcraft are all common titles for the Neopagan Feminist Dianic tradition. While s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Women In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Women In The United States - The Growth Of Modern Feminism
Feminism of the second wave in the 1960's focused more on lifestyle and economic issues; "The personal is the political" became a catchph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Female Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Female Sexuality - Modern Studies Of Female Sexuality
In the modern age, psychologists and physiologists engaged in the formidable task of exploring female sexuality. Sigmund Freud propounded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Encyclopedia Ii - Barbara Grizzuti Harrison - First Publications
By now Harrison had become involved with the women's movement, and she began writing on feminist themes for various publications. Her fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And Gender Equality: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith And Gender Equality - Historical Women Figures In Bahá'í History
There have been a large number of women heroines who are celebrated in the history of the Bahá'í Faith including Táhirih, Navváb, Que...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahá'í Faith And Gender Equality: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahá'í Faith And Gender Equality - Social Initiatives
The Bahá'í Faith's emphasis is on male-female equality and thus the Bahá'í Faith actively promotes a number of programs with the aim ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Female Sexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Female Sexuality - Historical Conceptions Of Female Sexuality
Representations of female sexuality date back to prehistoric times; there is clear evidence of the depiction of female fecundity in ancie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Religion And Morality
Many religious establishments welcome homosexual individuals, either on a footing of equality with heterosexuals (such as the Unitarian U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The First Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - The First Sex - Pre-christian Women In The Celto-ionian World
In this part of the book Gould Davis focused on the role of women in the ancient civilizations of Crete and Mycenae. Davis' research sugg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Táhirih: Encyclopedia Ii - Táhirih - Prior To Becoming A Bábí
The daughter of Mulla Muhammad Salih Baraghani, a mulla, Táhirih grew up in Qazvin (near Tehran), where she married her cousin Muhammad ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Táhirih: Encyclopedia Ii - Táhirih - As A Bábí
Upon returning to Iran at her family's order, she separated informally (Enc. of Islam says "divorced") from her husband, whose family was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kannada Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Kannada Literature - Modern Kannadahosagannada
Kannada literature - Navodaya New birth. Navodaya literally means a new birth. This indeed was the reincarnation of Kannada literature ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diary: Encyclopedia Ii - Diary - History
The word diary comes from the Latin diarium ("daily allowance", from dies, "day" - more often in the plural form diaria). The word "journ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Youth Voice: Encyclopedia Ii - Youth Voice - Background
The term "youth voice" is often intended to group together a diversity of perspectives and experiences, regardless of backgrounds, identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Grierson: Encyclopedia Ii - John Grierson - Social Critic
Like a number of other social critics of the time, Grierson was profoundly concerned about what he perceived to be clear threats to democ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Controversial Non-fiction Books: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Controversial Non-fiction Books - Evolution
Darwin put forth a theory of natural selection, which contradicted the doctrine of "created kinds" which was derived from a literal readi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Motivation
People become vegan for a variety of reasons, including concern for animals, personal health, or the environment. Veganism - Ethics. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Motivation
People become vegan for a variety of reasons, including concern for animals, personal health, or the environment. Veganism - Ethics. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Wicca - Morality
Wiccan morality can be summarised in the form of a text that is commonly titled The Wiccan Rede. The core maxim of that text states "An i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sky Father: Encyclopedia Ii - Sky Father - History Of The Concept
In late nineteenth century opinions on comparative religion, in a line of thinking that begins with Friedrich Engels and J. J. Bachofen, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Wicca - Morality
Wiccan morality can be summarised in the form of a text that is commonly titled The Wiccan Rede. The core maxim of that text states "An i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unitarian Universalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unitarian Universalism - Beliefs
Unitarian Universalism - Principles and Purposes. Although they do not have an official creed or dogma, Unitarian Universalist congrega...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jews As A Chosen People: Encyclopedia Ii - Jews As A Chosen People - Views Of Chosenness By The Modern Jewish Denominations
The three largest Jewish denominations -- Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism -- maintain the belief that the Jews ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tree Of Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Tree Of Life - Interpretation Within The Western Church
Until the Enlightenment the Christian church generally gave the biblical narratives of early Genesis the weight of being in some way hist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Similarities In The 16th-century Jewish Kabbalah
In the late Kabbalistic tradition, originating in the city of Safed in the 16th century, an essential part of representations of the Tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Trinity - Similarities In The 16th-century Jewish Kabbalah
In the late Kabbalistic tradition, originating in the city of Safed in the 16th century, an essential part of representations of the Tree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Wicca - History Of Wicca
Wicca - Origins. The history of Wicca is much debated. Gardner claimed that the religion was a survival of matriarchal Pagan religions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Wicca - History Of Wicca
Wicca - Origins. The history of Wicca is much debated. Gardner claimed that the religion was a survival of matriarchal Pagan religions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchism: Encyclopedia Ii - Anarchism - History Of Anarchism
see also Past and present anarchist communities Anarchism - Chart of influences. Anarchism - Justice against the state. The first ess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - Abrahamic Religions
Monotheist cultures, which recognise only one central deity, generally do characterize that deity as male, implicitly already grammatical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Controversial Non-fiction Books: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Controversial Non-fiction Books - Philosophy Of Science
Popper refuted the classical observationalist-inductivist account of science, and put forth falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unitarian Universalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unitarian Universalism - Politics
Historically, Unitarian Universalists have often been active in political causes, notably the civil rights movement, the gay rights movem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Wicca - Discrimination And Persecution Of Wiccans
edit Since Wicca was first publically revealed in 1954, it has not had a long history of persecution. However, some Wiccans claim a histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-paul Sartre: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-paul Sartre - Early Life And Thought
Sartre was born in Paris to parents Jean-Baptiste Sartre, an officer of the French Navy, and Anne-Marie Schweitzer, cousin of Albert Schw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wicca: Encyclopedia Ii - Wicca - Discrimination And Persecution Of Wiccans
edit Since Wicca was first publically revealed in 1954, it has not had a long history of persecution. However, some Wiccans claim a histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nonviolence: Encyclopedia Ii - Nonviolence - How Does Nonviolence Work?
The nonviolent approach to social struggle represents a radical departure from conventional thinking about conflict, and yet appeals to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Definition
The British Vegan Society defines veganism as "the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals." [6] T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Animal Products
The term "animal product" in a vegan context refers to material derived from non-human animals for human use or consumption. Human breast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Vegan Cuisine
For more information see Wiki-cookbook article on Vegan Cuisine [16]. The cuisines of most nations contain dishes that are plant-based (a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Similar Diets And Lifestyles
There are several diets similar to veganism, though there are significant differences, including fruitarianism, the raw food diet, the ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unitarian Universalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Unitarian Universalism - Worship And Ritual
As in theology, Unitarian Universalist worship and ritual are often a combination of elements derived from other faith traditions alongsi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Muckraker: Encyclopedia Ii - Muckraker - Roosevelt Speech Reference Note
Theodore Roosevelt Describes the Muckrakers, 1906 "In Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" you may recall the description of the Man with the Mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religious Ritual And Magical Thinking
Viewed from a non-theistic perspective, many religious rituals and beliefs seem similar to, or identical to, magical thinking. Related to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The First Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - The First Sex - The Tragedy Of Western Women
This last part of The First Sex focuses on the period since Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in 313 A.D. Davis ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Veganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Veganism - Definition
The British Vegan Society defines veganism as "the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals." [7] T...   » Read the article

Article - Spiritual Sitemap I - F
This is a sitemap for Spiritual - F . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.  ...   » Read the article