Struggles of Gods : : Papers of the Groningen Work Group for the Study of the History of Religions / / ed. by Hans G. Kippenberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• MitwirkendeR: Baaren, Th. van,; Bosch, L. P. van den,; Culianu, I. P.,; Drijvers, H. J. W.,; Kippenberg, H. G.,; Kuiper, Y.,; Leertouwer, L.,; Oosten, J.,; Vanstiphout, H. L. J.,; Velde, H. te,; Waardenburg, J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Kippenberg, Hans G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 31
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Introduction: Symbols of Conflicts
• A Few Essential Remarks Concerning Positive and Negative Relations between Gods
• Tvastar. Some Reflections on the History of an Ancient Indian God
• Feminine versus Masculine. The Sophia Myth and the Origins of Feminism
• Conflict and Alliance in Manichaeism
• How Dualistic Beliefs are Performed by Shi'is: The Stages of Kerbala
• Catharism, Catholicism, and Magic. Rethinking Le Roy Ladurie's 'Montaillou'
• Contention and Alliance of Gods: The Nias Case
• The War of the Gods in Scandinavian Mythology
• Inanna/Ishtar as a Figure of Controversy
• Relations and Conflicts between Egyptian Gods, particularly in the Divine Ennead of Heliopolis
• Changes of Belief in Spiritual Beings, Prophethood, and the Rise of Islam
• Index
• Errata