"Divine Feminine Concepts-Judaism/Christianity" ZoomTalk Dr Rietveld June22

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J﻿oin us for a Zoom Talk with Dr. James Rietveld "Divine Feminine Concepts in Judaism &amp; Early Christianity" on Thursday, June 22, 8 p.m.

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J﻿oin us for a Zoom Talk with Dr. James Rietveld "Divine Feminine Concepts in Judaism &amp; Early Christianity" on Thursday, June 22, 8 p.m.Pay What You Wish: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/643488349977Chokmah (Sophia), Ruach, Shekinah, the Holy Spirit, Mother Mary, Lilith.What do these have in common?These female dieties of early Christianity and Judaism are not the goddesses of Classical, Celtic or Hindu mythology that our Western conditioning brings to mind in relation to feminine concepts of God.Such associations with paganism and Eastern religions create a curious duality between masculine and feminine forms translating to concepts of Patriarchy and Matriarchy, Linear and Circular, Judeo-Christianity and Islam versus other beliefs, often falling under the label of the "Old Religion" or paganism.Today, hotly debated ideas and beliefs concerning feminine aspects within the Divine in Ancient Judaism and Christianity, would have barely raised an eyebrow amongst ancient Jews &amp; Christians, even though they were living in an even more Patriarchal world than this one.Modern Judeo-Christian ideals, firmly wedged in popular culture, are still holistically Patriarchical with their explicitly big male deity whose big male name evokes, by inference, oversized male attributes to match!This type of imagery, as an iconic anchor, has a way of cementing ideals of male gender superiority upon popular consciousness and Western conventions, effecting us ethically and socially since the Ultimate often becomes the paradigm for what is mimicked in the world below, "so in Heaven so on Earth" "As above so below."But this is NOT true of early Christianity and from the perspective of a historian you will hear exactly why from evidence this was not the case in Antiquity.In fact the vocabulary of ancient Judaism and Christianity does indeed carry with it perspectives pregnant with the Feminine Divine, a narrative which presents both male and female.The irony is chilling and worthy of investigation! Join us to find answers--what really happened may shock you!Dr. James Rietveld is a professor at CSU, Fullerton and Cal Poly Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology, Religion with a PHD from Claremont School of Religion, is author of two books, and can be seen on History channel's "Crazy Rich Ancients."

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