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Sovereignty goddess is a scholarly term, almost exclusively used in Celtic studies (although parallels for the idea have been claimed in other traditions, usually under the label hieros gamos). [1] The term denotes a goddess who, personifying a territory, confers sovereignty upon a king by marrying or having sex with him.
A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (also known as The Sovereignty and Goodness of God) is a 1682 memoir written by Mary (White) Rowlandson, a married English colonist and mother who was captured in 1675 in an attack by Native Americans during King Philip's War. She was held by them for ransom for 11 weeks and 5 ...
In an effort to assert women's equality with men, the Wife of Bath states that an equal balance of power is needed, in a functional society. [1] Wilks proposes that through the sovereignty theme, a reflection of women's integral role in governance compelled Chaucer's audience to associate the Wife's tale with the reign of Anne of Bohemia. [30]
Multiple reviewers praised What Hath God Wrought and described it in superlative terms. Publishers Weekly called it "one of the most outstanding syntheses of U. S. history published this decade". [27] Richard Carwardine said What Hath God Wrought "lays powerful claim to being the best work ever written on this period of the American past".
Divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandation, is a political and religious doctrine of political legitimacy of a monarchy in Western Christianity up untill the Enlightenment. It is also known as the divine-right theory of kingship .
The religious status of women is a very important aspect of the history of the religion and one of the most critical issues between the oldest religious divisions of the religion, Svetambar and Digambar. The major distinction between these two divisions is the position of women in their societies.
“My attitude about the nominations is that that’s why God made confirmation hearings," said Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, who added that he was unfamiliar with most of Trump’s ...
Sarah Osborn's memoirs and diaries have been published with great thanks to Samuel Hopkins, a New Light pastor. The publication of Osborn's personal work provided evidence for God's existence and encouraged forthcoming ideas in the Second Great Awakening. Ideas such as economic poverty, personal experience, abolition, women's roles, and missions.