Catholic, Shia and Shakta Salvation Through Mystical Sorrow: Holy Mothers and Sacred Families
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0078
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0078; doi:10.3390/rel16020183
- Author or attribution
- McDaniel, June
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2025/2
- Source / repository
- Religions
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Description and curator notes
Compares the transformation of suffering into sacred sorrow in Catholic Christianity, Shia Islam, and Shakta Hinduism. The Shakta discussion places Kali and the divine mother within a family-centered devotional vocabulary, showing how grief and emotional identification can become means of religious closeness. The article is useful for readers studying maternal imagery, devotional feeling, and the relationship between loss and salvation in Kali traditions. Because the argument is comparative, its distinctions among the three traditions matter: similar emotional patterns do not imply identical doctrines, histories, or ritual practices.
KALI-0078 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.
Author / attribution: McDaniel, June
Publication: Religions · 2025/2
Religions 16(2), 183
Format / language: Journal article · English
Identifier: doi:10.3390/rel16020183
Kali relevance: Substantial Shakta/Kali section within a comparative article.
Context: Comparative religion; maternal devotion; sorrow and salvation.
Subjects: Academic Research and Peer-Reviewed Articles; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Evidence / reliability: Peer-reviewed scholarly journal
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. CC BY 4.0 as stated on publisher page; attribution required.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16/2/183
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Complete text checked 2026-11-04. CC BY 4.0 as stated on publisher page; attribution required. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
McDaniel, June. Catholic, Shia and Shakta Salvation Through Mystical Sorrow: Holy Mothers and Sacred Families. Religions · 2025/2.
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