Many Ma’s: Goddess in America
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- Catalogue identifier
- kali-0118
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-0118
- Author or attribution
- The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- n.d.
- Source / repository
- The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Kali Library Research Catalogue; Contemporary Worship and Living Traditions; Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Description and curator notes
An overview of goddess devotion in the United States, including temple communities and the importance of female religious figures addressed as Mother. It places Hindu goddess traditions in a diaspora setting and provides context for readers comparing deity worship with reverence for women teachers. The essay’s field is broader than Kali devotion. It belongs in a contextual contemporary-religion section, with links onward to more specific community studies.
KALI-0118 — 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: The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
Publication: The Pluralism Project, Harvard University · n.d.
Format / language: Institutional educational essay · English
Kali relevance: Diaspora context for goddess and Mother traditions; broader than Kali alone.
Context: Contemporary United States; Hindu diaspora and religious teachers.
Subjects: Contemporary Worship and Living Traditions; Priests, Priestesses, Saints, and Religious Lineages; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Evidence / reliability: Institutional or scholarly secondary source
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Free to read; copyright retained. Link to the source; no blanket republication permission established.
Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://pluralism.org/many-ma%E2%80%99s-goddess-in-america
Source access
Read or locate the original source at The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
Rights and reading conditions
Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Free to read; copyright retained. Link to the source; no blanket republication permission established. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.
Citation
The Pluralism Project, Harvard University. Many Ma’s: Goddess in America. The Pluralism Project, Harvard University · n.d..
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