Meeting 'the Mother Who Takes Across': Christian Encounters with the Fierce Goddesses of Hinduism
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- McDermott, Rachel Fell
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- Article
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- English
- Date / edition
- 2003
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- Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 16, Butler University Digital Commons
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- Open access
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- 100-Source Research Supplement — Batch 3, November 2026; Interreligious; Kali and Durga; Colonialism
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How Christians have (and have not) engaged Kali and Durga, from missionary disgust to Bengali devotional poetry.
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Title: Meeting 'the Mother Who Takes Across': Christian Encounters with the Fierce Goddesses of Hinduism
Authors: McDermott, Rachel Fell
Record type: Article
Language: English
Year: 2003
Source / Publisher: Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 16, Butler University Digital Commons
Full-text URL: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/jhcs/vol16/iss1/10
Alternate URL: https://core.ac.uk/download/62416575.pdf
Subjects: Interreligious; Kali and Durga; Colonialism
Description: How Christians have (and have not) engaged Kali and Durga, from missionary disgust to Bengali devotional poetry.
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McDermott, Rachel Fell. Meeting 'the Mother Who Takes Across': Christian Encounters with the Fierce Goddesses of Hinduism. Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 16, Butler University Digital Commons. 2003. https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/jhcs/vol16/iss1/10
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