When God was a Girl
Documentary about the history of women in religion, Bettany Hughes looks at the evidence in pre and early history of worship of goddess as both giver of life and killer.
Historian Bettany Hughes goes back to the beginning of time and visits the world's oldest religious site to find startling evidence that women were part of the very birth of organised religion. She visits a world where goddesses ruled the heavens and earth, and reveals why our ancestors thought of the divine as female. Travelling across the Mediterranean and the Near East, Bettany goes to remote places, where she encounters fearsome goddesses who controlled life and death. And she ends up in modern-day India, where the goddess is still a powerful force for thousands of Hindus. Immersing herself in the excitement of the Durga Puja festival, Bettany experiences goddess worship first-hand, and finds out what the goddess means to her devotees.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Bettany Hughes |
Director | Ruairi Fallon |
Executive Producer | Leonie Jameson |
Broadcasts
- Sat 15 Mar 2014 02:10GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD
- Sat 15 Mar 2014 15:10GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 16 Mar 2014 09:10GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 16 Mar 2014 20:10GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD