Cult of the Goddess

I was in my local used bookstore. Wonderful place full of old books and other types of media, its called Bookmans in Tucson. I found this wonderful little book on the goddesses in Hinduism. Its not a book a normally see like that beautiful one on KaliMa for instance. This one is a small pamphlet about a 100 pages long. Its called, Cult of the Goddess - Social and Religious Change in a Hindu Temple by James J. Preston. The publisher is called Waveland Press, Inc. They have a generous list of sociological and anthropological titles for the knowledge hungry. The list which is featured behind the book I have is really IMPRESSIVE. The price is also modest.

Flipping through the booklet, it covers unlikely goddess issues like temple economics, patronage, attitudes and perspective and priesthood solidarity. A great little unsuspecting book with interesting angles and insights.