title: The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland
author:  Mary Condren 
description: Using Ireland as a case study, this book provides an account of the decline of matriarchal power in Western civilizations and analyzes its implications for today's women and today's Catholic Church. From the age of Eve to the age of Brigit to the age of Mary, the author traces the rise of patriarchial consciousness. Mary Condren is a former editor of Student Christian Movement Publications and the author of articles on men written for feminist liberation theory. The author has taught in the Women in Religion Program at Harvard University.
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  ## The Mammoth Book of Irish Romance
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Trisha Telep
  
  
  ### Jenna Maclaine
  
  
  ### Jennifer Ashley
  
  
  ### Roberta Gellis
  
  
  ### Claire Delacroix
  
  
  ### Sue-Ellen Welfonder
  
  
  ### Cindy Miles
  
  
  ### Ciar Cullen
  
  
  ### Helen Scott Taylor
  
  
  ### Shirley Kennedy
  
  
  ### Margo Maguire
  
  
  ### Susan Krinard
  
  
  ### Pat Mcdermott
  
  
  ### Nadia Williams
  
  
  ### Dara England
  
  
  ### Kathleen Givens
  
  
  ### Sandra Newgent
  
  
  ### Cindy Holby
  
  
  ### Cat Adams
  
  
  ### Penelope Neri
  
  
  ### Patricia Rice
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  What happens when an Irish god finds himself smitten by a beautiful mortal
  woman? When the Celtic gods dream of romance trouble abounds! Visit an Irish
  king tempted by the poetry of a sensuous wraith who blends the mythological
  and the historical so seamlessly he finds himself transported to a myth-laden
  Ireland of beasts and warriors — and entirely at her mercy.
  
  
  A forbidden love cursed by the saints causes two young lovers to magically
  shape-shift to f