This struggle for mainstream academic acceptance of matriarchal studies is the subject of Edition Amalia's Die Diskriminierung der Matriarchatsforschung: Eine moderne Hexenjagd (2003), a collection of essays from various scholars within the emerging field.
[6] The 2012 publication of Matriarchal Societies: Studies on Indigenous Cultures Across the Globe,[7] marked a degree of change in Göttner-Abendroth relationship to mainstream academia: it was the first time one of her books had been accepted through scholarly peer review with an international academic publisher, Peter Lang.
Modern matriarchal studies stands in the tradition of 1970s second wave feminism, pioneered by Merlin Stone's When God Was a Woman.
It aims to combine the "intellectual, political, artistic, and spiritual" [9] in its events, which range from "matriarchal mystery festivals" to international academic conferences.
This publication aims to provide an authoritative listing of historical and contemporary sources related to matriarchal studies, and includes annotations and commentary.