28 Quotes by Carol P. Christ

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.

If we do no mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?

Symbol systems cannot simply be rejected; they must be replaced. Where there is no replacement, the mind will revert to familiar structures at times of crisis, bafflement, or defeat.

If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?

Theologians frequently assert that God has no body, no gender, no race and no age. Most people state that God is neither male nor female. Yet most people become flustered, upset or even angry when it is suggested that the God they know as Lord and Father might also be God the Mother, or Goddess.

The women’s movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

The simple act of telling a woman’s story from a woman’s point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.