Why Women, Men and Other Living Things Still Need the Goddess: Remembering and Reflecting 35 Years Later
Carol P. Christ reflects on her influential essay ‘Why Women Need the Goddess,’ responding to misinterpretations and arguing that women, men, and other living things still need the symbol of Goddess. As long as ‘Goddess’ and ‘God-She,’ like the word ‘feminist’ are controversial, we still have a long...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| In: |
Feminist theology
Year: 2012, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 242-255 |
| Further subjects: | B
feminist movement
B Goddess B Feminist Theology B God B Ecofeminism |
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| Summary: | Carol P. Christ reflects on her influential essay ‘Why Women Need the Goddess,’ responding to misinterpretations and arguing that women, men, and other living things still need the symbol of Goddess. As long as ‘Goddess’ and ‘God-She,’ like the word ‘feminist’ are controversial, we still have a long way to go before we as a culture can fully accept female power as a beneficent and independent power. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0966735012436897 |