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The Morning After Pill and Obama’s Daughters by Carol P. Christ20 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 1 week ago: By now it should be clear to feminists that when Barack Obama thinks about women, he does not view u … more →

Tags: General, feminism and religion, President Obama, morning after pill, plan b, FDA, Judge Korman, the right to control your own body, Women as Persons

Rituals Of Spring and Greek Easter by Carol P. Christ5 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 2 weeks ago: Though I am not a Christian any more, I don’t want to sit home alone on Easter Day.  Besides being a … more →

Tags: General, god/dess, feminism and religion, Birds, Lesbo's, Molivos, spring rituals, Greek Easter, Flowers

Deciding To Leave the Religion of Your Birth--Or Not by Carol P. Christ36 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 3 weeks ago: What factors are most important in the decisions of spiritual feminists to leave or to stay affiliat … more →

Tags: General, Judith Plaskow, feminism and religion, America's civil religion, God of War, core doctrines, core symbols, leaving Christianity

(Essay) Reading Plato’s Allegory of the Cave as Matricide and Theacide by Carol P. Christ2 comments

magoeditors wrote 3 weeks ago: When I read Plato’s allegory of the cave as an undergraduate, I was told it had something to do with … more →

Tags: Goddesses, Feminism, great mother, Women, Patriarchy, Greece, Plato, matricide, theacide

Whose Children Are Our Children? Whose Children Do We Care About? by Carol P. Christ8 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 1 month ago: Melissa Harris-Perry created a media flurry when she stated that if we as a society considered … more →

Tags: General, ethics of care, feminism and religion, interdependence, isolated independent self, kalil gibran, melissa harris-perry, Process Philosophy, relational worldview

A Gift Economy: Could It Be Better To Give Than To Receive? by Carol P. Christ7 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 1 month ago: In a gift economy inequalities are balanced out by the cultural practice of gift-giving. If you have … more →

Tags: General, feminism and religion, Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete, gift economy, private property, ownership

(Essay) Shadows of the Goddess in Greek Orthodox Tradition: Easter and the Dormition of the Virgin by Carol P. Christ1 comment

magoeditors wrote 1 month ago: While I would not wish to argue that Greek Orthodoxy is in any way a “feminist” tradition, the shado … more →

Tags: Goddesses, Nature, Myth, Women, mary, Greek

“Am I Crazy?” Loving Laura Dern by Carol P. Christ26 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 1 month ago: “Am I crazy?” “No, just full of hope. You got more hope than most people do. It’s a beautiful thing … more →

Tags: General, Am I Crazy ???, Diane Ladd, Enlightened, Erin Brockovich, feminism and religion, HOPE, Laura Dern

What Might It Be Like To Live In A Matriarchal Society Of Peace? Can You Imagine? by Carol P. Christ18 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 1 month ago: There are many reasons for women, slaves, and the poor to rebel against domination and unjust author … more →

Tags: General, Patriarchy, matriarchy, Societies of Peace, Love, feminism and religion, Goddess spirituality, Sharing, Generosity

(Essay) Remembering Merlin Stone, 1931-2011, by Carol P. Christ2 comments

magoeditors wrote 2 months ago: “In the beginning…God was a woman.  Do you remember?”  Feminst foremother and author of these words … more →

Tags: Goddesses, Feminism, Women, Patriarchy, awakening, merlin stone

Remembering Audre Lorde and “The Uses Of The Erotic” by Carol P. Christ11 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 2 months ago: I was  given a copy of Audre Lorde’s essay “The Uses of the Erotic” in my first year of teaching at … more →

Tags: General, feminist theology, audre lorde, Adrienne Rich, Muriel Rukeyser, alice walker, The Uses of the Erotic, feminism and religon, Lavender Jane Loves Women

Our Mother Whose Body Is The Earth by Carol P. Christ14 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 2 months ago: This prayer came to me recently in waking sleep: Our Mother whose body is the Earth, Blessed are you … more →

Tags: General, charles hartshorne, Earth as body of Goddess, Earth-based Spirituality, Faith Rogow, feminism and religion, Hail Mary, Marcia Falk, Our Father

Patriarchy as a System of Male Dominance Created at the Intersection of the Control of Women, Private Property, and War, Part 2 by Carol P. Christ40 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 2 months ago: Patriarchy is a system of male dominance, rooted in the ethos of war which legitimates violence, san … more →

Tags: General, Patriarchy, matriarchy, feminism and religion, Rape and war, Heidi Goettner-Abendroth, patriarchy and war, patriarchy and violence, slavery and war

Patriarchy as a System of Male Dominance Created at the Intersection of the the Control of Women, Private Property, and War, Part 1 by Carol P. Christ59 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 3 months ago: Patriarchy is often defined as a system of male dominance. This definition does not illuminate, but … more →

Tags: General, Patriarchy, matriarchy, Masuo, merlin stone, feminism and reiigion, Heidi Goettner-Abendroth, patriarchy and war, Patriarchal family

Bird Watching and Geology in the Body of Goddess by Carol P. Christ5 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 3 months ago: The notion of the earth as the body of Goddess has taken on deeper meaning for me in recent years.  … more →

Tags: General, eco-systems, Goddess, Goddess Spirituality, geology, god/dess, Goddess spirituality, bird watching, Natura 2000

We are not yet liberated, but we shall be. 4 comments

jessica creech wrote 3 months ago: A Chrysalis called Clarissa, by Gareth founder of Northern Ignorance “What’s all the com … more →

Tags: spirituality, Culture, American Society, light, Feminism, Religion, Pat RObertson, northern ignorance, India

How To Find Those Lost Ancestors by Carol P. Christ3 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 4 months ago:   Over the past year I have written several blogs on ancestor connection.  In this blog I will share … more →

Tags: General, Earth-based Spirituality, feminism and religion, Who Do You Think You Are, ancestor memory, ancestor connection, finding ancestors, african american lives, finding your roots

(Essay) Does Belief Matter? by Carol P. Christ

inannamago wrote 4 months ago: In recent days I have been pondering the fact that some people and some feminists seem to see the is … more →

Tags: Mago, the Great Goddess, Goddesses, Cross-cultural Parallels, Feminism, Women, Patriarchy, awakening, Philosophy, patriarchal religions

Connection to Ancestors in Earth-based Theology by Carol P. Christ7 comments

Carol P. Christ wrote 4 months ago: “I am Carol Patrice Christ, daughter of Jane Claire Bergman, daughter of Lena Marie Searing, daughte … more →

Tags: Feminist Theology, General, Feminism, Goddess Movement, ANCESTORS, embodiment, feminist theology, Earth-based Spirituality, feminism and religion


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