Carol P. Christ Quotes

• 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.

  Carol P. Christ

  Mother, Father, Race

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• 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?

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  Mean, Males, Female

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• Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.

  Carol P. Christ

  Nature, Meditation, Bird

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• The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

  Carol P. Christ

  Independent, Female, Goddess

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

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  Leaving, Movement, Growing

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• The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration.

  Carol P. Christ

  Europe, Diversity, Unity

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• The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.

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  Mother Daughter, Men, Challenges

  Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

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• 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.

  Carol P. Christ

  Simple, Views, Stories

  Carol P. Christ (2015). “Diving Deep & Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest”, p.33, Beacon Press

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• Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.

  Carol P. Christ

  Father, Psych, Hands

  Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

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• Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles.

  Carol P. Christ

  Moon, Waxing, Three

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• In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making.

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  Art, Discovery, Europe

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• Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

  Carol P. Christ

  Humanity, Body, Spirit

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• In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

  Carol P. Christ

  Paganism, Birth, Goddess

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• 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.

  Carol P. Christ

  Mind, Times Of Crisis, Defeat

  Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

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• I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.

  Carol P. Christ

  Years, Beliefs And Values, Belief

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

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  Powerful, Language, Subversive

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• 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?

  Carol P. Christ

  Males, Doe, Pronouns

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• Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants.

  Carol P. Christ

  Christian, Isis, Years

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• At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

  Carol P. Christ

  Firsts, Ancient, Goddess

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