Carol P. Christ

Quotes

• “Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my...”
• “The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, t...”
• “The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, t...”
• “I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies...”
• “The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power...”
• “Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it i...”
• “The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving i...”