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An article from Christian Feminism Today
Why Inclusive Language Is Still Important Guest Post by Jann Aldredge-Clanton “We don’t need to do inclusive language any more,” some of the young women tell my professor friend in her intern classes...
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The Power of an Unexpected Pronoun
A guest post by Marg Herder Many years ago, I didn’t think about it. The words for God were male, exclusively. That’s how I was raised. That’s all I knew. I was probably 30 years old before I first...
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From “Mother-Father God” by Renita Weems
The following is from Renita Weem’s blog “Something Within: For Thinking Women of Faith.” It was posted back in 2007. Even those of us who consider ourselves enlightened and deep, and do not believe in...
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From “She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse”
Book by Elizabeth A. Johnson While officially it is rightly and consistently said that God is spirit and so beyond identification with either male or female sex, yet the daily language of preaching,...
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Patriarchy as Idolatry
I ran across a good article written by Sarah Moon. Here’s a quote and links to her blog. Our images of God should challenge oppressive power structures, rather than simply providing a mirror for them...
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God is Not a Guy, and Neither Am I!by Jann Aldredge-Clanton
More and more I find myself responding, “I am not a guy,” to waiters in restaurants, to educated people at conferences, and even to people in progressive churches who refer to groups of women and men...
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God-language and Meat for Idols
A few years ago I had the joy of attending a series of workshops/presentations by Andrew Harvey, who has been called a modern mystic. Two memories stand out. One is his excitement when talking about...
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God of Contradiction: On Language and Liturgyby Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
This article was originally published in “Zeek”, an interesting online magazine. Reposted with the author’s permission. In my early 20s, I began having a certain kind of experience that was so intense,...
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A quote from “A God Who Looks Like Me” by Patricia Lynn Reilly
I realize that I’m on dangerous ground when I call into question the exclusively male language and imagery for the divine that permeate our religious and cultural life. For many the male God of...
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“A God Who Looks Like Me” Quote 2
Here’s another quote from “A God Who Looks Like Me” by Patricia Lynn Reilly. See the previous post for the first one. The following insights inform our woman-affirming spirituality: We have come to...
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