Carol P. Christ
Carol P. Christ
Carol Patrice Christis a teacher and author and holds a PhD from Yale University...
ProfessionEducator
leaving movement growing
The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.
birth goddess renewal
In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.
humanity body spirit
Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.
art discovery europe
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.
europe diversity unity
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.
meditation bird body
Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.
mean males female
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?
moon waxing three
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.
mother father race
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.
independent female goddess
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.
mind times-of-crisis defeat
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.
christian years rivers
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.
firsts ancient goddess
At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.
father psych hands
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.