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“Feminism is not a patch; it is a whole new pattern which can only be realized by weaving a new garment, seamless from top to bottom and multicolored from the beginning.” WholeFeminismBottomPatternsPatchesGarmentsWeavingSeamless Book:Beyond Patching: Faith and Feminism in the Catholic Church Source: Beyond Patching: Faith and Feminism in the Catholic Church
“metaphors for God drawn from human experience can easily be literalized. While we are immediately aware that the personal God is not really a rock or a mother eagle, it is easy enough to imagine that God is really a king or a father.” HumansEnoughGodMotherReligionFatherEasyImagineRocksKingsMetaphorImagine ThatHuman ExperienceEagles Book:Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women Source: Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women
“No matter how entrenched in the imagination of the average Christian the image of a male God might be, theological tradition has never assigned sex to God.” MatterGodMightChristianSexImaginationTraditionMalesAverageTheological Author:Sandra Marie Schneiders
“the gender of God, God's presumed masculinity, has functioned as the ultimate religious legitimization of the unjust social structures which victimize women.” GodReligionSocialReligiousUltimateStructureGenderHaving FunSexismUnjustMasculinitySocial Structure Book:Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women Source: Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women