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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.

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Became Doing Few First Graduate Interested Late Religion Religious Studies University Women Work Yale

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

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Ancient Did First Goddess Images Interest Me

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After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much more ancient Goddess.

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: After Ancient Beneath Came Diligent Familiar Goddess Goddesses Gradually More Much Other Patriarchy Research Understand Women

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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

Topics: Ancient Birth Death Delight Diversity Europe Form Goddess Life Nature Old Powers Regeneration Unity

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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.

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Agriculture Ancient Arts Discovery Europe Inventing Making Old Pottery Respected Roles Weaving Were Women

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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

Topics: Arising Body Humanity Must New Out Reconciliation Spirit Women

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The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Among Behavior Christians Cruel Even Evidence Function Image Often Relation Shocking Themselves Toward Values

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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.

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Attacking Behind Growing Leaving Less Movement Patriarchal Present Religion Simply Than Threat Will Women

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

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Because Being Constantly Continually However Language Must Powerful Subversive

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If we do no 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?

~Carol P. Christ

Topics: Any Female God Imagery Male Masculine Mean Objections Should Then Use Using Well Why

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Type: Educator

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