The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.

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.

The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

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

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?