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

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

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.

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.

Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?