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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.