We’ve just entered November, the beginning of winter, the season of darkness. Twenty-odd years ago, I led a group of students through the Wheel of the Year in a class I called Practicing the Presence of the Goddess. (I also… Read More ›
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Rainbow Goddess by Sara Wright
Winged Iris flew over earth and sea. Rainbows luminesced in her wake. Messenger from the clouds, she gathered up the rain,
Shofetim: The Divine Feminine, Magic, and the Role of Gender by Ivy Helman.
This post is dedicated to Carol P. Christ. I knew her first as my professor and then my friend for over 15 years. May her memory be a blessing. This week’s Torah portion is Shofetim (also spelt Shoftim), or Deutoronomy… Read More ›
Reclaiming Sacred Music by Mary Sharratt
Women Singing Earth by Mary Southard Here is a hymn of praise, a beautiful and intimate piece meant to be sung. Reader, I invite you to guess the author of this text and the sacred figure to whom this work is… Read More ›
The Feminine in God by Vanessa Rivera de la Fuente
An expert traveler knows that the best part of leaving is coming back. I am happy to open another year writing here again, after a necessary break, since writing is the way I maintain my strong ties with my critical… Read More ›
Finding Heavenly Mother with Rachel Hunt Steenblik by Caryn D. Riswold
Feminist theologies are filled with queries and questions about the divine feminine. Whether women need the Goddess. If She really is. Where herchurch might flourish. I have my own complicated views about the subject, and continue to be enriched by… Read More ›
Join the Rebellion by Jessica Bowman
Like many other thousands of Americans, I watched the newest offering from the Star Wars legacy last autumn and was re-inspired to be an active part of the rebellion against oppression. Viewing the movie through my feminist lens I was… Read More ›
Nominating Holy Women Icons by Angela Yarber
Who is your Holy Woman Icon? When I began the academic study of religion in 1999, I was struck by the pantheon of male saints, venerated, honored, painted, adored, perhaps even worshipped. From virtually every tradition, men reigned supreme—in leadership,… Read More ›
Four Reasons We Need To Reclaim The Power of the Divine Feminine Now by Mary Petiet
(Spoiler alert: She’s already here) The power of the divine feminine taps into the power of life. The power is accessible to everyone as the equal opportunity energy surrounding and connecting all living things. The power is ancient, and meditative… Read More ›
Gather the Women and Heal What Ails Us by Karen Moon
I wrote this piece in response to an e-mail from a friend that said: “Yes, women’s circles may help you with your headaches that you have every 3 to 7 days (or whatever else ails you.)” I think women (and… Read More ›
The Wonder that is Being Born: How to Live Out Loud? Sacrilegious or Evolution? by Karen Moon
Yesterday, I went to a Women’s Circle, the description follows: Our next circle will honor this journey of Venus or Innana as she was known by the ancient Sumerians. We will gather on Sunday, July 26th at 3 PM at… Read More ›
What if Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine Are Not Oppositional Categories? by Carol P. Christ
A friend who is a spiritual teacher speaks often “bringing back the values associated with the Divine Feminine.” For her this has to do with helping women to understand the beauty of our bodies and the importance of ways of… Read More ›
Give Me That “New” Time Religion! by Susan Gifford
I want a new religion. I have changed to the point that I cannot be a part of a patriarchal religion and I feel that all of the major organized religions fall into that category. It has taken me a… Read More ›
Can You Kill the Spirit? What Happened to Female Imagery for God in Christian Worship? by Carol P. Christ
When I first began to think about female language and images for God I imagined that changing God-He to God-She and speaking of God as Mother some of the time would be a widespread practice in churches and synagogues by… Read More ›
Revolution Through Rituals by Jann Aldredge-Clanton
A revolution is happening through Divine Feminine rituals! More and more faith communities are reclaiming the power of the Divine Feminine in sacred rituals. Rituals move feminist theory and theology/thealogy from the head to the heart. Words and visual symbols… Read More ›
Essentialism Reconsidered by Carol P. Christ
In my Ecofeminism class we have been discussing essentialism because some feminists have alleged that other feminists, particularly ecofeminists and Goddess feminists, are “essentialists.” They argue that essentialist views reinforce traditional stereotypes including those that designate men as rational and… Read More ›
Why Not ‘Feminine Divine’? by Judith Laura
It twists my gut like an intestinal bug when people use the term “feminine divine” or “divine feminine” when what is meant is female deity. I keep thinking that like many gut bugs, it might just go away on its… Read More ›
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