Moderator’s Note: We here at FAR have been so fortunate to work along side Carol Christ for many years. She died from cancer in July, 2021. Her work continues through her non-profit foundation, the Ariadne Institute for the Study of Myth and… Read More ›
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WHY DON’T FEMINISTS EXPRESS ANGER AT GOD? by Carol P. Christ
My relationship to God changed when I accused “Him” of everything I thought “He” had done or let be done to women—from allowing us to be beaten and raped and sold into slavery, to not sending us female prophets and saviors,… Read More ›
God As Seductress: The Call of Nature By Stacia Guzzo
When my husband and I decided to move out of the city, we knew what we wanted as an alternative. We wanted land. Land to grow things, to raise animals, to build upon, to tend. We wanted blisters on our… Read More ›
In my defense against an abusive God… what I forget and what I am learning By Sara Frykenberg
I spent a great deal of my life believing that the smaller and smaller I made myself, the bigger God would be in my life and the more power He (sic) would have to do the good things He had planned. If I could just… Read More ›
Feminism in Disguise By Cynthia Garrity-Bond
Recently CNN ran a feature article on GOP presidential runner Michele Bachmann, an extreme conservative congresswoman from Minnesota, whose political ideologies are shaped and endorsed by the Tea Party [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/27/michele-bachmann-evangelical-feminist/.] The article raised the question if Bachmann, like Hilary Clinton,… Read More ›