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The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

Carol Patrice Christ

Theologians frequently assert that God has no body, no gender, no race and no age. Most people state that God is neither male nor female. Yet most people become flustered, upset or even angry when it is suggested that the God they know as Lord and Father might also be God the Mother, or Goddess.

Carol Patrice Christ

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.

Carol Patrice Christ

Symbol systems cannot simply be rejected; they must be replaced. Where there is no replacement, the mind will revert to familiar structures at times of crisis, bafflement, or defeat.

Carol Patrice Christ

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.

Carol Patrice Christ

Carol Patrice Christ

Carol Patrice Christ

Born: December 20, 1945

Died: July 14, 2021 (aged 75)

Bio: Carol Patrice Christ was a feminist historian, theologian, author, and foremother of the Goddess movement. She obtained her PhD from Yale University and served as a professor at universities such as Columbia University and Harvard Divinity School.

Known for:

Rebirth of the goddess (1997)
She Who Changes (2003)
Diving deep and surfacing (1995)

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