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Carol P. Christ

"The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration."

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"The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration."

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"It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it."

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"She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive."

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"At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me."
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"In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making."
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"If we do no mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?"
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"Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body."
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"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."
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"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."
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"In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion."
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"The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior."
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"Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before."
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"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."
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