Carol P. Christ

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

“To tell a woman's story is a revolutionary act.”

“A woman's unfolding consciousness is a microcosmic reflection of the unfolding of the Great Goddess.”

“Symbols have social and political effects. They are not neutral.”

“Thealogy is the intellectual and spiritual work of reflecting on the meaning of Goddess.”

“Where there is Goddess, there is also justice.”

“The first and most important thing a woman can do for herself is to find a group of women she can trust.”

“Patriarchal religion and society are based on theologies and stories that legitimate the right of a few men to dominate other men, women, and nature.”

“In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?”

“A culture that worships a male god will in a variety of ways celebrate maleness and male superiority.”

“The story of the Goddess is an alternative to the story of the hero who must leave home and kill the dragon to be a man.”

“Without stories there is no articulation of experience.”