Mary Daly Quotes on God
Mary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher and theologian who taught for more than thirty years at Boston College, where she insisted on the right to teach women-only courses. This page collects quotes attributed to Mary Daly on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“If God is male, then the male is God.”
Beyond God the Father -
Attributed to Mary Daly:
“Patriarchy is itself the prevailing religion of the entire planet.”
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“The 'self-transcending immanence,' the sense of giving birth to ourselves, the sense of power of being within, which is being affirmed by many women, does not seem to be denoted, imaged adequately pointed to, or perhaps even associated with the term 'God'. p. 208”
The Qualitative Leap Beyond Patriarchal Religion." Quest 1 (Spr 1975) -
“The Qualitative Leap Beyond Patriarchal Religion." Quest 1 (Spr 1975)”
The 'self-transcending immanence,' the sense of giving birth to ourselves, the sense of power of being within, which is being affirmed by many women, does not seem to be denoted, imaged adequately pointed to, or perhaps even associated with the term 'God'. p. 208 -
“(Women's Liberation) ... is an ontological, spiritual revolution, pointing beyond the idolatries of sexist society and sparking creative action in and toward transcendence. The becoming of women implies universal human becoming. It has everything to do with the search for ultimate meaning and reality which some would call God. p. 6”
Wikiquote -
“The first step in the elevation of women under all systems of religion is to convince them that the great Spirit of the Universe is in no way responsible for any of these absurdities. (Stanton, quoted on p. 13)”
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