Carol P. Christ Quotes

• 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 P. Christ

  Madre, padre, raza

  47 Copiar cita

• If we do not 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?

  Carol P. Christ

  Media, Hombres, Mujeres

  67 Copiar cita

• Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.

  Carol P. Christ

  Nature, Meditation, Bird

  27 Copiar cita

• 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 P. Christ

  Independent, Female, Goddess

  52 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Carol P. Christ

  Europe, Diversity, Unity

  17 Copiar cita

• The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

  Carol P. Christ

  Leaving, Movement, Growing

  9 Copiar cita

• La madre debe socializar a su hija para que se subordine a los hombres, y si su hija desafía las normas patriarcales, es probable que la madre defienda las estructuras patriarcales contra sus propias hijas.

  Carol P. Christ

  Mother Daughter, Men, Challenges

  Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

  8 Copiar cita

• 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 P. Christ

  Simple, Views, Stories

  Carol P. Christ (2015). “Diving Deep & Surfacing: Women Writers on Spiritual Quest”, p.33, Beacon Press

  4 Copiar cita

• Nuestro gran símbolo de la Diosa es la luna, cuyos tres aspectos reflejan las tres etapas de la vida de la mujer y cuyos ciclos de creciente y menguante coinciden con los ciclos menstruales femeninos.

  Carol P. Christ

  Moon, Waxing, Three

  84 Copiar cita

• 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 P. Christ

  Father, Psych, Hands

  Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

  8 Copiar cita

• 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.

  Carol P. Christ

  Art, Discovery, Europe

  68 Copiar cita

• Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

  Carol P. Christ

  Humanity, Body, Spirit

  8 Copiar cita

• In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

  Carol P. Christ

  Paganism, Birth, Goddess

  8 Copiar cita

• 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 P. Christ

  Mind, Times Of Crisis, Defeat

  Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

  4 Copiar cita

• Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

  Carol P. Christ

  Males, Doe, Pronouns

  10 Copiar cita

• Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.

  Carol P. Christ

  Years, Beliefs And Values, Belief

  8 Copiar cita

• Empecé a interesarme por las mujeres y la religión cuando era una de las pocas mujeres que cursaban estudios de posgrado en Estudios Religiosos en la Universidad de Yale a finales de los años sesenta.

  Carol P. Christ

  Inspiración, Divertido, Graduación

  10 Copiar cita

• A lo largo de los años, muchas mujeres cristianas me han expresado su gran respeto por la valentía y el coraje evidentes en mi obra, tal vez incluso señalando sus propios pendientes de Isis o un colgante de la diosa del río Nilo.

  Carol P. Christ

  Christian, Isis, Years

  69 Copiar cita

• Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.

  Carol P. Christ

  Powerful, Language, Subversive

  4 Copiar cita

• At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

  Carol P. Christ

  Firsts, Ancient, Goddess

  10 Copiar cita

También te puede gustar:

Judith Plaskow

Rosemary Radford Ruether

Starhawk

Mary Daly

Piedra Merlín

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

Charlene Spretnak

Sallie McFague