This darkly pessimistic view on goddesses is most exemplified in Armstrong’s version of the myths of Inanna. I’ve had the pleasure of reading some rather…
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A Short History of Myth, part 2
Blatant and inaccurate double standards As I’ve previously noted, I was not happy with how the second chapter was progressing. To my increasing dismay, things…
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The first book by Karen Armstrong which I read was A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It was absolutely…
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I just finished listening to an utterly fascinating interview on a blogradio with a man named Allan Johnson. I’m very interested in hearing what others…
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In effect, those two verses were where the author wrote Truth as she knew it, and that’s why those verses shone. Unfortunately, since we’ve not…
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Oppression & technology The previously mentioned example is not the only instance of the co-existence of both a lack of, and a distinct awareness of,…
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(“The Warrior Women”) by Monique Wittig translated by David Le Vay (first reviewed April 2005) Wittig’s book, quite frankly, puzzles me — or perhaps it’s…
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So in quick synopsis, as far as I can tell, people stick with harmful doctrines (such as religions which label you guilty simply on the…
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I have been asked why I put so much time and thought into my critique of WomanChrist. As one friend put it, at least the…
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I found myself wondering, in fact, just how much abuse women were supposed to put up with. When was the pain supposed to stop? When…
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