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Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
by
Mary Daly
'Certainly one of the most promising theological statements of our time.' --The Christian Century
'Not for the timid, this brilliant book calls for nothing short of the overthrow of patriarchy itself.' --The Village Voice
'Not for the timid, this brilliant book calls for nothing short of the overthrow of patriarchy itself.' --The Village Voice
Paperback, 264 pages
Published
June 1st 1993
by Beacon Press
(first published 1973)
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Jan 30, 2011
Erik Graff
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Daly was popular at seminary, but I didn't get around to reading her until years later. I was visiting an old high school friend in Springfield, Vermont, had finished the book I'd brought along for the trip and asked his wife for recommendations from their substantial library. She suggested Daly.
If one defines "feminism" as the belief that everyone should have the same rights and opportunities, then pretty much everyone is a feminist, even some people who would reject the label. A number of youn...more
If one defines "feminism" as the belief that everyone should have the same rights and opportunities, then pretty much everyone is a feminist, even some people who would reject the label. A number of youn...more
I won't claim to have finished this, but did become reasonably acquainted with the contents. This is a historic (early 1970s)feminist look at theology. Strong statements reflect the passion of those times insisting that everyone, but women in particular, question the words they use and the actions they live by as they think about God, about culture and society, and ourselves. This is an author who emphasizes words by capitalizing, underlining, separating, etc. so there is strong notation include...more
I wish I had taken notes on this book as I went through it because there are definitely plenty of things to talk about once you finish this.
Having met her a year or two before she died, I knew it was a once in a life time chance to see her speak and pick up a book. Most of my friends picked up her last book, but I was far more interested in this one dealing with religion... and I'm glad I picked it up and got it signed.
There were plenty if things that were eye opening and there were plenty of...more
Having met her a year or two before she died, I knew it was a once in a life time chance to see her speak and pick up a book. Most of my friends picked up her last book, but I was far more interested in this one dealing with religion... and I'm glad I picked it up and got it signed.
There were plenty if things that were eye opening and there were plenty of...more
This book is a classic in feminist religious study. Daly does not pull any punches, and she skewers religion, politics, and every institution of our culture. I agree with most of what she says, and while I see that things are better in some ways than when she wrote the book in 1973, there are plenty of areas where things are just as bad if not worse.
Daly calls upon women and forward thinking men to redefine religion. She makes the excellent point that it's not by simply calling God "Goddess" or...more
Daly calls upon women and forward thinking men to redefine religion. She makes the excellent point that it's not by simply calling God "Goddess" or...more
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I have to be honest with my rating. Maybe it's just not my style of book. And I have to add that to my "it was okay" two-star rating that this is no way a reflection on the theologies and ideas Daly is presenting -- I'm totally on board with those. But as for presentation, I couldn't finish the book and stopped about a chapter and a half early.
This is on my first shelf since it was the book which first opened my eyes to feminism, to the questioning of iconographic paradigms, to the awareness of prevelent patriarchy. Just like the fish swimming in water doesn't notice the water, I never saw anything other than the accepted norm.
I read this after I was getting over the love of my life. I agree with Carl Jung's quote that drugs and alcohol are a low level search for God. I've always been a seeker. So I read this trying to get over my lusts and find a God I could believe in.
Introduced to Mary Daly by a fellow RA while we were students at Boston College. This is one of her earlier works which is easier to understand prior to her philosophy evolving.
read this sophomore year of college in philosophy class. it was the first time i saw the W in woman capitalized in every sentence.
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great book i wish all my friends reading this book before three years ago i read it all and i like it much <3
Scooped up a copy at the Lesbian Herstory Archives's annual book sale in December 2011.
My favorite theology book. Actually, my favorite book period.
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There is so much in this to enlighten and enrage a person. I wish it didn't have to be so true.
This book is important. I think even those Christians who reject her ungendering of God (as I ultimately do) cannot fail to acknowledge what she says: "By making God man, we make man God."
This is certainly how it has played out historically.
I love the ardor and anger of this book.
This is certainly how it has played out historically.
I love the ardor and anger of this book.
Deeply thought-provoking. She begins from the assumption that theology itself, and the Church itself, are corrupted by misogyny not only in form but also in principle. From there, she makes a full critique and describes her vision of a way forward, out of patriarchal religion.
Fascinating way to engage in a critique of Christianity and the inherent problems of a gendered religious construct...
I must say that as a re-read I'm enjoying this more the second time around. Interesting perspective that Daly creates.
Very radical feminism, to the point of enchanting the reader with the outrageousness of her artful wit!
This book will make you NOT ever want to step into another church ever again...
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this lady is out of her mind crazy fun!
I hope to finish this one someday soon.
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Mary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at Boston College, a Jesuit-run institution, for 33 years. Daly consented to retire from Boston College in 1999, after violating university policy by refusing to allow male students in her advanced women's studies classes. She allowed male students i...more
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