the ends of the earth. Along with other forms of political and liberation theology, feminist theology repudiates an interpretation of the death of Jesus as required by God in repayment for sin.18 Such a view today is virtually inseparable from an underlying image of God as an angry, bloodthirsty, violent and sadistic father, reflecting the very worst kind of male behavior. Rather, Jesus’ death was an act of violence brought about by threatened human men, as sin, and therefore
