Female-spirituality

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Resources on the Divine Feminine in Christianity

These resources provide biblical and historical evidence for the divine feminine in Christianity. I will update as I come across more.

Articles

Who is Sophia in the Bible?

The Feminine Imagery of God in the Hebrew Bible

Lady Wisdom - A Divine Feminine Entity

El Shaddai: The God With Breasts

El Shaddai and the Gender of God

Is God A Man?

Is God Both Male and Female?

Female Images of God

Lady Wisdom and the Gender Diverse Community of God

Gender Fluid Jesus is For Real

Jesus’s Vagina: A Medieval Meditation

The Enduring Symbolism of Doves

“Biblical Proofs” for the Feminine Face of God in Scripture

Masterpost: List of academic studies regarding the divine feminine in Christian texts and tradition

Blogs/Communities

Deidre Havrelock

Mother God Experiment

Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox

Sophiawakens

Sophia Inclusive Catholic Community

Ecosophian (Christopagan)

Books

Is It Okay to Call God “Mother”? Considering the Feminine Face of God by Paul R Smith

She who is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse by Elizabeth A. Johnson

Womanist Midrash by Wilda C. Gafney

Not Only a Father by Tim Bulkeley

In Memory of Her by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality by Phyllis Trible

The Divine Feminine by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott

Women and the Word by Sandra M. Schneiders

In Search of the Christ-Sophia: An Inclusive Christology for Liberating Christians by Jann Aldredge-Clanton

The Mother of the Lord by Margaret Barker

Our Mother – the Holy Spirit by Marianne Widmalm

Sophia-Maria: A Holistic Vision of Creation By Thomas Schipflinger

She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World by Jann Aldredge-Clanton

Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom by Caitlin Matthews (Christopagan)

The Woman’s Bible (feminist bible commentary)

Gender and the Nicene Creed by Elizabeth Geitz

God and the Goddesses by Barbara Newman

Wisdom’s Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration by Susan Cole

Jesus as Mother by Caroline Bynum

Saints/Mystics

Julian of Norwich

Teresa of Avila

Jane Leave

Hildegard of Bingen

Thomas Merton

Jacob Boehme

Hadewijch

Authors

Elizabeth Johnson Jann Aldredge-Clanton Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Matthew Fox Richard Rohr Joyce Rupp

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“The atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the believer caught up in his own false image of God.” ― Martin Buber

I have always struggled with the idea of god being both all-loving and all-powerful. If she is both, why is there so much suffering that is no one’s fault? Such as childhood cancers? This is something I am still working to understand and learn more about. I’m open to others’ opinions!

Requirements for being a Deanist

I have seen some confusion lately on what beliefs are deanist and which ones arent. I also think Deanism is becoming much too broad of an umbrella term. Deanism has very specific meaning and beliefs that differentiate from other goddess faiths. Very very few religions are truly Deanic, and that’s okay.

For one to be a deanist, you *must* agree on *all* of the following:

1. God is wholly good (omnibenevolent).

2. God is transcendent

3. God is immanent within creation, but doesn’t exist as a physical being. (God is not the universe itself/we do not worship Gaia)

4. God is wholly and exclusively Feminine, in name, form, and pronouns.

5. God exists in and of Herself. She has no consort. One can be a deanist and believe that other gods exist, but they can not be equal to God the Mother.

6. God the Mother is heavenly and Solar.

7. God is all-powerful

8. God is all-knowing

This isn’t meant to disrespect anyone’s beliefs. If you disgrace with these key points, that is quite alright. Do what feels is right in your own heart. Dea is different to different people who worship Her, I only wish to express what makes Deanism “Deanism”.

May She be with you always

All things flow from [Sophia], arise in Her, embody Her as a wave embodies the ocean… To know Her is to know yourself. To know yourself is to know the world, Her children, as your siblings.

The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature by Rabbi Rami Shapiro