we should be far more concerned that our theology is loving than if it is logical, pragmatic, or even "correct."
okay but the female tummy is the center of the universe and the origin of all life as well as incredibly extremely beautiful. i am just saying. so if you see soft lady tummy and go 'eww' there is undeniably something unwell within you, like something in your brain is busted. i make the rules! sorry!
I am Love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.
Description of God according to St Hildegard
All will be well, with God’s help (I say in a rosarian, goddess-worship way)
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
More Resource Lists
Christian Feminism Today
Relevant Tags of Mine
Keep reading
Spring, doves & flowers 🌼🕊️
Art by Eugéne Bidau (French, 1839-1899)
Mohja Kahf, “Most Wanted”, Hagar Poems
The feminine urge to curl up in the arms of Barbelo and have some peace and quiet.
There is no judgement where there is love. Collecting my thoughts on god, whatever she may be. 💗 Lesbian
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