Biography
Mary Daly moved from calling for reform (The Church and the Second Sex) to rejecting Christianity as irredeemably patriarchal (Beyond God the Father), reconceiving God as a verb.
Key Ideas
- Christianity as irredeemably patriarchal.
- 'If God is male, then the male is God.'
- God as 'Be-ing' (a verb).
Topics Appearing In
Key Quotes
“If God is male, then the male is God.”Mary Daly
Exam Importance
The 'reject' pole in Gender and Society and Gender and Theology.
Works to explore
Use these titles to locate the scholar's argument in context. Edition-specific commercial recommendations are kept on the component reading lists.
- Mary Daly — Beyond God the Father (by the scholar)