Chan's objections

• what did Simon Chan argue against Ruether?

  Simon Chan, argues that you cannot rewrite the Christian story to give more prominence to women because it is the story itself that shapes Christian identity. Belief in the concept of the Trinity (of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit) is central to Christianity.
• What should Christianity instead do according to Chan?

  Christianity should resist the temptation to abandon the male language for God. God is never called ‘mother’ and that this was unique in ancient times. Previously, gods and goddesses were paired e.g. Isis and Osiris or Tiamet with Marduk in Babylon.