Daphne Hampson

• Who is Hampson?

  A post-Christian theologian who says that Christianity is a ‘historical religion’ that is bound to a sexist past
• therefore what should happen to Christianity?

  it should be abandoned
• what does Hampson hold?

  that Christianity is not true
• what does Hampson think is invalid?

  Jesus’ resurrection (because of science etc) therefore miracles - therefore the whole of Christianity is invalid
• hampson finds that Christianity is not moral, why?

  she believes people must take responsibility for themselves, people should not be referring to a revelation in history/a transcendent God
• Christianity is…?

  ‘profoundly’ and ‘irredeemably sexist’ - there it‘s illogical to be both a feminist and a Christian
• the Christian story has too much…?

  ‘patriarchal baggage’ - it’s a myth from a patriarchal age that needs to be consigned to history
• Christianity comes to look only natural that…?

  being male should be seen as the norm for humankind, while woman is seen as secondary and ‘the other’
• any though system which attempts to make it look as if one part of humanity is the norm can be described as…?

  fascist, therefore Hampson believes Christianity is fascist
• what is Christianity based on?

  literature from a past, patriarchal age in which a patriarchal outlook is taken for granted
• God is described using male metaphors - the bible is androcentric (male centred), what does this do?

  perpetuates patriarchy/sexism
• what did Hampson believe?

  ‘if one reads the bible, one hears of a society which is sexist’
• who’s view is Hampson’s view supported by?

  Mary Daly’s - ‘if god is male then male is god’
• What are Hampson’s overall views?

  Christian claims couldn’t possibly be true, and because a past patriarchal history is central to Christianity, it’s inevitably sexist