Daly VS Reuther

• Reuther VS Daly - sexism and patriarchy in Christianity

  Both

  • agree that to start calling God ‘she’ and emphasising the feminine aspects of God does not successfully remove the established patriarchy
  • a side effect of patriarchy has been the assumption that men have power and dominion over nature
  • only women can save the environment
• Reuther VS Daly - sexism and patriarchy in Christianity

  Differences

  • Reuther - patriarchy came with Christianity
  • Daly - patriarchy is always existing and predated the Old Testament
  • Daly - advocates a women-centred approach to society
  • Reuther - disagrees with sidelining men in society
  • Daly - accuses Christianity of being fundamentally sexist, thus needs to be abandoned
  • Reuther - change must come from within Christianity
• Can only women develop a genuine spirituality?

  • Daly (YES) - the maleness of Christianity makes spirituality unattainable for women unless they move beyond Christianity
  • Reuther (NO) - there is enough of the feminine in the concept of divine; it just needs to be rediscovered