Mary Daly

• What causes female oppression?

  Christianity
• What is the unholy trinity?

  Rape

  Genocide

  War
• What did Daly believe we have to do?

  Remove the maleness of God, and use different language to describe God
• Why was Daly critical of theology ethics?

  It is a produce of males and serves the interest of the patriarchy
• What is rapism?


  A culture of rape
• What are arm chair rapists?

  Men who enjoy stories or rape through pornography, or use pornography to metaphorically rape women
• What does Daly link the Catholic Church to?

  Nazis
• How are the Nazi’s related to Christianity?


  The groupthink found in Christianity is responsible for the culture she opposes
• How do men cause war?

  Powerful acts of violence to defeat the enemy
• What is the incarnation of Christ, according to Daly?


  “The symbolic legitimation of the rape of all women and matter.”
• What is quintessence?


  The highest spirit that gives life and vitality to the whole universe
• What blocks quintessence?

  Pornography and violence
• What does Daly say we should embrace?

  Ecofeminism or paganism
• How does Simon Chan criticise Daly?

  Using male language for God doesn’t make him male, there are many instances where feminine language is used
• How does Elisabeth Fiorenza challenge Daly?


  Says we must interpret the Bible differently, Daly’s interpretations are too narrow