Mary Daley's feminist theology- does she have a point?
"If God is male, then male is God" Mary Daley (Beyond God the Father 1973) Daley's argument is that all the major figures in Christianity are men, for example, the Pope, the Bishop, the Disciples, God, Jesus Christ and many other figures and roles in Christianity and thus, Christianity is a male religion and suffers from the influence men have on it. Daley speaks of the 'unholy trinity' of Rape, Genocide and War which are at the centre of Christianity because Christianity is a religion based on empowering men. She points to the Old Testament conquests of the Israelite people as an example in Scripture of where the unholy trinity is shown, where women, men and children were murdered and where (in some cases) women were the spoils of war for many of the warriors in the Old Testament. Daley wrote in 'Beyond God the Father' 1973- "If God in "his" heaven is a father ruling "his" people, then it is in the ...