Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Mary Daly Obituary

Tomorrow's Times also carries an obituary of Mary Daly, who died earlier this year:

Mary Daly: Feminist and Theologian
Mary Daly was one of the first American women to train as a Roman Catholic theologian. She became a controversial philosopher of religion, criticised for her audacity and creativity as “a radical lesbian feminist”. Her initial challenge to established theological doctrines and emerging feminist movements may not appear radical today but Daly’s “theology” shocked the Establishment. From the beginning, she challenged what she saw as the oppression of women; that is, the implicit “patriarchy” of the Catholic Church . . .

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