These resources provide biblical and historical evidence for the divine feminine in Christianity. I will update as I come across more.
Articles
Who is Sophia in the Bible?
The Feminine Imagery of God in the Hebrew Bible
Lady Wisdom - A Divine Feminine Entity
El Shaddai: The God With Breasts
El Shaddai and the Gender of God
Is God A Man?
Is God Both Male and Female?
Female Images of God
Lady Wisdom and the Gender Diverse Community of God
Gender Fluid Jesus is For Real
Jesus’s Vagina: A Medieval Meditation
The Enduring Symbolism of Doves
“Biblical Proofs” for the Feminine Face of God in Scripture
Masterpost: List of academic studies regarding the divine feminine in Christian texts and tradition
Blogs/Communities
Deidre Havrelock
Mother God Experiment
Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
Sophiawakens
Sophia Inclusive Catholic Community
Ecosophian (Christopagan)
Books
Is It Okay to Call God “Mother”? Considering the Feminine Face of God by Paul R Smith
She who is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse by Elizabeth A. Johnson
Womanist Midrash by Wilda C. Gafney
Not Only a Father by Tim Bulkeley
In Memory of Her by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality by Phyllis Trible
The Divine Feminine by Virginia Ramey Mollenkott
Women and the Word by Sandra M. Schneiders
In Search of the Christ-Sophia: An Inclusive Christology for Liberating Christians by Jann Aldredge-Clanton
The Mother of the Lord by Margaret Barker
Our Mother – the Holy Spirit by Marianne Widmalm
Sophia-Maria: A Holistic Vision of Creation By Thomas Schipflinger
She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World by Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Sophia: Goddess of Wisdom by Caitlin Matthews (Christopagan)
The Woman’s Bible (feminist bible commentary)
Gender and the Nicene Creed by Elizabeth Geitz
God and the Goddesses by Barbara Newman
Wisdom’s Feast: Sophia in Study and Celebration by Susan Cole
Jesus as Mother by Caroline Bynum
Saints/Mystics
Julian of Norwich
Teresa of Avila
Jane Leave
Hildegard of Bingen
Thomas Merton
Jacob Boehme
Hadewijch
Authors
Elizabeth Johnson Jann Aldredge-Clanton Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Matthew Fox Richard Rohr Joyce Rupp
More Resource Lists
Christian Feminism Today
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Holy Innana, I come to you as my saviour, my teacher, my guide, and my sister, I open my heart to you, and place my trust in your hands Guide my soul back towards our Mother, allow me to be open to her grace and love Help me to live by your example so I may return to the Perfection of our Blessed Mother Holy Daughter, Pray with me and for me now and through all lives Amadéa
& you know what it actually IS lifechanging to smile at strangers & say please & thank you & goodmorning & compliment someones outfit & help someone in need & be more accepting of loving other people just because they are other people!!!
(a) Filianic Rosary
For your inspiration, the current version of the rosary prayers I use - Filianic at heart, heavily based on the Catholic ones, quite obviously, with minor adjustments, which happens to work for my practice. In many cases, the wording remained intact due to private philosophical understanding. I hope this example proves useful for those seeking to include this beautiful practice.
In the name of the Source, and the Mother, and the Rose Child. Amen.
Our Mother, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Love is with Thee. Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us now and in the hour of our death. Amen.
As a rule, I finish with a Hail Holy Queen intact:
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears Turn then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us, and after this exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Come to the Mother as you are, and She shall guide you in Her ways🥀
“When Teresa of Avila was asked what she did in prayer, she replied, ‘I just allow myself to be loved.’”
— Anthony de Mello, Sadhana, a Way to God (via ophiraa)
okay but the female tummy is the center of the universe and the origin of all life as well as incredibly extremely beautiful. i am just saying. so if you see soft lady tummy and go 'eww' there is undeniably something unwell within you, like something in your brain is busted. i make the rules! sorry!
All will be well, with God’s help (I say in a rosarian, goddess-worship way)
“In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember“
- When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone
I have always struggled with the idea of god being both all-loving and all-powerful. If she is both, why is there so much suffering that is no one’s fault? Such as childhood cancers? This is something I am still working to understand and learn more about. I’m open to others’ opinions!
I have seen some confusion lately on what beliefs are deanist and which ones arent. I also think Deanism is becoming much too broad of an umbrella term. Deanism has very specific meaning and beliefs that differentiate from other goddess faiths. Very very few religions are truly Deanic, and that’s okay.
For one to be a deanist, you *must* agree on *all* of the following:
1. God is wholly good (omnibenevolent).
2. God is transcendent
3. God is immanent within creation, but doesn’t exist as a physical being. (God is not the universe itself/we do not worship Gaia)
4. God is wholly and exclusively Feminine, in name, form, and pronouns.
5. God exists in and of Herself. She has no consort. One can be a deanist and believe that other gods exist, but they can not be equal to God the Mother.
6. God the Mother is heavenly and Solar.
7. God is all-powerful
8. God is all-knowing
This isn’t meant to disrespect anyone’s beliefs. If you disgrace with these key points, that is quite alright. Do what feels is right in your own heart. Dea is different to different people who worship Her, I only wish to express what makes Deanism “Deanism”.
May She be with you always
There is no judgement where there is love. Collecting my thoughts on god, whatever she may be. 💗 Lesbian
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