Tapestry

The Goddess

Can seeing God as a feminine figure change how you understand the divine? Carol P. Christ thinks so. Later, Rabbi Rayzel Raphael says in dark times, finding light means accepting — not skirting — those feelings of despair.
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Can seeing God as a feminine figure change how you understand the divine? Leading feminist theologist Carol P. Christ thinks so.

Later, Rabbi Rayzel Raphael led a workshop at the 2018 Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto, just days after a horrific shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. She said finding light means accepting — not skirting — those feelings of despair.