Over at Jurisdynamics, Jim Chen has a post entitled “Mother Superior” that is part of his series on “Genesis for the rest of us.” Here is an excerpt:
The sexually hierarchical nature of Genesis’ second creation story has long-term negative consequences for equality between women and men and for global well-being. Among the world’s religious traditions, only the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — with the striking exception of the Catholic variant of Christianity — insist on a strictly masculine representation of God. Lest we forget, nothing degrades human culture and its relation to nature faster than the systematic denigration of women.
Jim is a very engaging and provocative writer, so by all means check this out.
