Mary Daly update

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed May 26 16:03:53 PDT 1999


frances bolton wrote:


> But her
>conversation is not with (secular) feminist theorists for the most part, it
>is with
>Catholic theologians. She is arguing against the transcendent, omnipotent
>etc etc male god of the church, its notions about sin, about bodies, about
>pleasure, about suffering, the role of women.

and


>For those who aren't familiar, Daly holds doctorates in
>theology and philosophy from Fribourg. She's published six books, is
>internationally known and (yes) respected. She's also still an *associate*
>professor. That's criminal. The church has really fucked her.

Sort of proves she's right about the Church then, doesn't it?

Doug



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