If God is male, then the male is God.

Mary Daly

Beyond God the Father

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Topic

Patriarchy Nature of God Oppression of women

Author

Mary Daly

Source

Beyond God the Father

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Philosopher

From

United States

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Citation

Daly, Mary. Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation. Beacon Press, 1973, ch. 1.

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God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests.

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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The System of Economic Contradictions
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Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Systeme des contradictions economiques ou Philosophie de la misere [The System of Economic Contractictions, or Philosophy of Misery]. Paris: Chez Guilla umin et Cie, 1846, ch. 8.