Naming God

Celia Wolf-Devine (Emerita, Stonehill College) has published books, chapters, and articles on a variety of topics. Selected works include an essay on Descartes' metaphysics and philosophy of science forthcoming in The Cartesian Mind (Routledge) and Abortion: A Communitarian Pro-life Perspective (co-authored with Philip Devine) in Abortion: Three Perspectives (Oxford, 2009). Her most recent work on prayer is entitled The Heart Transformed: Prayer of Desire (Alba House) and A New Companion to Prayer: Meeting God Where You Are (Catholic Truth Society). She has also recently completed an essay on Descartes’ Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science for The Cartesian Mind (Roman & Littlefield) and Welcoming the Unborn: Towards a Politics of Inclusion in the Palgrave Anthology of Philosophy and Public Policy (2018). She can be followed through her website: www.celiawolfdevine.com.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Religion: Naming the Supreme BeingMircea Eliade, “The Sacredness of Nature and Cosmic Religion: Sky Gods and Mother Earth""Genesis: Chapters 1–3Carol P. Christ, “Why Women Need the Goddess: Phenomenological, Psychological, and Political Reflections""Elizabeth Johnson, “Basic Linguistic Options: God, Women, Equivalence . . .""Juli Loesch Wiley, “On the Fatherhood of God”Juli Loesch Wiley, “Is ‘God the Mother’ Just as Good?”Juli Loesch Wiley, “In Defense of the Male Priesthood”Richard Davis, “Making Inclusive Language Inclusive: A Christian Gay Man’s ViewSusanne Heine, “God the Father, God the Mother, and Goddesses”Gary Culpepper, “Why Christians Name God ‘Father’”Rosemary Radford Ruether, “Ecofeminism: Symbolic and Social Connections of the Oppression of Women and the Domination of Nature”Edith Black, “Women in Genesis 1–3”Tamar Frankiel, “Traditional Judaism and Feminine Spirituality”Celia Wolf-Devine, “Difference Feminism and the Role of Women in the Church”For Further ReadingAbout the Contributors