~~~Feminine Reformation Is It Possible?~ Carol Christ

Carol P. Christ is a pioneer and founding mother of the Goddess, women's spirituality, and feminist theology movements. She holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and is the author of the widely reprinted essay, "Why Women Need the Goddess," which has introduced many to the rebirth of the ancient religion of the Goddess. She has written five influential books on women's spirituality and feminist theology: She Who Changes (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Rebirth of the Goddess (Routledge, 1998); Odyssey with the Goddess (Continuum, 1995); Laughter of Aphrodite (Harper, 1987); and Diving Deep and Surfacing (Beacon, 1980/1986/1995); with Judith Plaskow she co-edited the classic anthologies Weaving the Visions (1989) and Womanspirit Rising (1979/1989) which have changed women's lives and revolutionized the teaching and study of religion in North America. Carol has taught at major universities in the United States, including Columbia University, Harvard Divinity School, Pomona College, San Jose State, and the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she is currently offering internet courses on feminist thealogy. She is also the director of Ariadne Institute through which she offers the spiritual and educational programs for women, Goddess Pilgrimage to Crete and Sacred Journey in Greece.