God is a Black Woman and She is Divine (lol like it or not) Many religious and non-religious folk, women and men, consider it blasphemy to call God “She.” Such people believe that it is natural to refer to God as “He” and that God expects us to employ the masculine pronoun (He) for God. Proponents of God as naturally “He” (and by implication unnaturally “She”) stand inside the hermeneutical circle of their socio-historical locatedness, as we all do, but constrained by traditions that have prejudicially determined without critical reflection that God could be nothing but He. For me, it is easier to understand this position when presumed by males. But it becomes more difficult for me to comprehend women’s rejection of God as a “She.” This rejection contributes to a repulsion (consciously or not so consciously) of the female gender and femininity and capabilities, at the least. It is a rejection of womanself as divine, which can unwittingly contribute to women’s subordination as the inferior gender (a notion that has a long history and reach). Contd>>
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:06:56 +0000