De la critica patriarhatului la Marea Zeiță. „Tealogia” în contextul teologiei feministe radicale
From the critique of patriarchy to the Great Goddess: "Thealogy" in the context of radical feminist theology

Author(s): Constantin-Iulian DAMIAN
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: thealogy; Goddess; radical feminist theology; feminism;
Summary/Abstract: Originating in the criticism of patriarchy, feminist theology developed two main ideological axes: the reformist and the radical one. The radical feminist theology shortly managed to "build" a new (pseudo)religion, with its own divinity, doctrine and morality. The term theology itself has been replaced by that of thealogy, as a reference to a supreme female deity. In the absence of a mythology, thealogy created its own one by adopting a constructivist approach which consisted in a compilation of "intuition and historical research". The same attitude was present in the discourse about the Goddess, resulting a multitude of perspectives on the continuum between ontological reality of the feminine deity and its use as a sui generis metaphor for feminine. Far from succeeding in presenting itself as an alternative to Christianity, the Goddess cult born out of radical feminist theology could not, despite all efforts, overcome the stage of diffuse spirituality, with syncretistic practices and an extremely fluid doctrine.

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