Paganism and America's Future, Part II: The Divine Feminine

About Judaism being a 'patriarchal religion' and perceiving G-d as male....I read a website called Judaism 101, run by a traditional practicing Jew (jewfaq.org), and when describing the Jewish conception 0f G-d, the author said that G-d is genderless and is no more male than a table is. I could be wrong, but I think that Judaism has historically placed far less emphasis than Christianity on identifying G-d as male and a Father. I think a big reason why the Judeo-Christian tradition often identified G-d as male is because there is no gender-neutral pronoun in Hebrew (the language the Tanakh/Old Testament was written in).

Though Judaism seems to be somewhat egalitarian in its conception of G-d, it still troubles me how Orthodox Judaism is somewhat patriarchal and does not allow women to be rabbis. Reform and Conservative Judaism, however, are fairly progressive.

Point taken Your Name. I was speaking loosely, always risky with sharp readers.

Excellent as usual Gus. Question? How does the current violent backlash against breastfeeding fit into this context? Is there a better expression of Cultural Feminist views of Women's power than the work of Lactivists? I don't think so. IF we free Mothers, don't we free the Mother in all of us? I wonder if this reaction is a sign that we will soon see change or that change cannot be effected within our current framework.
Ever Musing.....

Late comment.

The Hindu pantheon was also reviving itself in Western spirituality during the 1960s. My own initial and transformative encounters with Kali occured then.