The news has come that Mary Daly died on the 3rd. Love or hate her, Mary Daly would have to be one of the great feminist and lesbian thinkers, philosophers, theologians of the 20th century. She was radically essentialist and separatist which sadly gave rise to a very nasty transphobia. Consequently I've not read a lot of her work. Her Beyond God the Father, which I have read, is one the key and pioneering texts of feminist theology. If you haven't read it you should - you'll be richly rewarded by doing so.
There's a lot of stuff about her death on on the internet and the blogosphere. Here's a couple from The Adventures of a Notorious Ph. D. Girl Scholar and A Very Public Sociologist.
Vale Mary Daly. Recquiescat in Pacem. Eternal life be unto you and perpetual light shine upon you. May you always shine in the light of the Divine. May your name always be a blessing.
There's a lot of stuff about her death on on the internet and the blogosphere. Here's a couple from The Adventures of a Notorious Ph. D. Girl Scholar and A Very Public Sociologist.
Vale Mary Daly. Recquiescat in Pacem. Eternal life be unto you and perpetual light shine upon you. May you always shine in the light of the Divine. May your name always be a blessing.
