Isn’t he right when he claims that Christianity has oppressed women and played down feminine spirituality?
Certainly, the institutional bosses of almost every kind of Christianity are men. And Christians speak of God the father, not mother. But Christianity is hardly unique in its male-centric theology. Zeus, Jupiter, Odin and Krishna are all guys, and all predate Christianity. Women have played a few key roles in Christian history. Mary Magdalene, for instance, is cited in the New Testament as being the first person to discover that Christ had risen. And a Mary whom Mr. Brown mostly ignores, Jesus’ mother, is incredibly important.
