““There is no question that the male metaphors heavily outnumber the feminine ones, but the latter are sufficiently numerous and well drawn that their consistent neglect and trivialization in the theological and homiletic tradition can only be attributed to androcentric myopia and patriarchal self-interest. Men have controlled both theology and ministry, and the story of God they have told is the one which they wanted to hear as well as the one which kept them in power.””
