About Quote by Patty Griffin

I grew up as a Catholic, and there was so much that was beautiful there, and also so much that was troubling. The whole…

— Patty Griffin

Same old stupid sexist lyrics, or is Satan all you can think of?

— Dead Kennedys

Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy…

— Harper Lee

“We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are…

— Gerald O. West

God as 'He,' as a patriarchal thing, is offensive to me. It's standard fare for America, 'He, He, He.' Every time I hear that…

— Patty Griffin

The lyrics are critical of dogmatic belief, too, as I see it in many lifestyles and philosophy religious or otherwise.

— Mike Scheidt

I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness in Theocracy songs, a human element that you don't get from a lot…

— Matt Smith

“If you cannot see that divinity includes male and female characteristics and at the same time transcends them, you have bad consequences. Rome and…

— Hans Küng

My book in a nutshell is about the deleterious effects of patriarchy down through the ages for women and for men and how the…

— Carolyn Custis James

“Patriarchy is not God's dream for humanity.”

— Sarah Bessey

My husband is a fall-away Catholic, but with a vengeance. He's actually more of a feminist than I am.

— Olympia Dukakis

“My profanity has a certain religious flavor that can only be learned through a lifetime of Catholic education. Jesus H Christ...Goddamnit...Jesus, Mary, and Joseph...…

— Emma Chase