Recently I was blessed to receive from a good friend the writings and books of Elizabeth Dodson Gray. A Christian theologian, graduate of Yale Divinity School, and eco-feminist, she wrote extensively on patriarchy in society and the church, and was an early champion of eco-theology and becoming attuned to living our lives as co-inhabitors of the earth rather than dominators. She questioned many of the social values that came with living in world defined by white men, which she termed, “Adam’s World” after the scene in Genesis where Adam names and therefore defines the world God gifted him. Included among her writings are reflections on death and life, the construction of God as a man and the denial of women’s full liberation as images of God, critiques of wealth, as well as four books she wrote throughout her lifetime. The readings I have chosen to share are what I thought best captured her story and stances on the issues she dedicated her life to. I hope they encourage you, just as I have been, to think deeply and act potently.

Bio on Empowering Women: http://www.empoweringwomentv.org/ambassadors/guests/elizabeth-dodson-gray/

Books: Green Paradise Lost (1979)

Patriarchy as a Conceptual Trap (1982)

Sunday School Manifesto: In The Image of Her? (1994)

Sacred Dimensions of Women's Experience (Editor, 1988)

Children of Joy: Raising Your Own Home-Grown Christian (Co-authored with David Dodson-Gray, 1975)