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Jemimah
is on page 45 of 248
Again, such a good chapter! Favale talks about the creation story in Genesis and how it parallels to other creation stories. She then talks about Adam and Eve, and the fall. Again, many good quotes!
— Oct 14, 2025 11:56PM
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Jemimah
is on page 123 of 248
Very interesting. Favale talks about biology and how that defines gender. A controversial take nowadays, which is hilarious. She's also honest about her previous misconceptions that gender is more of a construct.
I will say, at the end, Favale, being a Catholic, shares a rather, unique perspective about Christ. All to do with Eucharist. If you know you know.
— Oct 21, 2025 12:02AM
I will say, at the end, Favale, being a Catholic, shares a rather, unique perspective about Christ. All to do with Eucharist. If you know you know.
Jemimah
is on page 100 of 248
This chapter blew my mind! Fevale talked about society's disconnect between a woman and her fertility, and the overall assumption now that a woman should be sterile by default. She mentioned the origins of the transgender movement and contraction. Seriously, mind blown! 🤯
— Oct 18, 2025 09:40PM
Jemimah
is on page 73 of 248
An interesting but technical chapter. I found myself constantly looking up words, so a slow read, but a good one. Favale talked about the different types and waves of feminism, their ideologies and authors that promote them. Also How mainstream feminism often drifts from Christianity. Very good, and quite controversial in our pc culture.
— Oct 16, 2025 12:37AM
Jemimah
is on page 28 of 248
What a book! Dense but interesting. So far, Favale has talked about her history of being a feminist, and is very honest about her shortfalls when she was caught up in feminism over Christianity. She is clear that feminism and Christianity align, but it has to be led by scripture and ultimately Jesus.
— Oct 14, 2025 10:19PM
"In the ancient mind, stories of origin are ultimately stories of identity and purpose. We cannot understand who we are and what we are made for without understanding where we come from. This is still true."
"Remember, ancient cosmologies must not be read as literal history or science. To do so imposes a modern mindset on premodern texts and obscures the truths the stories seek to disclose. Creation accounts do not provide scientific truths about material origins; they reveal deeper truths: truths about identity—who God is and who we are—and purpose, the ends for which we are made."
"Genesis recognizes the duality of humankind, male and female; this difference is part of the goodness of creation, and both sexes share fully in the divine image and the commission to tend the earth. There is no sense here of hierarchy between male and female, but rather a shared, benevolent governance over the rest of creation."
"While the first cosmology [Genesis 1] emphasizes God’s transcendence, the second [Genesis 2] shows us his intimacy. These two accounts, taken together, reveal that the transcendent God of Genesis 1 is also a deeply personal God, who desires communion with his creatures."
"While misogynist interpreters prefer to perseverate on the woman’s role in the Fall, the sacred text resists this reading, again and again stressing man and woman’s shared condition. In the beginning, both are created in the image of God; both are given dominion over the earth and the mission to make it fruitful; both are naked and unashamed. In the narrative of the Fall, both are present to hear the tempter’s words; both take and eat the fruit; both experience a sudden and shameful awareness of nakedness; both hide from each other and from God; both twist the truth to cast blame; both suffer the consequences of sin. The text never paints one sex as the villain or the victim."
"Genesis, in contrast, uniquely foregrounds the importance of the male-female relationship, and this is a relationship not of domination, but of reciprocity. There is no hierarchy of value, no dynamic of superiority and inferiority. Sexual differentiation is not a mishap, but cause for celebration and wonder. This difference is good, our bodies are good, and both of these are an integral part of the created order, which is good."
"These words [the serpent's temptation] lead her away from the recognition that she already bears a likeness to God; she is a living, breathing image of God in the visible world."
"Concupiscence depersonalizes the human person, making him an object for the other and an object for himself. The body in particular is objectified, becoming a “terrain of appropriation”.
"His response to God casts doubt on the goodness of God’s gifts—particularly the gift of woman—just as the woman’s acquiescence to the serpent reflects a distrust in the original goodness of her own nature."
"Christ draws a sharp distinction between this law, which is part of the order corrupted by sin, and God’s original intention for men and women. In the fallen order, sin has hardened the hearts of men and women toward one another, but, to use Christ’s words, “from the beginning it was not so.”