ABSTRACT
In the preceding three chapters the primary religious models favoured by Goddess
feminists have been drawn together as part of a constructive thealogical project. The
aim throughout these chapters has been to demonstrate that the reality-claims and
metaphysical commitments of Goddess feminists can be organized in a consistent
and coherent manner. By elucidating Goddess feminist models of deity, cosmos,
nature and time, thealogy has been developed in a more philosophical manner
than has been attempted in the past and a Goddess feminist metaphysic has been
proposed. However, there is one area of the Goddess feminist worldview that has not
been examined directly, and that is the human condition. It has not been elucidated
what it means for a Goddess feminist to be human. It has not been considered
how a feminist thealogical understanding of a nature that is governed by complex
processes of ontological transformation coheres with a Goddess feminist view of
human nature. Moreover, it has not been clarified how Goddess feminists might
relate their moral and political activities to their metaphysical view of nature as wild
and unpredictable. These are a few of the questions that are addressed and answered
in this chapter.
