ABSTRACT
When considering the feminist engagement with Judeo-Christian religious and theological traditions, it is tempting to offer a straightforward "history of ideas". This would describe the various ways in which religious traditions have been critiqued, deconstructed, and reconstructed by feminist scholars. The temptation to give way before the supposed brilliance of the "male master" mirrors the theological temptation to align oneself overly closely with the thought of either a particular man, or, indeed, with a specific patriarchal religious history. While cautious of the theological acceptance of "mystery", Michèle Le Doeuff recognizes the value of a perspective that sees incompleteness as fundamental to human experience. Religious perspectives allow for the recognition that not all can be known. Accepting, rather than rejecting, ambiguity suggests common ground between Le Doeuff's reworking of philosophical method and the practices of feminist theo/alogians. A plethora of positions are possible for religious thinking when claims for uncertainty are taken seriously.
