Date of Award
8-1996
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Comparative Religion
First Advisor
Dr. Nancy A. Falk
Second Advisor
Dr. Francis Gross
Third Advisor
Dr. E. Thomas Lawson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This thesis interprets key concepts in Mary Daly's analysis of sexism as they are developed in her first three books. It highlights the continuities more than the discontinuities in Daly's writing. The constant features of Daly's writing are her existentialist orientation and a complex synthesis of ideas that relates the subjective experience of individuals, the objective social circumstances of individuals, and socially constructed stereotypes, especially those stereotypes expressed in religious language.
Recommended Citation
Bellow-Stratton, Teresa, "From Sexual Prejudice to Patriarchy and Its Agents: The Radicalization of Mary Daly's Analysis of Sexism" (1996). Masters Theses. 4136.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4136