Laughter of Aphrodite: Reflections on a Journey to the Goddess

Essays by the influential feminst author Carol Christ, dealing first with her increasingly problematic dialogue with the God and institutions of the Judeo-Christian tradition and, second, with her emerging identification with the "Goddess" movement, which she finds more suitable to the spiritual needs of a nuclear age. Ending with her initiatory pilgrimage to the temple of Aphrodite. Christ masterfully weaves together autobiography, theology, feminist theory, and first-rate religious scholarship into an intoxicating blend that is at once moving and informative.