A review by artemistics
The Gospel According to Eve: A History of Women's Interpretation by Amanda W. Benckhuysen

3.0

interesting read for an ex-catholic. in recent years i have started opening myself up again to the idea of, not organized religion per se, but of an amorophous something to believe in, and to not underestimate the impact that the church as an institution has not only on the people around me (which is kind of everyone; my family is fully catholic, me being the only proclaimed atheist-actually-maybe-a-bit-agnostic and i went to catholic school for 12 years) but also on the people of my country and latin america as a whole. even though i, personally, do mostly separate the teachings and actions of jesus from the many christian institutions, it's helpful to me to go back and read criticism of the way issues of systemic discrimination have infiltrated and poisoned the main christian ideals, written by people that actually believe and engage in the faith instead of only looking from the outside like myself. it's certainly given me things to reconsider about the material i learned in catechism classes ages ago. the writing itself felt a little repetitive at times, which dulled the reading experience a bit, but other than that, plenty accessible and a fine introduction to the subject.