4. “If God is male, then the male is God.”

a. Feminist critique of the imago Dei as inherently masculine:

i. Needlessly/dangerously anthropomorphic.

b. Which came first: God as male or male supremacy?

ii. Correspondence model (God as male came first.)

iii. Circular model (they reinforce one another.)

i. Legitimation model (i.e., male supremacy came first.)

1. Elizabeth Castelli.

2. Mary Daly.