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Can we re-imagine divine power as deeply related to the changing world? Can we re-imagine the creation of the world as an on-going process of co-creation in which every individual from particles of atoms to human beings plays a part? Can we re-imagine Goddess/God as the most relational of all relational beings? Can we re-imagine the world as the body of Goddess/God? If we can, then we can understand the deeper meaning of female images of divine power, including Goddess, God-She, Sophia and Shekhina. Many traditional understandings of divine power begin with thinly disguised rejections of the female body and connection to the natural world. Women theologians from Jewish, Christian, Goddess and other traditions are re-imagining divine and human power as embodied, embedded in a changing world and deeply related to all beings in the web of life. Drawing on the work of process philosopher Charles Hartshorne, Carol P. Christ offers intellectual foundations for deeply held feelings about the meanings of female images of divine power. This book is addressed to everyone who has ever wondered about the implications of re-imagining God as female.