RELIGION, REASON, REALITY - REINTERPRETED, REVILED, REPUDIATED (A RESPONSE TO HENKING,SUSAN ANALYSIS OF DALY,MARY THOUGHT)

In contrast to Henking's (1993) evaluation of Mary Daly's books, this response posits that Mary Daly is only a minor figure largely ignored by the active feminist movement. Although the case Daly made in her ea rly book is still being made by others, this is because she echoed man y contemporary sources rather than providing original conceptualizatio n. Eventually, she interprets everything through the view of a paranoi d conviction that reality is out to get her. Thus Daly's works do not contribute much beyond a cautionary lesson for other feminists.