This text argues that the Christian "myth" can be regarded as neither true nor moral: Christian doctrines are unhelpfully "masculinist", whilst the way that women are portrayed by Christianity is nothing more nor less than a figment of the male imagination. The author nevertheless proposes creative possibilities for the future, and looks to feminist theory for ways in which the Christian message might be re-conceptualized for people who are open to the experience of God and of spirituality.;The author describes a systematic theology for our times, directed towards those many people who feel compelled to discard the Christian story, but who would nonetheless be spiritual persons.;This reissue features a new introduction in which the author responds to a number of her critics, and attempts to place her work in the context of what is happening in both theology and the church more widely.;The book should be of interest to: students of Christianity, especially of feminist theology and of modern Christian thought; some feminist philosophers, especially those interested in continental philosophy and the work of Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray; and interested general readers, especially those in the Sea of Faith network and Cupitt-ian post-Christian camp.