Some female priests of the Church of England are reportedly advocating that liturgical texts ought to be changed to sometimes refer to God as “She,” instead of “He,” on the basis that God has no gender, and to consistently refer to God as “He,” as has been traditional in Christianity, conveys the idea that maleness is somehow more divine, and that women are therefore lower on the spiritual ladder.
Are they in fact right? Is God a he or a she? And if he/she isn’t a he or a she, is the best solution to refer to him/her alternately as him or her? Or how about it? How about it, indeed.
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