His Religion and Hers

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's His Religion and Hers is a brave critique of organized religion and the consequences of a male-constructed religion on everyday life. She suggests that through the development of secular ethics, religion can be directed not to the anticipation of a mythical afterlife but instead to the transformation of the present. Courageously questioning why 'neither religion morality nor ethics has made us good' she demonstrates the ways in which a male-driven ideology has produced a religion focusing on death and discouraging any attention to the improvement of life on Earth. Offering new thoughts that advocate a collective change of view this volume delves intensively into religion and the influence of gender.