"My placing of the family at the core of this feminist work on Christology, rather than race, gender, and class, reflects my assumption that the major key to the continuation of patriarchy and our ability to transform our patriarchal society lies with the family. I also believe that our consciousness and knowledge of race, gender, and class, for good or ill, are born within and taught first in family structures."    - Rita Nakashima Brock ; Journeys by Heart: A Christology of Erotic Power, p.3