I have been formulating my thoughts on a female Jesus, and I have to agree that I feel it is too much too ask of the audience. I feel equally as strongly about feminism however I think the best way to bring that across is through a more progressive male Jesus. Perhaps MLK was not fair to our gender, but Jesus was very progressive for his time. He treated women as equals, holding intelligent discussions with them, including allowing Mary to sit at His feet and learn rather than spending all her time in the kitchen. It was, in fact a women who He first revealed himself to as the Messiah - the woman at the well. He also first revealed His resurrection to a woman - Mary of Magdala. And when the Pharisees wanted to punish a woman for a sin that the man also needed blame for....he bent and wrote on the ground (I have a few guesses what was written there). THe only woman he ever said anything degrading to was when he said "Why should I give the children's food to the dogs?" What many don't know, though, is the word used there translates as puppies. He was making fun of the attitudes about foreigners. In fact, the early church was generous to women, allowing the many ministry opportunities until the Council of Niceaea when the men took over and left the women out. All this to say I think the best way to broach the feminist ideals is to show a Jesus who welcomes women as equals and more. That said, I am attaching some info I picked up about women of the time period, as I was trying to prepare for a role in this production. http://www.biography.com/
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