Why Feminism Can't Be Fused with Christianity | Dr. Carrie Gress | The Dr. J Show
Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute sits down with Catholic philosopher and bestselling author Dr. Carrie Gress to discuss her powerful new book, Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can't Be Fused with Christianity (Sophia Institute Press, 2026). Carrie Gress has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America and is the editor at the online women’s magazine Theology of Home. She is the author of eleven books, including the Theology of Home series, and The End of Woman. Her latest book Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be Fused with Christianity was just released in January. She and her husband and their five children live in Virginia.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Gress and Dr. Morse explore how feminism functions as a "shadow church" — mimicking Christianity's structure while replacing faith, hope, and love with contempt, rage, and envy. They trace the movement's occult roots, its Marxist DNA, its manipulation of women's emotions going back to the 1890s, and why corporate America has always been its silent ally.
Dr. Morse also introduces the Ruth Institute's FREE resource: Recovering from Feminism — a self-examination checklist to help women identify feminist patterns in their own lives and begin healing.
Topics covered:
— Why feminism and Christianity have fundamentally incompatible DNA
— The shadow church model: contempt, rage & envy vs. faith, hope & love
— The occult involvement of early suffragette leaders (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Victoria Woodhull)
— Feminism's Marxist roots and the "perpetual enemy" strategy
— Why corporate America loves feminism
— John Paul II and the "Catholic feminism" trap
— The Virgin Mary as the true model of womanhood
— Dr. Hannah Speer's work on feminist psychology and self-destructive life scripts
— The Andrew Tate phenomenon as a creation of feminism
— Daycare, attachment, and the biggest lie fed to women
— The real engine driving abortion culture
🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Ruth Institute – Recovering from Feminism (FREE Resource): https://ruthinstitute.org/recovering-from-feminism/
Theology of Home (blog & website): https://theologyofhome.com/
Theology of Home Substack: https://theologyofhome.substack.com/
Dr. Carrie Gress personal website: https://www.carriegress.com/
📚 Dr. Carrie Gress's Books:
Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can't Be Fused with Christianity (Sophia Institute Press, 2026)
The End of Woman (Regnery, 2023)
The Anti-Mary Exposed (TAN Books, 2018)
Theology of Home series (TAN Books)
🌐 Learn more about the Ruth Institute: https://ruthinstitute.org
00:00:00 - Teaser: The Feminist Diagnosis Is Wrong
00:01:05 - Welcome & Introducing Dr. Carrie Gress
00:01:50 - Why She Wrote "Something Wicked" — Her 11th Book
00:05:26 - Feminism as a Shadow Church
00:06:09 - Contempt, Rage & Envy: Feminism's Counterfeit Virtues
00:08:08 - Why Dr. Morse Avoided the "Anti-Feminist" Label
00:11:52 - Introducing the Recovering from Feminism Resource
00:14:37 - Personal Confessions: Recovering from Feminist Conditioning
00:18:39 - Mary vs. the Feminist Icon: Humility vs. Pride
00:22:07 - Women as Peacemakers: The Neurological Case
00:28:59 - Feminism Needs an Enemy: The Patriarchy as Perpetual Scapegoat
00:29:50 - Feminism & Marxism: The Same Blueprint
00:34:43 - Corporate America's Love Affair with Feminism
00:37:13 - The Occult Roots of Early Feminism
00:41:46 - Victoria Woodhull & the Corruption of 19th Century New York
00:44:11 - Rewriting Suffragette History
00:45:10 - The 1947 Book That Saw It All Coming
00:49:59 - Feminism Can't Deliver the Goods
00:50:51 - What Is Feminism? The Definition Problem
00:53:10 - John Paul II & the "Catholic Feminism" Trap
01:01:58 - The Philosophers Who Abandoned Their Families
01:04:30 - How Enlightenment Philosophy Turned Women into Property
01:05:12 - Hannah More: The Better Alternative Nobody Talks About
01:09:19 - Dr. Hannah Speer & the Psychology of Self-Destruction
01:11:38 - The Andrew Tate Trap: A Feminist Ideological Trick
01:14:37 - The Crucial First Three Years: Erika Commissar's Work
01:17:17 - The Biggest Lie of Feminism: Two Full-Time Jobs
01:19:28 - The Real Engine Behind Abortion
01:20:06 - Theology of Home & Carrie's Other Work
01:22:20 - Where to Find Dr. Carrie Gress