# Men, Women, and Gods, and Other Lectures

An audiobook by Helen H. Gardener, read by LibriVox volunteers (6 h 43 min, English).

Men, Women, and Gods, and Other Lectures is a compilation of three feminist freethought lectures given by activist and writer Helen H. Gardener. In these lectures, "Men, Women, and Gods," "Vicarious Atonement," and "Historical Facts and Theological Fictions," Gardener addresses the position of women in the church in an unrestrained and often witty manner. - Summary by Scarbo

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## Chapters

0. Introduction (11:19): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_00_gardener_64kb.mp3
1. Men, Women, and Gods (8:08): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_01_gardener_64kb.mp3
2. Men, Women, and Gods. Accident Insurance (5:49): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_02_gardener_64kb.mp3
3. Men, Women, and Gods. Chiefly Women (11:52): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_03_gardener_64kb.mp3
4. Men, Women, and Gods. Why Women Support It (2:44): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_04_gardener_64kb.mp3
5. Men, Women, and Gods. What It Teaches; From Moses to Paul (42:41): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_05_gardener_64kb.mp3
6. Men, Women, and Gods. The Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge (10:25): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_06_gardener_64kb.mp3
7. Men, Women, and Gods. Knowledge Not a Crime (14:33): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_07_gardener_64kb.mp3
8. Men, Women, and Gods. As Much Inspired As Any of It (5:00): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_08_gardener_64kb.mp3
9. Vicarious Atonement (6:19): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_09_gardener_64kb.mp3
10. Vicarious Atonement. Fear (7:31): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_10_gardener_64kb.mp3
11. Vicarious Atonement. Beginning to Think (0:54): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_11_gardener_64kb.mp3
12. Vicarious Atonement. Creeds (4:51): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_12_gardener_64kb.mp3
13. Vicarious Atonement. Self-Control What We Need (3:25): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_13_gardener_64kb.mp3
14. Vicarious Atonement. Vicarious Atonement Not a Christian Invention (5:29): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_14_gardener_64kb.mp3
15. Vicarious Atonement. Twin Monsters Inherited from Intellectual Pigmies (2:38): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_15_gardener_64kb.mp3
16. Vicarious Atonement. Geographical Religion (3:23): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_16_gardener_64kb.mp3
17. Vicarious Atonement. Revelation (2:57): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_17_gardener_64kb.mp3
18. Vicarious Atonement. Evidence of Faith (6:08): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_18_gardener_64kb.mp3
19. Vicarious Atonement. Did He Talk? (3:25): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_19_gardener_64kb.mp3
20. Vicarious Atonement. What You May Think (5:07): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_20_gardener_64kb.mp3
21. Vicarious Atonement. Intellectual Gag-Law (5:30): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_21_gardener_64kb.mp3
22. Vicarious Atonement. The Vicarious Theory the Cause of Crime (4:08): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_22_gardener_64kb.mp3
23. Vicarious Atonement. Revision (4:20): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_23_gardener_64kb.mp3
24. Vicarious Atonement. The Church's Money-Box (3:44): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_24_gardener_64kb.mp3
25. Vicarious Atonement. Shall Progress Stop? (3:35): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_25_gardener_64kb.mp3
26. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Church Fictions (2:16): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_26_gardener_64kb.mp3
27. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Historical Facts (0:36): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_27_gardener_64kb.mp3
28. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Civilization (23:15): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_28_gardener_64kb.mp3
29. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Comparative Status (6:58): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_29_gardener_64kb.mp3
30. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Women as Persons (24:25): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_30_gardener_64kb.mp3
31. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Education (16:48): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_31_gardener_64kb.mp3
32. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. As Wives (22:12): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_32_gardener_64kb.mp3
33. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Not Woman's Friend (5:44): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_33_gardener_64kb.mp3
34. Historical Facts and Theological Fictions. Morals (30:49): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_34_gardener_64kb.mp3
35. Appendix A (2:49): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_35_gardener_64kb.mp3
36. Appendix B (2:10): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_36_gardener_64kb.mp3
37. Appendix C (2:15): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_37_gardener_64kb.mp3
38. Appendix D (0:38): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_38_gardener_64kb.mp3
39. Appendix E (7:43): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_39_gardener_64kb.mp3
40. Appendix F (1:31): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_40_gardener_64kb.mp3
41. Appendix G (8:26): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_41_gardener_64kb.mp3
42. Appendix H (1:56): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_42_gardener_64kb.mp3
43. Appendix I (1:39): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_43_gardener_64kb.mp3
44. Appendix J (3:04): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_44_gardener_64kb.mp3
45. Appendix K (1:55): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_45_gardener_64kb.mp3
46. Appendix L (2:38): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_46_gardener_64kb.mp3
47. Appendix M (2:08): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_47_gardener_64kb.mp3
48. Appendix N (4:43): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_48_gardener_64kb.mp3
49. Appendix O (0:44): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_49_gardener_64kb.mp3
50. Appendix P (3:04): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_50_gardener_64kb.mp3
51. Appendix Q (6:27): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_51_gardener_64kb.mp3
52. Appendix R (1:06): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_52_gardener_64kb.mp3
53. Appendix S (4:36): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_53_gardener_64kb.mp3
54. Appendix T (11:18): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_54_gardener_64kb.mp3
55. Appendix U (1:53): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_55_gardener_64kb.mp3
56. Appendix V (1:07): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_56_gardener_64kb.mp3
57. Address to the Clergy and Others (6:12): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_57_gardener_64kb.mp3
58. Letter to the Cleveland Congress of Freethinkers, October, 1885 (3:59): https://archive.org/download/menwomenandgods_2508_librivox/menwomenandgods_58_gardener_64kb.mp3