Attention all campus ministers, youth workers, student chaplains, and assorted colleagues who work with young people: A number of leading women in the Protestant world began their work in and around the student movements. Their lives show that your work lasts forever! More >
About Feminism in Religion Forum
The FEMINISM IN RELIGION FORUM is a place where studies regarding the intersections between feminism and religion are shared with a wide audience. More >
I’ve been blogging a lot during sabbatical. It’s been great to write pieces that feel relevant and have them read by more than just those who can afford an $80 hardcover. It’s one way I’ve been responding to a part of my feminist spirit that’s been unsettled lately.
I have a great teaching job at an institution where faculty have a high quality of life. I don’t take this for granted. More >
Technology is most often referred to as a “tool” for teaching. However, in a recent bi-locational, virtual class, I experienced technology as meaning maker which transformed pedagogical style, power relationships, and the overall learning experience. Here I reflect on the various technologies used and how I understand them to contribute to the shaping of the class community. The course was a January Term one week intensive taught by myself at Drew Theological School and Dr. Kristen Leslie at Eden Seminary in St. Louis. More >
Spring has finally arrived on the Korean peninsula after a long, harsh winter. Forsythia, azalea, magnolia, and cherry blossoms are boasting their beautiful colors on campus. As I enter the classroom on the day I plan to show Pray the Devil Back to Hell, students are talking about an “impending war” in Korea. More >
Why did the governor of North Carolina, Pat McCrory, single out gender studies when he argued that a public college education should lead graduating students to a paying job, really to “how many of those butts can get jobs”? More >
FiR is pleased to present the following call for papers for a special issue on religion, disability and the environment (Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology; fall 2014). If interested, please consult the official posting and contact information below.
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I’ve been thinking about and living through significant change these last few months. I prefer to think of it more as “transition” because change always seems to be such a mammoth undertaking. Change signals, for me, a willingness to pull up roots, move on to the largely unknown, try not to stumble in the process, and now, do so with my spouse. However, this past Sunday, as I listened to my spouse preach a brilliant sermon on change and marriage equality—refusing to take the easy way out by caricaturing those who are against equality and those who are for it—I reali More >
The Society for Educating Women (SEW) has extended its invitation for papers for its 6th annual conference. The extended deadline is April 15, 2013.
Location and Date: 26-28 July 2013, St. Louis, MO (Marriott Renaissance Grand Hotel)
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Apparently women in religion have not really made much of a difference in shaping the history of the United States. At least not according to the much-touted PBS special MAKERS: Women Who Make America that premiered in February 2013 with scant coverage of our crowd. More >