AAR/SBL 2019: Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity

Mark your calendar for this awesome JFSR panel at AAR/SBL 2019!

P24-132

Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion

Theme: Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard University, Presiding

Sunday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM, Marriott Marquis-Pacific 17 (First Level)

A book review panel of Mary, Mother of Martyrs: How Motherhood Became Self-Sacrifice in Early Christianity, by Kathleen Gallagher Elkins. This book examines several ancient representations of mothers and children in contexts of socio-political violence in order to explore the political, social, and ethical production of notions of motherhood both in antiquity and today.

Panelists:

Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder, Chicago Theological Seminary

Sharon Jacob, Pacific School of Religion

Hisako Kinukawa, Center for Feminist Theology and Ministry, Tokyo

Anna Rebecca Solevag, VID Specialized University

Responding: Kathleen Gallagher Elkins, Saint Norbert College