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By Leah Elizabeth Comeau. My research is situated at the intersection of the fields of religious history and of material culture. Geographically, I work in South Asia, especially Tamil South India and I utilize an intersectional feminist framework to approach modern and medieval expressions of religion. In my work, I routinely encounter scholars of anthropology, […]
“Off the Press” is an FSR series that highlights the exciting news and accomplishments of our FSR Board membership that they wish to be shared with the wider community. Carol B. Duncan (JFSR) published a chapter, “Spiritual Baptist Ritual Garments in Church and Community,” in Towards an African Canadian Art History: Art, Memory, and Resistance edited […]
“Off the Press” is an FSR series that highlights the exciting news and accomplishments of our FSR Board membership that they wish to be shared with the wider community. Carol P. Christ (JFSR) just published an article, “Revisiting BISFT Summer School 2004, University of Bristol, ‘Embracing Diversity: Seeking Harmony’” for Feminist Theology. The article features a […]
By Christy Cobb and Bailey Freeburn. SPOILER ALERT: This post contains information about the plot of the Hulu show the Handmaid’s Tale, season one and two. It does not contain any information about the newly released season three. “Don’t be a Martha. Be a Mary.” Being raised in southern Christian households and churches, both of […]
Today FSR, Inc. held its annual Summer Leadership Meeting in Guilford, Connecticut. The team leaders from the five branches of FSR, Inc. (FSR, JFSR, EFSR, BFSR, FFSR) met to talk about future planning for the organization. Look out for future changes on the horizon as FSR, Inc. continues its important work of helping facilitate scholarly […]
By Katherine Dugan. Unplanned: What She Saw Changed Everything is the newest pro-life film to hit mainstream movie theaters. Released in late March 2019, Unplanned follows the young adulthood of Abby Johnson. Abby is depicted as a bright-eyed woman who wants to, as she puts it, “do good in the world.” Based on her memoir, […]
“Off the Press” is an FSR series that highlights the exciting news and accomplishments of our FSR Board membership that they wish to be shared with the wider community. Christy Cobb (JFSR) has published Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019). N.B. If you are an FSR Board member […]
By Kecia Ali. No manthology is an island, Entire of itself, Every manthology is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a contents list be woman-free, Our field is the less. As well as if a conference were. As well as if a panel of thy friend’s Or of thine own […]
By Susannah Heschel. In childhood, this was my learned experience: not that I am a female, but that I am not a male. Maleness was not just about boys and men, but about a domain of life and I was to stand at its periphery. This awareness began when I was quite little – perhaps […]
By Sarah Imhoff. Manthologies are a network problem. I’m not talking about some technical connectivity issue; I’m talking about networks of humans. Who knows whom, how and why, and how they are connected. Anthologies full of the work of male scholars are not a problem solely because of networks, but thinking about the networking aspect […]