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We are happy to announce the arrival of the newest issue of JFSR: Volume 32, Number 1 (Spring 2016). This issue is packed with exciting new material, including a Roundtable on Women of Color in the Religious Studies Classroom, and two Across Generations interviews with Inés Talamantez and Judith Plaskow! To learn more about the issue, please visit the Volumes page to […]
We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Intersecting Islamophobia.” Having explored how scholars of religion must recognize the need to discuss race as a primary target of religious oppression (Tanisha Ramachandran), how the picking and choosing refugees based on their religious identity under the pretext of national security needs to be exposed and challenged (Sharon […]
“Women’s issues” are often claimed to be the wedge or problematic concern in interfaith dialogues. My interest in this blog is to have us think more deeply about the interfaith space itself, whether it is the academic or community one in which we work and research. Moreover, how do feminisms inform the construction of this […]
A few months ago in Cambridge, Mass., Mona Haydar and her spouse had the creative idea of setting up a stand offering free coffee, doughnuts, and the opportunity to “Ask a Muslim.” The NPR story covering the occasion is largely dedicated to describing her apprehensions before the event and her reflections, afterwards, on the goodwill […]
Recent calls made by the GOP Presidential candidates to accept Christian Syrian refugees in the United States and India’s decision under the Modi government to grant non-Muslim refugees extended stay are deeply problematic. Such pronouncements not only depict the ways in which Muslim refugees are represented as violent, aggressive, and a threat to national security, […]
By Tanisha Ramachandran. In November 2015, after the terrorist attacks on Paris, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed the registering of American Muslims in a database, special badges identifying Muslims, and the surveillance of Mosques where, he intimated “some bad things are happening” (Hensch 2016). Given the increase in attacks on Muslims and those perceived […]
Fearful responses to global refugee crises and terrorism have inspired many people of faith to work for peace through interreligious dialogue. This FSR Blog @theTable and partnered open call considers how feminist perspectives in religion and interreligious praxis can mutually inform one another in times of heightened xenophobia. How are representations of Islam and other religious […]
By Darryl W. Stephens. This commentary calls churches of all denominations to improve ecclesial response to clergy sexual abuse by embracing recent secular developments in trauma-informed services. Is your church as safe as a college campus? April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For many college campuses, this means increased scrutiny of their policies, procedures, and […]
Panel: Decolonizing the Study of Religion: Future Directions from the Work of Karen McCarthy Brown. Event: 2016 Frederick A. Shippey Lecture. When: April 12th, 6:00-7:30 PM. Where: Drew University, Madison, NJ. Livestream: Option to attend via live stream broadcast. Official Posting (http://www.drew.edu/calendar/event/2016-frederick-a-shippey-lecture/): 2016 Frederick A. Shippey Lecture April 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Decolonizing the Study of Religion: Future Directions from […]
By Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim. Feminist theology has been growing and emerging globally as women are fighting for equality within church and society. There are many areas within theology that need to be critiqued, reimagined and reconstructed. One area is church doctrine – the authorized teachings of the churches that are passed on […]