The FSR Blog is a place where studies regarding the intersections between feminism and religion are shared with a wide audience. MORE »
The temptation to comment on the violence in Ferguson is almost irresistible. It doesn’t matter if we’re condemning it, worrying about it, lamenting it. We feel the need to say something about it while commenting on Ferguson’s resistance. Most of us should resist this temptation mightily. When Detroit burned in 1967, “the mother of the movement,” Rosa Parks […]
Guest Author, Elias Ortega-Aponte is Assistant Professor of Afro-Latinos/a Religions and Cultural Studies at Drew University Theological School in Madison, NJ. Three days after the shooting of Mike Brown, President Obama issued a statement addressing the events. In this August 12 statement, the president urged the people of Ferguson, Missouri, and the nation, to […]
Join us for the following JFSR panel (P22-227) today, November 22nd, from 1:00 to 3:30pm, in Room 33 A (Upper level) – San Diego Convention Center (CC). Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza will be presiding over the panel and the theme will be “Sexual Violence and Sacred Texts.” We look forward to seeing you there! For more information, […]
We at FSR, Inc. warmly invite you to the reception of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion at the AAR/SBL joint annual meeting. Come celebrate JFSR’s Thirtieth Anniversary! Mingle and chat with others about feminism and religion, as well as catch up with old friends and make some new ones! Date: Friday, November 21. […]
“At Thirty I Took My Stand” Kwok Pui-lan From the 30th Anniversary Roundtable on JFSR: Volume 30, no. 2: When the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion began in 1985, it provided a forum for scholars, activists, and members of various feminist religious movements to exchange ideas and develop feminist scholarship. JFSR has reached an important milestone […]
“Difficult Intersections and Messy Coalitions (but in a Good Way)” Joseph A. Marchal From the 30th Anniversary Roundtable on JFSR: Volume 30, no. 2: Like so many scholars and teachers working today, I count myself lucky that JFSR exists. By the time I had become honest with myself about my interests in women and religion and came […]
“I Will Write. But I Will Not Lie. Nor Will I Write Alone.” Hannah Hofheinz From the 30th Anniversary Roundtable on JFSR: Volume 30, no. 2: Writing is essential to the political work of seeking transformative justice. It archives inquiry and insight. It catalyzes and catalogues curiosity. Writing pauses time and traverses space to allow the collaboration […]
“Making a Material Difference” By Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre From the 30th Anniversary Roundtable on JFSR: Volume 30, no. 2: I have a vivid memory of entering the room for my first meeting for JFSR. Around the long conference table were many people, some of whom I knew and others I did not, though I was familiar with their […]
Grading, class preparation, meetings, packing, shifting the schedule of events, last minute revisions to papers, and rushing to the airport . . . Whew, #AARSBL14 is right around the corner and we are feeling the stress with one month to go! And yet, every year it ends up being a wonderful chance to catch up […]
Healthy communities celebrate early and often. I think we in feminist studies in religion are always in order when we lift up our own colleagues, herald their work, and underscore all that they contribute to the world. Technology makes creative modes of doing so easy and accessible. These are not gratuitous, feel-good exercises, but integral […]