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Much of my personal life intersects with race, religion, and gender issues. In some ways, the word intersects is too gentle. Perhaps collide better captures what occurs in my life as an Asian North American woman theologian, writer, minister, and mother. As I try to engage in theological dialogue, live in community with the dominant, […]
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! Sara M. Evans’ edited volume Journeys that Opened Up the World: Women, Student […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. I ask, […]
Guest Blog written by Theresa A. Yugar. In 1970, Earth-day was celebrated for the first time on a global level. It followed a historic moment in human history where earthly citizens were exposed to and astounded by Earth’s beauty from afar, as a result of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon, July […]
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”? In this context, he also exclaimed: “If you want to take gender studies that’s fine, go […]
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. Call for Papers: Special Issue on Religion, Disability and the Environment, Fall 2014 Worldviews: Global Religions, […]
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, […]
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). Conference Theme: Resisting Amnesia and creating community: Educating women in Thought, Art, & Action. For Call details and updates please […]