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Reports on the horrific gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi raced around the world in the first two weeks of 2013. Her death shortly after the unbelievably violent rape in a private bus, and the demonstrations protesting the brutal rape and the lack of prosecuting rapists in India produced a global plethora […]
As many Christians including myself, celebrate Christmas, we want to take a moment to pause and reflect upon what it means to celebrate Christmas. As we live in the busyness of getting into the Christmas spirit, the message of the birth of Christ gets lost in the fervor of buying present, decorating the trees and […]
Beverly Wildung Harrison, a feminist religious ethicist, passed away on December 15, 2012. She was the Caroline Williams Beaird Professor of Ethics at the Union Theological Seminary in New York where she taught for three decades. She was the first woman President of the North American Society of Christian Ethics and served on the Board […]
Though we know that it is impossible to make sense out of the senseless, we find ourselves doing so once again when faced with the massacre of 26 kids and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School here in Connecticut. Twenty of the victims are children who ranged from 5 years old to 10 years old. […]
Really, how do we do it? How do feminist activists and scholars with our varying definitions of ‘feminism’ stay in dialogue and partnership with one another? On Feminist and Religion, participants come from many different backgrounds, both religious and non-religious, and have diverse and often conflicting definitions of feminism. There are feminists who practice Goddess […]
In Rebirth of the Goddess: Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality, Carol Christ offers a theo/alogy that is grounded in embodied thinking and begins with personal experience. She explains that experience is “embodied, relational, communal, social, and historical,” (p. 37) and that experiences of the Goddess are shaped and inspired by the experiences of others. Consequently […]
The stated purpose of the panel is to discuss “how digital projects are remapping the feminist theological terrain and creating opportunities for a wide range of voices to participate in ongoing and new conversations related to feminist issues in religion.” These writers have done that and more. Several things stand out: first, two vital blogs […]
Feminist Studies in Religion Forum is joining with the Feminism and Religion blog for a joint conversation. Four papers were presented in Chicago at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 17, 2012, in a session entitled “Feminism, Religion and Social Media: Expanding Borders in the Twenty-First Century,” organized by Gina Messina-Dysert […]
In a recent sermon to my congregation in Greenwich, CT, I said the following: “You could have it all, the serpent whispered, the possibilities are endless. That was the first lie ever told, and we have believed it ever since.” The sermon topic was anxiety—the need to control more, know more, and be more than […]
I love reunions especially if it involves good food and good friends. If you have ever attended a Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Workshop you will know that they do not skimp on food, snacks or drinks. Wabash seems to have endless supply of chocolates, chips and of course drinks. […]