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By Sarah Kurzweil. Growing up in an affluent New York City suburb with a large Jewish population, I heard the term Jewish American Princess make its way into conversations quite frequently. In the past few years—and especially in light of rising expressions of antisemitism in the United States—I have considered how stereotypes such as the […]
“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. Kate Ott (JFSR) co-edited an article with Lorien Carter, “ReVisioning Sexuality: Relational Joy and Embodied Flourishing” for the Journal of Youth and Theology. Ott was also quoted […]
By Michal Raucher. Deborah. Bruriah. Yalta. The Maiden of Ludmir. Osnat Barzani. Regina Jonas. Gluckl of Hameln. Sarah Schneirer. Blu Greenberg. Belda Lindenbaum. At the annual graduation ceremony for Yeshivat Maharat, an Orthodox Jewish seminary in the United States, someone often mentions one or several of these women as pioneers in the field of women […]
By Angela N. Parker. On January 29th Rochester police handcuffed and pepper sprayed a distressed nine year old Black girl child. Let that sink in. While responding to a domestic call, police pepper-sprayed a child. I am a Black mama. I would be angered and horrified if my child experienced such an assault. I […]
“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. Grace Ji-Sun Kim (FSR) has a new podcast, Madang (conversations on Christianity, religion, and culture), now available on YouTube and Spotify. N.B. If you are an FSR […]
“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. Sylvia Marcos (JFSR) has been promoted to Profesora titular (full professor) at the Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico for the Catedra de Teología Feminista. Also see Off the […]
We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Racism and the Feminist Study of Religion” Our series has started with three excellent blogs. In the first blog, Dr. Jennifer Kaalund considers the value, pain, and tension in the practice of #sayhername and asks, “What is the relationship between saying her name and calling on […]
By Jamie Lee Andreson. Matriarchy, understood as Black women’s leadership, has been a central criterion in public debates on leadership, race and gender in the West African derived Candomblé religion in Brazil. In Candomblé, matriarchy expresses a counterpoint to the explicit historical patriarchy of the Brazilian Catholic Church. The female leadership of Candomblé priestesses of […]
By Darryl W. Stephens and Elizabeth Soto Albrecht. Scholarship conceived as the lone academic expert seated behind an isolated oak desk continues to limit our ability to address systemic, social oppressions. We argue that antiracist scholarship cannot be achieved by reproducing the structures that brought us here. Liberatory methods are required to achieve liberatory ends. […]
By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder. As a Black woman has just become the first Black, first woman, first South Asian to occupy the U.S. vice presidency, Black women’s bodies have been on my mind. My own body has been on my mind. I have been thinking about self-care, wellness, and the importance of never negotiating boundaries. […]