Lest anyone think that LGBTIQ rights were accomplished when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, I beg to differ. Read Lynn Sherr’s marvelous biography Sally Ride: American’s First Woman in Space for a reality check. This is a marvelously written, highly informative, and deeply touching story of an American hero who changed […]
By Sofia Ali-Khan. Dear Non-Muslim Allies, I am writing to you because it has gotten just that bad. I have found myself telling too many people about the advice given to me years ago by the late composer Herbert Brun, a German Jew who fled Germany at the age of 15: “be sure that your passport is […]
“In its attention to innovative strategies and new forms of knowledge production that can influence public life and religious traditions, we hope that the space claimed by the scholarly ideas in this issue of JFSR offers inspiration and tools for fostering more feminist and womanist values in every corner of our world.” (Traci West, Judith Plaskow. “Editors’ Introduction.” […]
It is with a heavy heart that we at FSR announce the recent passing of Rita Gross, a prominent Buddhist feminist scholar and longtime supporter and board member of JFSR. Rita chaired the Women and Religion Section of the AAR for many years from the mid-1970s to the late ’80s and was the author of […]
Join us today for this important JFSR panel: Sacred Scriptures and Violence Against Women! P22-326 Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 11/22/2015 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM Room: A708 (Atrium Level) – Marriott Theme: Sacred Scriptures and Violence Against Women The Sacred Scriptures of all 3 monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam inscribe not only […]
Recent comments by the presidential candidate Ben Carson on Muslims in the United States, and the controversial beef ban in India that has led to the murders of Muslims, causes one critically analyze the word “secularism” with regards to the Muslim identity living in a globalized world. In a world that is quickly and increasingly […]
A curious thing happened last week regarding female Orthodox rabbis. When the umbrella organization for Orthodox Jewish congregations denounced female clergy for the third time in five years, they actually accepted that there are, in fact, female Orthodox rabbis. Eighty years ago, Regina Jonas of Berlin was the first woman ordained as a rabbi, but […]
EFSR, the Web Board of FSR, Inc, welcomes five new members this year. Please welcome them by checking out their linked profiles below, as well as our current and past board membership for more information. Sharon Jacob, Philips Theological Seminary Sharon, a native of Bangalore India, is the Assistant Professor of New Testament at […]
At the beginning of every semester, I start classes by asking my students to introduce themselves. I ask them to answer several questions which vary by semester. What does not change is a practice I began in my first semester teaching undergraduate students at Occidental College. I ask my students to give me their preferred […]
What should feminist scholars in religious and theological studies do about the recent developments related to Title IX? After all, even the federal government is currently involved in trying to eliminate sexual harassment and sexual assault from US-American colleges and university. The situation is indeed dire, as a survey of September 2015 indicates. The responses […]