Academic and activist work meld in media, not the least of which in the blogosphere. As I participate in and observe the development of the FIR blog, I note four critical issues in this regard. My brief exploration of them is an invitation to colleagues to participate in the shaping of a medium whose limits […]
Public Lives We live in an increasingly public world where our lives are more and more lived in and touched by the public. What we wear, what we eat, where we are going, with whom we are hanging around are just some of the things which are becoming increasingly easy for the world to see […]
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? Part of the difficulty is captured by the question of what counts as “feminism” in the first place, and what are the standards by which we deem one another […]
What counts as feminism on the internet? What happens when religion is brought into the conversation? And most importantly for the Feminism In Religion Forum (FiR), what does it mean to engage in this process with an academic lens? @ The Table and our partnered open-call consider the stakes and challenges that arise when “feminism” […]
By Mitzi J. Smith, PhD Many people applauded The Daily Beast photo of the twenty-something year old white female protester who stood toe to toe with a New York City cop defiantly screaming into his face and daring him to arrest her. The white male cop remained stoic and motionless. That is quite a contrast […]
By Ira D. Mangililo In my article “When Rahab and Indonesian Christian Women Meet in the Third Space,” published in JFSR 31.1, I spoke at length about the multiple oppressions experienced by Christian women in Indonesia, both within the church and in academic settings like theological seminaries. Through Rahab’s voice I envisioned a world where Indonesian […]
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig in The New Republic thinks that feminists should not give up on Francis. Maybe not though he provides little to chime my feminist bells. My view is that any suggestion that Pope Francis is a feminist is like calling Raul Castro a Republican. It is simply absurd. While one can affirm many […]
As part of FSR, Inc.’s Across Generations project, we asked feminists from and beyond the academy respond to this vital question: “What is the importance of feminist and womanist work in religious and theological studies?” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego (2014). What follows is the seventh part […]
As part of FSR, Inc.’s Across Generations project, we asked feminists from and beyond the academy respond to this vital question: “What is the importance of feminist and womanist work in religious and theological studies?” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego (2014). What follows is the sixth part […]
As part of FSR, Inc.’s Across Generations project, we asked feminists from and beyond the academy respond to this vital question: “What is the importance of feminist and womanist work in religious and theological studies?” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego (2014). What follows is the […]