By Darryl W. Stephens. This commentary calls churches of all denominations to improve ecclesial response to clergy sexual abuse by embracing recent secular developments in trauma-informed services. Is your church as safe as a college campus? April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For many college campuses, this means increased scrutiny of their policies, procedures, and […]
By Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim. Feminist theology has been growing and emerging globally as women are fighting for equality within church and society. There are many areas within theology that need to be critiqued, reimagined and reconstructed. One area is church doctrine – the authorized teachings of the churches that are passed on […]
By Mónica Maher. A religious colonial capital of Latin America, San Francisco de Quito is a monolithic Roman Catholic city in the hegemonic imagination. Yet, it is filled with religious diversity which reflects dynamic, socio-cultural processes linked to international movements for justice. The Spiritualities Project of the Foundation Museums of Quito conceptualized by María Fernanda […]
I saw the movie WAR ROOM and for the rest of that day I was on fire – not with anger, but with a renewed love for God. Before you dismiss this review, let me explain. I’ve since deleted my Twitter and FB posts raving about the movie because after reading a review about the dangers […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Claire K. McKeever-Burgett. “Claire, the judge declared a mistrial in the Vanderbilt rape case.” “No,” I said with horror. “No!” Silence hung between us, the silence our palpable, “Yes.” Apparently the foreman of the jury was raped and did not disclose this information during jury selection. However, he claims it was consensual. His parents claim […]
A version of this blog was posted previously at The Huffington Post. In the wake of the devastating terrorist attack on June 17, 2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina it has become apparent that this nation needs to deal with the pervasive issues of malicious racism and white privilege. Emmanuel AME, […]
“And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. But they have no root, and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. And others are those sown among the thorns: these […]
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 […]