Over the years, Dr. Kate Ott has helped shape the voices, questions, and commitments of feminist studies in religion. As she steps back from her role, we honor her legacy by revisiting some of her most impactful contributions. Thanks to a special arrangement with Indiana University Press, the following articles by Dr. Ott will be […]
By Anneli Loepp Thiessen. Anneli Loepp Thiessen is a 2024 Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza New Scholars Award winner. You can read her award-winning article in the most recent edition of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, available now. From its earliest days as a movement, contemporary worship music has drawn heavily on intimate and romantic […]
Feminist Studies in Religion7.1.20 The leadership of Feminist Studies in Religion (FSR) reflected on and continues to lament the anti-Black racism exposed in the recent police killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and other Black people, which have gained international attention. After conversation across our various boards and leadership, we have developed 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. Carol B. Duncan (JFSR) published a chapter, “Spiritual Baptist Ritual Garments in Church and Community,” in Towards an African Canadian Art History: Art, Memory, and Resistance edited […]
“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. Carol P. Christ (JFSR) just published an article, “Revisiting BISFT Summer School 2004, University of Bristol, ‘Embracing Diversity: Seeking Harmony’” for Feminist Theology. The article features a […]
Today FSR, Inc. held its annual Summer Leadership Meeting in Guilford, Connecticut. The team leaders from the five branches of FSR, Inc. (FSR, JFSR, EFSR, BFSR, FFSR) met to talk about future planning for the organization. Look out for future changes on the horizon as FSR, Inc. continues its important work of helping facilitate scholarly […]
“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. Christy Cobb (JFSR) has published Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019). N.B. If you are an FSR Board member […]
“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. Rosemary Carbine (FFSR) will give a public lecture at Boston College on July 19th (12-3pm), entitled: “Nevertheless, She Persisted: Women’s Religio-Political Witness for Love and Justice.” N.B. […]
“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. Megan Goodwin (EFSR) published “Unpacking the Bunker: Sex, Abuse, and Apocalypticism in ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’” CrossCurrents (2019) and was interviewed for podcast on the “Challenges and Responsibilities for 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. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza’s (FSR/FFSR) commentary on Ephesians in the Wisdom Commentary Series of Liturgical Press has received the 2018 First Place in the category of Scripture: Academic Studies […]