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 Midori E. Hartman. November 7th is an important day in United States history for more than one reason. On this same day in 1893, Colorado held a referendum to determine women’s suffrage—the right to vote—becoming the first U.S. state to do so. This would kickstart a domino effect for enfranchisement for women at the […]
By Kecia Ali. No manthology is an island, Entire of itself, Every manthology is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a contents list be woman-free, Our field is the less. As well as if a conference were. As well as if a panel of thy friend’s Or of thine own […]
By Karen Erlichman. There are so many ways to be, do and feel Jewish. I can attest to this over the course of my lifetime, as a young girl who felt called to become a rabbi before women were being ordained as rabbis, as a nascent feminist in high school and college, then coming out […]
I have never quite believed Christians who declare that they’ve never thought of God as male but only as spirit. I suspect that this non-personal designation leaves a void that is too easily filled by Western art, biblical pronouns, and prayers to God as Father and Lord. The patriarchy must be lurking somewhere in their […]
“Some of you have thanked me for not outing you as closet Buddhists,” said the pastor as he introduced me for my presentation on multiple religious belonging. I wondered: What work was the language of the closet doing in this space? I had the opportunity to think about this question again this October 24-26 at […]
Professors across the land are preparing to return to the classroom, beginning with the all-important discussion on first day: setting the ground rules. Sometimes I ask the class to generate guidelines, beginning with their top list of classroom dos and don’ts. And inevitably, after “listen to others,” “don’t dominate the conversation,” and “respect other views,” […]
By Kristin Garrity Şekerci. This blog is in response to Tanisha Ramachandran’s piece “Racializing Religion.” In her blog, Ramachandran argues the importance of understanding the intersection of race and religion, and how power and privilege reinforces the othering and subordination of Muslims and those perceived to be. Ramachandran cites the work of contemporary scholar Leerom […]
By Jem Jebbia. I remember a concrete feeling of confusion and frustration one day in my Practice of Ministry course while studying in the University of Chicago’s Master of Divinity Program. Each week, our assignment was to reflect on a particular theological theme, like ethics, interfaith interactions, or this particular week’s theme, “calling.” I said […]
We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Intersecting Islamophobia.” Having explored how scholars of religion must recognize the need to discuss race as a primary target of religious oppression (Tanisha Ramachandran), how the picking and choosing refugees based on their religious identity under the pretext of national security needs to be exposed and challenged (Sharon […]