By Andrea Smith. The concept of intersectionality has often focused on identity, particularly that of women of color. In other words, how does race and gender intersect in the lives of women of color? While this analysis is helpful, it is also important to focus on the intersectionality of logics of domination as they structure the […]
By Judith Plaskow. When I retired, I wanted activism to be an important part of my life. After Eric Garner was choked to death by the police in the summer of 2014 for selling loose cigarettes, it became very clear to me that I needed to find a way to get involved in anti-racism work. […]
By Nami Kim. Let me start by briefly sharing my historical location. While being aware of the limits of categorization, I can say that I can be contextually understood as a third-generation feminist liberation theologian, rooted in intersectional, transnational, decolonial and deimperial feminist commitment that takes identity seriously but does not base it on identity […]
By Mary E. Hunt. The twentieth meeting of the Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network convened at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday, November 18, 2016. Mary E. Hunt and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza presided. More than seventy participants from more than a dozen countries gathered […]
What is the global and local impact of the U.S. political situation in 2017? The Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network (FLTN) began a conversation on this topic at AAR/SBL 2016 by considering the impact of intersectional approaches and experiences on political response and engagement. This FSR Blog @theTable and partnered open call invite you to continue that conversation. This week, […]
On January 27, America’s 45th signed an executive order that bans all visas from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days. Many people have expressed outrage against this order and have protested at the airports where people affected by this order were detained. Some have also criticized it as unconstitutional and unlawful. Although it was the […]
The roaring success of the Women’s March on Washington and the many related marches around the world signals a new spiritual vibrancy that supports action for social justice. As footsore marchers debrief, most people are singing the same song: huge numbers of diverse folks; overwhelming good will in sometimes crowded conditions; creative, constructive manifestations of […]
By Jordan Conley. Since at least 2014, women have been leaving their “I voted” stickers at the grave of Susan B. Anthony in Rochester, New York. After the state’s primary, photos of the headstone covered in stickers went viral. The Smithsonian, in an article about the tradition, called it “a small tribute to a big […]
Discussion of the diaconate for Catholic women is in vogue and in need of some new thinking. Whether it will be a permanent or transitional diaconate, whether there is historical precedent for it or not, what women deacons might actually do if given the opportunity, whether this is a power grabby would-be feminist clerics, etc. […]
We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Transcending Transphobia.” Having rethought about religious rhetorics, gendercide, and HB2 (Jacqueline M. Hidalgo), critiqued the rhetoric of trans-exclusive radical feminism and religion (Siobhan Kelly), explored non-binary transgender as Nepantla (Robyn Henderson-Espinoza), and finished with some concluding reflections on the conversation thus far and on the language of […]