Though we know that it is impossible to make sense out of the senseless, we find ourselves doing so once again when faced with the massacre of 26 kids and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School here in Connecticut. Twenty of the victims are children who ranged from 5 years old to 10 years old. […]
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? On Feminist and Religion, participants come from many different backgrounds, both religious and non-religious, and have diverse and often conflicting definitions of feminism. There are feminists who practice Goddess […]
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 […]
The stated purpose of the panel is to discuss “how digital projects are remapping the feminist theological terrain and creating opportunities for a wide range of voices to participate in ongoing and new conversations related to feminist issues in religion.” These writers have done that and more. Several things stand out: first, two vital blogs […]
In a recent sermon to my congregation in Greenwich, CT, I said the following: “You could have it all, the serpent whispered, the possibilities are endless. That was the first lie ever told, and we have believed it ever since.” The sermon topic was anxiety—the need to control more, know more, and be more than […]
I love reunions especially if it involves good food and good friends. If you have ever attended a Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Workshop you will know that they do not skimp on food, snacks or drinks. Wabash seems to have endless supply of chocolates, chips and of course drinks. […]
“But we still love marriage,” Melissa Murray, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, asserts after elaborating on the adultery laws in the United States last month. In twenty-four U.S.-states and territories, adultery is still defined as a criminal act. According to Murray’s explanations, “nobody is going to be going to jail for […]
It’s that time of the year again… yes, it is the beginning (or is it the middle already?) of the U.S. version of “the holidays.” But, in a related fashion, what I’m currently thinking about is that time of the semester again. Specifically, we just finished our ritual week in my introductory course, a week […]
One election is not definitive, but the trajectory that led to the results of the 2012 voting was only confirmed by the data. As predicted, white, mostly male, Catholics of a certain age voted one way; Hispanic, young, LGBTIQ, women, and others voted another. That President Obama, same-sex marriage, reproductive choice, and immigration […]
Later this week, the Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc (FSR) boards will be meeting at a preconference in Chicago to discuss the opportunities and challenges that media poses for feminist studies in religion. To help begin this discussion, I want to share some reflections on where FSR has been and to raise some questions on […]