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 […]
Since the federal election last Tuesday, I have been scratching my head and trying to understand how 332 electoral college votes and 50.5% of the popular vote is now not a mandate (according to all persuasions of reporters) when in 2004 Bush garnered 286 electoral college votes and 50.7% and it was. Is the 0.2% […]
Question: “What impact can feminist theologies have domestically in the political realm in regards with US foreign policy, war and global dominance? How can feminist theologies and women’s work in the church and society influence a real change of paradigm to move effectively from the “necrophilia of patriarchy” (Mary Daly) -militarism and resource pillaging- to […]
In our globalizing world, people constantly move from one place to another. Within the United States, we have immigrants from all over the world who are immigrating into America for a new life. As immigrants come, they find many cultural, social, language and religious differences separating themselves from opportunity. Added to this, at times, it […]
The following blog series are contributions from the panel on the status of women in church and society held at the September 2012 Social Ethics Network (SEN) meeting of the Presbyterian Church, USA. A group of five panelists were gathered by Rebecca Todd Peters of Elon University and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty of Bellarmine University. Those who […]