The 2019 Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza New Scholars Awards first-place prize was given to two emerging scholars in the field of feminist studies in religion: Darrius D’wayne Hills for his article, “‘Admirable or Ridiculous?’: The Burdens of Black Women Scholars and Dialogue in the Work of Solidarity” and Zachary Thomas Settle …More »

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza New Scholars Awards! 1st Place Elizabeth Gish, “‘Are You a “Trashable” Styrofoam Cup?’: Harm and Damage Rhetoric in the Contemporary American Sexual Purity Movement” 2nd Place Angela N. Parker, “One Womanist’s View of Racial Reconciliation in Galatians” Both Elizabeth Gish’s …More »

We at FSR, Inc. are mourning the passing of Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon. Cannon was a member of both the FSR board and the JFSR board from the organization’s beginning. Cannon was a woman of many firsts: “the first African American woman ordained by the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.; the …More »

The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion is excited to announce its new poetry editor, Constance Merritt. Welcome, Constance! Merritt is an award-winning American poet and a self-described “…reader, art maker, music lover, social justicer, inveterate learner, job seeker, [and] freckle face.” Merritt has four published volumes of poetry: Blind …More »

We are happy to announce the arrival of the newest issue of JFSR: Volume 34, Number 1 (Spring 2018). This is a special issue dedicated to trans and queer scholarship, dialogue, and teaching.  It contains a literature review essay on trans* studies in religion, an Across Generations conversation with Dr. …More »

Be more informed. More global. More critical. Learn from feminist scholars around the world. Experience religion, theology, and spirituality though a lens that is both academic and accessible. The best part? A year’s subscription costs less than your monthly budget for morning coffee. The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion offers an …More »

  We are happy to announce the arrival of the newest issue of JFSR: Volume 33, Number 1 (Spring 2017)! This issue is packed with exciting new material, including a special section on women in American Catholic theology fifty years after Vatican II, two Across Generations interviews with Carol P. Christ and Mary E. Hunt, a “short takes” conversation …More »

JFSR is happy to announce that Jill Hammer will be joining our editorial team as a Poetry Submissions Co-editor—welcome Jill!More »

We are happy to announce the arrival of the newest issue of JFSR: Volume 32, Number 2 (Fall 2016). This issue is packed with exciting new material, including a Roundtable on Feminism and Islam: Exploring the Boundaries of Critique, an Across Generations interview with Mercy Amba Oduyoye, and a thematic In a Different Voice on Doubt, We are …More »

We are excited to announce the details of our panel this year at AAR/SBL! We invite you to join us this year in San Antonio for this important event. Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Theme: Sacred Scriptures and Violence Against Wo/men Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard University, Presiding Tuesday, November …More »