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Pentecost Happened

May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

This Sunday, Christians celebrate Pentecost.  As a liturgical moment, it marks the arrival of the Spirit and enlivening of the community of gathered Jesus-as-Christ-believers, described in Acts 2.  As a vocabulary word in my introduction to Christianity course, it means “fiftieth” day since Passover.  This is important because that gathered community, still perhaps reeling from the execution of Jesus not two months prior, was in fact marking the Festival of Weeks, in accordance with their … [Read More...]

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Yes, College is Worth It: Justice, Opportunity, & ‘the practice of freedom’

May 13, 2013 By 2 Comments

The following is a set of remarks I delivered yesterday, graduation day, as part of a campus Celebration of Justice and Opportunity at Illinois College.  The Celebration was organized by students as an alternate to the College's official baccalaureate. Normally, on a Sunday morning, I am doing one of two things:  going to church, or more frequently eating breakfast in bed while watching Sunday morning political talk shows.  Religion and politics is just what I do … even on the weekend.  … [Read More...]

Mama’s Day & “The Balance of Justice”

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations describes the Mama’s Day movement and it’s connection to Mother’s Day: Mother’s Day was originally founded as an antiwar rallying cry by Unitarian Julia Ward Howe. This history reminds us that Mother’s Day is more than a day for … [Read More...]

“Come Now, O Wisdom”

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton has shared a new resource for those interested in more inclusive and justice oriented sacred music, this one with new words set to another familiar Christian hymn (“Lord of all hopefulness / Lord of all joy”) written by a woman, Jan Struther, who incidentally is most … [Read More...]

Honorable Mention: “I’m A Mormon Feminist”

May 6, 2013 By 6 Comments

Because saying it matters almost as much as being it, cheers to the women and men claiming their religion alongside their feminist commitments over at “I’m A Mormon Feminist.” Here are a few of the great images you’ll find there:   What is a Mormon feminist?  Here’s one … [Read More...]

Top Three Posts in April

May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The top three most viewed posts in April 2013 here at feminismxianity were: Red Logo Resistance: Homonationalism and the HRC What's Really Being Ignored in the Gosnell Case? Why Guys Throw Bombs It was a complex (difficult? tragic?) month for news related to religion, politics, and gender, … [Read More...]

Open Letter to a Bishop

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

“If you could have me read one article, what would it be? ... Basically, what do you know that I should know?” One article!  One article?  Well, that’s the first challenge.  Ask any college professor for one reading recommendation, and you’re likely to get more than you bargained for.  … [Read More...]

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Open Letter to a Bishop

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

“If you could have me read one article, what would it be? ... Basically, what do you know that I should know?” One article!  One article?  Well, that’s the first challenge.  Ask any college professor for one reading recommendation, and you’re likely to get more than you bargained for.  … [Read More...]

Chastity Brings May Flowers?

May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Well, that’s not exactly what I learned about how the bright spring blooms take hold. Then again, this isn’t exactly a view of sex and God’s plan that I was taught either: Where to even begin?  There’s so much wrong with this image, and that only begins with casting as evil some … [Read More...]

Macklemore’s Theology of “Same Love”

April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Of course, by the time I got around to watching Macklemore’s Same Love video at the urging of my students, I was informed by others that they were already “over” Macklemore (especially because this thing called Thrift Shop ...).  That generation gap just gets bigger every year. As … [Read More...]

“Why Guys Throw Bombs”

April 23, 2013 By 4 Comments

In an interview this week with National Public Radio, Mohamed Elibiary described the kind of young disillusioned Muslims that he encounters in his security consulting work: “I have never seen a female example here in the homegrown sphere here in the United States. There might’ve been a case but … [Read More...]

Who Needs A Day of Silence?

April 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Today is the National Day of Silence, “a day of action in which students across the country vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools.”  It is organized and promoted by the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education … [Read More...]