I wrote earlier this season about how I’m probably Failing Lent. I hinted there that I’d write more about my lack of enthusiasm for this season, and so here are a few words about how I’m failing Easter too. I’ve been failing Easter every since my feminist consciousness started coming to theological terms with this thing called atonement – the ancient Christian idea that Jesus’ death does something to reconcile God and humans. I know the moment when it all... Read more
This is part of an opinion piece I wrote for my local newspaper, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, published last Thursday, March 14: As I drove south out of Jacksonville on U.S. 67 to pick my husband up at the St. Louis airport, I thought of her. The 16-year old girl who punched the cop impersonator in the face when he assaulted her, before she got out of his non-police-car, got away, and went for help. We’ve read her story, and now... Read more
This weekend, I’m heading to Indianapolis for the biannual conference of the National Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education. It’s a project of the Council of Independent Colleges, whose purposes include: Deepen our understanding of the intellectual and theological substance of vocational exploration; Examine the role of intellectual and theological reflection and vocational exploration in a variety of institutional contexts; Share knowledge, best practices, and reflection on experiences across participating campuses; Develop a network for sustaining an extended program in... Read more
I know everyone has moved on to the Harlem Shake madness now, but please do check out this Gagnam Style parody video produced at one of my alma mater’s … the Lutheran School of Theology At Chicago: No better place! 🙂 Read more
Over at the God’s Politics blog, Adam Ericksen revives the conversation about whether or not Jesus was a feminist. It’s a thing that progressives like to talk about from time to time, and was relatively common for Christian feminist theologians and biblical scholars to assert in the 1970s and 1980s. I don’t see what difference it makes. In fact, I think it’s a problem. To be clear, I don’t actually disagree with any of the four reasons Adam gives for... Read more
Sunday, March 10, was National Thank An Abortion Provider Day. I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Willie Parker last year in Washington, D.C., at the Center for American Progress, and wanted to share this short video of him accepting the Moody-Patterson Award for Leadership in Reproductive Justice. It was presented by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. These are not abstract ideological issues. These are issues of basic health and safety for women and their families. And for some... Read more
I know there are some great bloggers here at Patheos writing about various Lenten themes and questions. I just can’t muster up the interest and energy for this season like I can for Advent. It’s not because I only want religion and theology to be happy, it’s specifically because mandated self-denial and the bloody cross bother me. In this post, I’ll take up the first issue, failing Lent. Erin over at Irreverin, writes about needing carbs and coffee for Lent,... Read more
The top three most viewed posts here at feminismxianity in February were: Because God Said: Farmers, Myth, and Truth Refuse Easy Answers A Merry Feminist Valentine’s Day The first two posts were a little unsettling for some folks … white folks. If you haven’t read them, I hope that you do and tell me what you think. Both, in fact, call into question a couple of different ways that white privilege plays out in pop culture (i.e., SuperBowl advertising), theology,... Read more
As President Barack Obama officially proclaimed last week, March is women’s history month in the United States: Women’s History Month is a time to remember those who fought to make that freedom as real for our daughters as for our sons. Written out of the promise of the franchise, they were women who reached up to close the gap between what America was and what it could be. They were driven by a faith that our Union could extend true... Read more
There are a lot of reasons why we need Lana Dalberg’s new book, Birthing God: Women’s Experiences of the Divine, released this week and available in print and for your Kindle. We need this book because we still need to hear more women’s stories. Feminism and the women’s movement in the U.S. has long helped us see that the personal is political, and this book reminds us how powerfully the personal is also theological. We need this book because there... Read more
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