Allison Murray
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Created to be Masculine and Feminine?: Complementarianism & the American Public
I have been studying the history of complementarianism for over a decade now. While my research focuses on the origin of the movement, I have been noticing an uptick in the prevalence of its teachings in recent years. When WIT… Continue reading
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“I did it anyway”: Haunted by the Battles
I am haunted by both the rage I felt in that camp bed, and by a sadness I feel for those who are only given these tools to work with when it comes to navigating their sexual/spiritual lives. Continue reading
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Selfishness & Arrogance: Creating the Feminist Bogey Woman
As feminist writers and activists advocated for abortion access, or announced they were eschewing marriage and motherhood, these choices could only be seen as evidence of their selfishness by these critical commentators. Continue reading
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Resilience for others
This post was originally delivered as a sermon at First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, ON as part of a series looking at “Songs of Hope and Resilience.” The scripture text was Exodus 15: 20 – 21: Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s… Continue reading
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Myths, Doubts, and Reckonings: Somber Reflections on Canada Day
This post discusses recent announcements regarding Canada’s Residential Schools which may bring up difficult memories or feelings for some readers. Support is available at the 24-Hour Residential School Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419. I led a discussion and small memorial in my… Continue reading
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Renovating Tradition: Dorothee Soelle (Part Two)
Following up an earlier post, I have some further reflections on the work of Dorothee Soelle. In addition to repurposing “God as Father” and Marian imagery, and allowing Freud to retain some of his authority, Soelle also broke with certain… Continue reading
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“What About Rape?” Gender, Violence, and Policing
“They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, ‘Peace, peace’, when there is no peace.”[1] There has been a significant shift in the public conversation around policing in the last few weeks. Calls for dramatic reforms, defunding, and… Continue reading
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Renovating Tradition: Insights from Dorothee Soelle (Part One)
Soelle’s feminism simultaneously takes seriously the patriarchal history of Christianity and remains committed to the search for the liberative heart of the Gospel. Continue reading
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What is Now Uncovered / Don’t Waste an Apocalypse
The increased precarity of living in a pandemic makes the existing precarity in which so many were already living their lives completely untenable. In this sense the pandemic is a true apocalypse—an uncovering of the truth of the forces at… Continue reading
