Elissa
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Research Projects, Reading, and the “Movements of Divine Grace”
To the readers of WIT, I ask: What are your reading practices? Especially those who are academic theologians, what do you read? How often to you read outside of your own research area? Continue reading
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Teaching and Voting with the Preferential Option for the Poor
The main point to take away from all this is that voting with a preferential option for the neediest in society—not just our own needs—is foundational to Catholic social teaching and is rooted both in the writing by various popes… Continue reading
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A Feminist Historical Theologian’s Summer Reading List, Part II: A Review of Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know
It is this idea of the limits to our understanding that I found so fascinating because it connects so well with my feminist historical theology project. Continue reading
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Girl Power? A Personal History with Feminism
I should clarify—of course I had always believed in the equality of men and women and that women should be allowed to choose whatever career path was open to them. I didn’t think this was even a question. But I… Continue reading
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A Feminist Historical Theologian’s Summer Reading List, Part I: A Review of Hayley Gelfuso’s The Book of Lost Hours
Thus, The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso is the first of my two recommendations for summer reading for anyone interested in the feminist historical theology project. If you want to read a novel that will provide motivation for… Continue reading
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Women’s Voices, Part II: A Review of Kaethe Schwehn’s The Gospel of Salome
What Schwehn has done in this book is to drastically reimagine Jesus’ story and insert Salome into it for his whole childhood, up until the start of his public ministry. Needless to say, in what I am going to write,… Continue reading
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A Reflection on the First Sunday of Advent
Thus, I suggest that this Advent, we work on our personal transformation—relying for this not just on ourselves, or even our political leaders, but by turning to God in prayer. Perhaps our transformation won’t be as dramatic as Augustine’s, but… Continue reading
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Habemus Papam: Hopes for Pope Leo XIV and Catholic Social Teaching
If all I knew about the new pope was this choice of name, based on that alone I could firmly say that I am excited to see the writings that come out of this papacy. Continue reading
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An Earth Day Post: Reading Laudato Si’ and Laudato Deum Theologically
What can you do? What little daily actions can you take in your life to contribute to the overall care for the environment? In Laudato Deum, Pope Francis explains that “what is being asked of us is nothing other than… Continue reading
