2013
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Biopower in the Blood: Hymnody, Governmentality, and Anti-Blackness
Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow? There’s power in the blood, power in the blood; Sin stains are lost in its life giving flow. There’s wonderful power in the blood. -There is Power in the Blood, Lewis E.… Continue reading
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An original WIT: Hilkert on Heaven
Mary Catherine Hilkert, beloved mentor to many who have worked with this blog and original inspiration for our name “WIT,” was interviewed on All Things Considered last week. Continue reading
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Theology (and the Theological Academy) & Rape (and Rape Culture): A Miniature Memoir of Sorts
“Uncovering secrets is apocalyptic in the simple sense (the Greek root means ‘an uncovering’). In this case, it lifts the shame covers. It allows articulation to enter where silence once ruled.” – Lewis Hyde, Trickster Makes This World “I am… Continue reading
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Un-Womanly Me? (A post about, and full of, paradoxes)
“I very much like the idea that the opposite of masculinity is not necessarily femininity.” – Judith Butler[1] “All true and serious conservatism, and all true and serious belief in progress, presupposes that there is a certain compatibility between the new… Continue reading
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Bombs and the Body of Christ: (When) Can Good Catholics Be Loyal Soldiers?
The United States stands ready to engage in yet another military action that the U.S. bishops and pope have condemned as unjust. Despite the bishops’ rather vocal condemnation of what the United States military is about to do in the… Continue reading
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On Desire Lines: Sarah Coakley, Vulnerability, and What Turns Us On
The older I get, the more I think that the crux of becoming a mature person, the person God has created you to be, is about discerning your desires. Your deepest desires. I have to admit upfront that I am… Continue reading
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On Not Reading Barth: my measly resistance
‘But I was never as ironic as I tried to be. Really, I just wanted to be the girl who got into the boys’ club’. I am sure I am not the only woman in theology who resonated deeply… Continue reading
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A Mother in Theology
There are some challenges present to dissertating mothers that don’t seem to be present to dissertating fathers. Continue reading
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Not A Political Conservative
Some things to keep in mind on this fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech, a day when everyone is claiming King as their ideological ally. 1) Martin Luther King was against imperialism and… Continue reading