Elissa
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Some Guidance for Writing Conference Proposals (for AAR)
This post gives you some tips on what to do to improve your chances of acceptance as much as that is in your control. This post will walk you through the different parts of the proposal, give you some do’s… Continue reading
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Pope Francis and Mother Angélique: A Feminist Historical Theology Issue
This is an example of the type of hole that feminist historical theology needs to fill. We need scholars who are attentive to the writings of women throughout the history of Christianity, so that women can be fully thought of… Continue reading
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Journaling as a Means of Research
I shared about the practice of journaling, which is something that I use both in my teaching and in my research. … So, I’d like to reflect in this post on my writing and research process to talk about what… Continue reading
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No Church Mothers: Part III, Theology vs. Spirituality
This is precisely the problem. Women are not seen as having made or even now making contributions to “real theology.” Continue reading
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Women’s Voices: A Review of Sue Monk Kidd’s The Book of Longings
Toward the end of 2021 I participated in a virtual book club through my alma mater, Georgetown University, in which we read Sue Monk Kidd’s The Book of Longings (Penguin Books, 2020). I really enjoyed this book partly because of… Continue reading
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The “Big Bad” Conversion Narrative
At the beginning of this semester one of my students suggested that I might like the TV show, Lucifer. I had mentioned in class that I had recently finished watching the Originals and so was looking for something else to… Continue reading
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Toward a Feminist Historical Theology: Part II, Feminist Biblical Interpretation
The very structure of Schüssler Fiorenza’s text provides a model for feminist historical theologians to follow. Continue reading
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Toward a Feminist Historical Theology: Part I, Hamilton
What especially stood out for me when watching the musical was also how it dealt with the question of women’s history and I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how to articulate a methodology for a feminist historical theology, spurred… Continue reading
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Fratelli Tutti and the Importance of the Histor(ical Theolog)ian
Namely, at several points in the encyclical, Pope Francis discusses the importance of learning from our history. He discusses this in relation to learning from the pandemic in chapter one, but also earlier bemoans a lack of historical consciousness more… Continue reading