Elissa
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No “Church Mothers”? That Seems Doubtful
So, again, I ask: do we really have “no historical record” of Church Mothers? This seems to me to be an oversimplification of the period and a lack of understanding about women’s voices in the history of Christianity. Continue reading
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Théologienne, Théologien, Theologian? From Angélique Arnauld to Mary Daly
So this question of what makes a theologian in the seventeenth century isn’t just an academic question for me, but also a personal one. Continue reading
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HeresyLetterGate and Teaching Authority in Theology
What occurs to me in all this, however, is that there is a real question to be raised about who has the authority to teach in the modern Catholic Church. Now, this wasn’t the original issue, but it became part… Continue reading
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Some Reflections on Motherhood and Questions about the “Essence” of Women
I really want there to be something there, something that we can point to and say, “This is where women’s experience differs from men, and this can therefore be a foundation for a theology of and by women.” Unfortunately in… Continue reading
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“For it is not to be doubted that the duration of this life is but a moment; that the state of death is eternal, whatever may be its nature.”
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a woman in theology, especially since I recently heard about the death of one of my favorite undergraduate theology professors, Fr. James Walsh, S.J. It occurred to me… Continue reading
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“Everything has got a little price”: Money as God in the Theology of the Thénardiers in the Musical Version of Les Misérables
At the end of the musical of Les Misérables, in “Beggars at the Feast,” the Thénardiers sing, “Jesus!–won’t we see you all in hell!” That made me wonder: What do the Thénardiers believe about salvation? Do they even believe in… Continue reading
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A Possibly Too Pelagian Post: Making New Year’s Resolutions
2014 is almost over and, although I’m at risk of sounding horribly Pelagian in all this, we can resolve to do what we can to make 2015 better for ourselves. Continue reading
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Modern-Day Jansenism?
Back before I joined the Women in Theology blog, a theologian-blogger friend asked me if I wanted to write something about modern-day Jansenism in the Catholic Church. I told him that I wasn’t yet comfortable making such claims. Part of… Continue reading
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Parisian Religious History: A Visit to Port-Royal
However, there are two little-known sites that I encourage anyone interested in French religious history to go see: the former convents of Port-Royal du Paris and Port-Royal des Champs. I’d like to use this blog post to explain why you… Continue reading
