Bridget

  • More on Jewish-Christian relations

    While we’re sort of on the topic of Jewish-Christian relations, a wonderful lecture (ten years old) from the always-humorous and incisive Amy-Jill Levine, a Jewish feminist New Testament scholar. Among the topic she addresses: why we need to pay attention… Continue reading

  • Benedict’s new book & current theology regarding Jewish-Christian relations

    This started as a comment on Sonja’s post below, regarding Benedict’s interpretation of the long-lethally interpreted (yes, I mean that literally) line in the Gospel of Matthew, “His blood be upon us and our children.” So you should read that… Continue reading

  • Praying as a Feminist

    I’ve been thinking for a few weeks that I would write a post on aides to feminist prayer, but keep thinking that I’ll wait until I have time to put thoughts together more coherently. But in light of the mural… Continue reading

  • Teresa Berger on the Optional Omission of Women

    Or, rather, one woman: Anna, the prophet. Teresa Berger (Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity) draws attention to the option created in the Roman Catholic lectionary to omit mention of Anna from Luke’s account of the “Presentation of the Lord,”… Continue reading

  • Feast of St Brigid of Kildare

    February 1 is the feast of St. Brigid of Kildare (a powerful 6th century abbess), about whom I have written in a previous post — did you know that a 9th century hagiography (the Bethu Brigte, originally written in Old Irish)… Continue reading

  • Creation Makes Me Dizzy.

    or, Why I Wanted to be an Astrophysicist When I Was a Girl. http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/ Anyone needing to meditate on the immensity of creation, I direct you to the above link. Poetic shout-out to Medieval Woman in Theology Julian of Norwich:… Continue reading

  • For I Was Sick, and You Didn’t Prevent My Family From Visiting Me

    I freely admit that’s not the most defensible rephrasing of Matthew 25 — it’s hard to get an argument for the stable nuclear family out of the gospels, and expanding the gender configurations of such families doesn’t diminish that (Jesus… Continue reading

  • Will We Be Extremists for Hate or for Love?

    “I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that… Continue reading

  • Some Artistic Reflections on the Annunciation

    As Elizabeth mentioned in her first post on Mariology, I find much Marian piety rather difficult to appreciate, for various reasons (feminist, christological, ecumenical, historical-critical).  Despite that, I often find myself quite moved by artistic portrayals of the Annunciation, both… Continue reading