Women of WIT

  • Who and How: An Invitation

    WIT welcomes back Megan Wildwood as a guest contributor. You can find her introduction on her first WIT Guest Post here. “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the… Continue reading

    Who and How: An Invitation
  • An Introduction to Mental Illness in a Theological Context

    WIT welcomes MeganWildhood as a guest contributor. Megan is a creative writer, scuba diver and saxophone player working at a crisis center in Seattle,WA. Her poetry chapbook, LongDivision (Finishing Line Press), is about sororal estrangement and she’s currently working on a novelnarrated… Continue reading

    An Introduction to Mental Illness in a Theological Context
  • Towards an Ethic of Sacramental Relationality

    WIT welcomes Sarah Elizabeth Smith as a guest poster. Sarah is a theologian, teacher and coach at Heritage Hall School in Oklahoma City, OK.  She is in the ordination process in the Episcopal Church Diocese of Oklahoma and leads Pub… Continue reading

    Towards an Ethic of Sacramental Relationality
  • More New Contributors at WIT!

    Starting in July, we are adding Candice Laughinghouse, Caroline Morris, Jessica Davis, and Kristen Daley Mosier (who formerly wrote for us as a guest poster). We will also be welcoming several guest posters, starting in the fall, so keep your… Continue reading

    More New Contributors at WIT!
  • Are You a Woman in Theology?–Call Extended to April 6

    We have decided to extend the deadline until after Easter, so if you are interested in joining us, please send us an answer to the four questions below by Friday, April 6 at 5:00 p.m. Continue reading

    Are You a Woman in Theology?–Call Extended to April 6
  • Are You a Woman in Theology?

    We are looking to expand our blogging team.  In order to qualify, you must be a woman with experience in the academic study of Christian theology–either as a graduate student or as a professor–and committed to the liberation of persons, particularly… Continue reading

    Are You a Woman in Theology?
  • Tracing the Same Lines: A Quasi-Evangelical Response to the Nashville Statement

    From here it is a short step to denying the full humanity of women and anyone else deemed Other. This is the primary consequence of a binary theological anthropology born of a non-Trinitarian creation theology. Continue reading

    Tracing the Same Lines: A Quasi-Evangelical Response to the Nashville Statement
  • When Empathy Fails Us: George Saunders, Joseph Ratzinger, and Our Need for Discernment

    But I want to know what happens after that intimate encounter. I want to know if empathy alone is sufficient to inspire the kind of change, progress, and self-improvement that Saunders so compellingly presents in his novel, and that many… Continue reading

    When Empathy Fails Us: George Saunders, Joseph Ratzinger, and Our Need for Discernment
  • Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman

    Motherhood is a defining moment for many women. So for those of us who cannot, or choose not to, become mothers, how are we to understand ourselves as women? Continue reading

    Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman