WIT Posts
Posts by authors on Women in Theology.
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How do we best honor (and listen to) the dead? A reflection on the witness of Óscar and Valeria Martínez
We are not a society who displays the dead. Indeed, we try very hard to keep the dead hidden – and, much of the time, even keep hidden those who are dying. Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard begins his inimitable… Continue reading
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Teaching Benedict XVI’s Caritas in Veritate
However, what I noticed—as I noted at the beginning of this post—is that in relation to this text, I need to ensure that the students keep the Catholic understanding of the human person in mind because that is the foundation… Continue reading
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Why I write for WIT: Collaborative Public Theology Matters
I joined WIT in 2013 after writing as an Eastern Orthodox feminist for many years on my personal blog, DeiProfundis. I applied for two related reasons. First, in Eastern Orthodoxy, silence and isolation was a tool to quell dissent. Second,… Continue reading
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Catholic Teaching Changes: Slavery (Part II)
A history of Catholic magisterial teaching about slavery from the Middle Ages to the Second Vatican Council. Continue reading
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Catholic Teaching Changes: Slavery (Part I)
A history of Catholic magisterial teaching about slavery from Augustine to Aquinas. Continue reading
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Catholic Teaching Changes: Marital Sex
How Catholic magisterial teaching about the relation between love and sex has changed. Continue reading
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Change Is A Catholic Tradition
Pope Francis explains why Catholics don’t have to choose between fidelity to Tradition and acknowledging the reality of magisterial change. Continue reading
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Time to Change: Should the Catholic Church Ordain Women Deacons?
The Catholic church could ordain women even if it never has before. Continue reading
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Reflecting on Native Plants on the Blue Flower Full Moon
St. Thérèse of Lisieux came to my mind and heart this week as I planted more native pollinator plants with some children connected with my church. We now have forty native species growing alongside the established (non-native) plants in the… Continue reading
