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Sallie McFague: Sparker of Theological Imagination
We at WIT join the broader theological community in mourning the passing of Sallie McFague. As an important voice in the theological world for many decades, Sallie McFague has made an impression on many a bright-eyed student of theology. My… Continue reading
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Are You a Woman in Theology?
We are now 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… Continue reading
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Religion, Women, Poetry
It’s both difficult and necessary to counter the rationalist mode of speaking (and thinking, for that matter) that has dominated Christian theology for centuries, especially within Western traditions that prize reason and intellectualism as superior forms of knowing. These associations… Continue reading
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On the Occasion of my Child’s Baptism; Or, On the Importance of Women’s and LGBTQ Persons’ Ordination
Feminists have long reflected on the ways in which “Mother Church,” with its historically male clergy, has taken up the tasks historically related to women. Priests don women’s clothing as they replace women in authority, baptize children as they co-opt… Continue reading
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Fat Pills and Sexbots: A serious Orthodox engagement with sexual diversity
The implication is that sexually active same-sex intercourse is an enterprise characterized by an impersonal and utterly hedonistic lack of discipline. This is hardly a new analysis of same-sex sex. What is so utterly shocking, and as a result, so… Continue reading
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“Two Strikes”: Why I Write for “Women in Theology”
About twenty years ago, my then-husband landed a job at a decidedly modern prairie university. I was still working on my PhD and had one baby and another on the way. When I applied for sessional teaching, the Chair of Religion… Continue reading
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Catholic Teaching Changes: Women in the Workplace
WIT welcomes the following guest post from Kate Ward. Kate is Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at Marquette University. She researches and teaches economic ethics, virtue ethics and ethical method, and is completing a monograph exploring the impact of wealth,… Continue reading
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Why I write for WIT: clarifying my call
I spent this past year teaching the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey to high school freshmen. When I set out on the graduate school journey in theology – oh so many moons ago – this was not exactly what… Continue reading
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Why I Write for WIT: Exist / Resist
Summer rhythms of life find me less connected to social media. I consciously choose to escape the virtual world as my family and I ground ourselves in the elements: sunshine and earth, ocean and sand. I spent a surprising amount… Continue reading