Feminism and Religion
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Feminism and Religion is a global project dedicated to exploring the F-word in religion and the intersection between scholarship, activism, and community in the 21st century. This project was co-founded by Xochitl Alvizo, Cynthia Garrity-Bond, Caroline Kline, and Gina Messina.
Feminism and Religion
20h ago
Women’s History Month brings our attention to women of the present and the recent past. What about those women from our distant past? Those whose great stories go back thousands of years? Scholars are discovering more and more evidence of powerful women in pre-history. Here is a snippet of the true herstory of my ancestral ..read more
Feminism and Religion
2d ago
I was in the process of writing this blogpost last week when the Arizona supreme court decided to turn abortion rights back to the civil war era (1864). This was a time when women had no rights at all and abortion from conception was illegal. But civil war era laws are downright quaint and modern ..read more
Feminism and Religion
3d ago
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”.Barry Lopez The older I get the more I realize that being able to pay attention is the greatest gift especially in what Lopez calls ‘this burning world’. Every day there is an opportunity to engage with some aspect of the rest of nature, no matter how despondent ..read more
Feminism and Religion
4d ago
This was originally posted on Feb. 6, 2012 with updates added later. I believe that we should we care about birds because it is right to do so. If we do not, we will contribute to extinction of species, and we will leave a diminished world to those who come after us. We must not ..read more
Feminism and Religion
5d ago
The parshah (Torah portion) for May 4, 2024 is Acharei Mot, Leviticus 16:1-18:30. It explains how to approach the divine and who should approach the divine in the context of establishing a yearly day of atonement to absolve the people of their sins. This atonement day proscribes various rituals for the high priest to perform ..read more
Feminism and Religion
6d ago
For a number of years, I’ve been staying at the St. Helena’s Island, South Carolina home of Ifetayo White, Reiki Master, teacher of doulas, and healer in many modalities. I am always deeply healed by Ifetayo’s presence, and by the island itself. This island near Beaufort is the home of the Gullah people, who have ..read more
Feminism and Religion
1w ago
Moderator’s Note: Part 1 was posted yesterday. You can read it here. Rejecting the notion of “comparative suffering” is critical for those who are committed to the work of social justice, human rights, and antiracism. There is no Guinness world record for “human suffering” for which groups or individuals need to vie to outrank one ..read more
Feminism and Religion
1w ago
Moderator’s Note: This is part 1 of a 2 part series. A version of this article first appeared in The Charlotte Post on March 25 In her paradigm-shifting book, Why I am No Longer a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, Jessa Crispin reminds us that having token “female representation” does not solve the problem of systemic oppression or ..read more
Feminism and Religion
1w ago
My ritual today is to forgive myself and to begin again with what I have ..read more
Feminism and Religion
1w ago
In 2024, science seems to be catching up with reality. “A rapid succession of peer-reviewed studies and reports all point to a single unambiguous conclusion: that Canada’s unqualified claims of ‘sustainable forest management’ belie a reality of widespread forest degradation”. Almost 36 million acres of forests have been clear cut in Quebec and Ontario alone. Canada ..read more