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
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On May 12th families will gather together in the United States to celebrate another Mother’s Day. This is a good time to reflect on mothers, motherhood and why we take a day to celebrate our mothers. When Goddess was worshiped as the supreme deity, many cultures around the world dedicated a festival to their ..read more
Feminism and Religion
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This was originally posted on April 2, 2012 and updated on December 30, 2016 Annie Corliss was my great-great-grandmother. The Corliss name, also spelled Corlis, Corless, Corlies, Corlers, and Carlis, is derived from “careless” meaning someone who is “carefree” or “happy-go-lucky.” Annie Corliss was the daughter of James and Mary Corliss, both born in Ireland ..read more
Feminism and Religion
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THE SYMBOL OF THE GENIZAH Being a non-Jew, the first word I had to look up while reading The Weight of Ink was genizah—a hiding place or the act of hiding sacred texts until they can receive proper burial in the earth. In Jewish tradition this is a required honoring of the written word, especially if it is ..read more
Feminism and Religion
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Moderator’s Note: This post is presented as part of FAR’s co-operation with The Nasty Women Writers Project, a site dedicated to highlighting and amplifying the voices and visions of powerful women. The site was founded by sisters Theresa and Maria Dintino. This was posted on their site on November 7, 2023 I love recognizing Toni ..read more
Feminism and Religion
1w 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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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