Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women's rights. Show all posts
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Pope Francis on Women Priests and Related Recent News Items: "I do not know whether to laugh or cry at Pope Francis’ suggestion about women’s position in the Church"

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Altar of Veit Stoss, descent of the Spirit at Pentecost, St. Mary's Church, Krakow, Poland, photo by Robert Breuer at Wikimedia Commons ...
Sunday, September 27, 2020

Cameron Altaras's "Voice of the Residue": The Intergenerational Trauma of Growing up Female in a Patriarchal Religious Context

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In the past, I have shared here some of the valuable work of Cameron Altaras, a scholar working to combat sexual violence based in patriarch...
Friday, June 7, 2019

Ruth Krall, Prolegomena: An Act of Re-Thinking (Part 2)

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This posting is a continuation of an essay by Ruth Krall, the first part of which I posted several days ago . As that previous postin...
Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Ruth Krall, Prolegomena: An Act of Re-Thinking

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Ebola Virus Isolation Unit — A Visual Metaphor to Ponder (i) I'm very pleased to be able to share once again an outstanding essay...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Tara Westover's Educated: "What my father wanted to cast from me wasn't a demon: it was me."

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Having finished reading Tara Westover's Educated  several weeks ago, I've been thinking about what I'd like to say as a c...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Miriam Toews' Irma Voth and Tara Westover's Educated: On Patriarchal Religion and Misogynistic Violence

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It's by accident — or synchronicity — that I happen to have read Miriam Toews' novel Irma Voth  at the same time that I'm...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Kavanaugh Hearing and Catholic Abuse: Overlapping Narratives — Same Catholics Who Support Viganò's Allegations Dismiss Kavanaugh's Accusers

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Today I'm thinking of how many students, over the course of my teaching career, have recoiled, outraged at the thought that a woman...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Right-Wing Christian Support for Kavanaugh & Dismissal of Male Violence Towards Women: Fight to Keep Patria Potestas as Foundation of "Christian" Culture

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Merriam-Webster Dictionary David Badash, "' Not Relevant': Franklin Graham Says Alleged Kavanaugh Assault Just Something ...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

What Do Discussions of the Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church Have to Do with the Kavanaugh Hearing? A Lot

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Ellen interviews Shelly Fitzgerald, who is threatened with firing by Roncalli Catholic High in Indianapolis for her same-sex marriage. ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Ruth Krall's Risking the Collective on the Space We Make for Violence Against Women and Children, and the Metaphor Systems Legitimating It

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Here's another illuminating passage from Ruth Krall's new monograph Risking the Collective , about which I blogged yesterday . R...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Ruth Krall's Risking the Collective: Commitment of Religious Institutions to Dominant Male Privilege at Root of Abuse of Women and Children

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Theologian Ruth Krall has just published a new monograph at her website . It's called Risking the Collective . I'm reading it now...
Thursday, August 9, 2018

Daughter of Argentinian Priest Speaks Out: "When Carlos Gamboa and the Church He Represents Talk About 'Yes to Life,'" What Do They Mean by That?

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The following is the testimony of Agustina Maria Gamboa Arias , a young woman who was fathered by — but never supported or acknowledged ...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Story Links to Story: In Recent News, Female Church Member Accuses Megachurch Pastor of Sexual Assault, Catholic Women Come Forth to Tell Stories of Assault, Political and Religious Right Keeps Pinning Abuse on Gays

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Pieces of commentary I've read in the past few days that are, in my view, much more illuminating when read side-by-side:
Monday, May 28, 2018

Theologian Tina Beattie on Irish Abortion Referendum: "It Can Be Seen As the Assertion of the Common Good Over and Against a Corrupted and Dysfunctional Institutional Church"

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Tina Beattie's reflection on the results of the Irish referendum on abortion is, in my view, exactly right — balanced, thoughtful,...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

"In Every Case, 'Wives Submit to Your Husbands' Appears in the Same Context As 'Slaves Obey Your Masters'": A Twitter Conversation for You

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In every case, "wives submit to your husbands" appears in the same context as "slaves obey your masters." And yet I...
Friday, May 4, 2018

In the News: "Religious Freedom" and "Right" to Discriminate; Roots of Evangelicals' Idolization of Trump; Shifting Religious Landscape re: LGBT Rights; SBC and Misogyny

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Religion-themed news from the past several days that has caught my eye, and which I'd like to share with you:
Friday, April 27, 2018

Mark Labberton to Fellow White Evangelicals on Collusion with Trump: "Such Collusion Has Been Our Historic Habit"

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The following is from a statement that Fuller Seminary President Dr. Mark Labberton gave to the " evangelical consultation ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Toronto Van Attack: We "Continue to Find Any Reason for Violent Misogyny Besides Violent Misogyny"

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Emer O'Toole, " If incels' violent misogyny had a role in Toronto, we mustn't downplay it ":
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Cameron Altaras, "Mennonite Harvey Weinsteins, or #MeToo in the Mennonite World"

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I'm honored today to share with you another essay from the Mennonite world, one making powerful connections between the #MeToo mo...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Commentary on Manchester Terrorism: "Women [and Girls] Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine for Male Violence"

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Thought-provoking commentary I have read on the Manchester terrorist bombing as in all likelihood an attack quite specifically targetin...