The Problem with Doing What You Love
My father, a civil engineer, designs enormous conveyors which are used in rock quarries to carry stone to be crushed. The specifics of the designs are beyond my understanding as…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 9: The Feminist Internet
Knowing http://www.thenation.com/article/178140/feminisms-toxic-twitter-wars The femfuture report Responses to the controversy Reading Our feminist internet experiences Is the tonal shift real? Activism and racism online Neologism and feminist discourse Representation and tone…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 8.1: Real Marriage
Knowing Mark Driscoll’s public reputation The book’s reception “How Not to Read This Book” A word on recent controversies Reading Chapter One: “New Marriage, Same Spouse” Chapter Three: “Men and…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 7.2: Jesus Feminist
Knowing Reception What is a Jesus Feminist? Foreword by Rachel Held Evans Reading Tone and structure Paul and silence Female community and spiritual midwives Marriage and mutual submission Experiencing God…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 7.1: The Year of Biblical Womanhood
Knowing “complementarian” vs “egalitarian” How this book is set up and why The Vaginagate controversy Reception and reviews: muddying the waters in a positive way? Reading A quick (okay, not…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 6.2: The Evangelical Adoption Movement
Knowing Biblical precedence or mandate for adoption: The story of Moses; James 1:27, Deuteronomy 10:18 Recent church-led focus on the practice and the “orphan crisis” A decline in international adoptions…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode 6.1: Christian Feminist Parenting
Note: This is our first transcontinental podcast, and there’s some noise and feedback we couldn’t get rid of. Thanks for sticking with us! Introductions Congratulations Shelah and Shawn! A little…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 4: Mariology
Introductions, a welcome, and an apology Knowing Mary as theotokos Lots of theologians have talked about her role So have lots of feminists Mary’s feast days make this discussion a…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode # 3.2: “I’m not a feminist, but…”
A correction KNOWING With progress comes backlash Faludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women. New York: Crown, 1991. Print. Levy, Ariel. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of…
The Christian Feminist Podcast, Episode #3.1: Third Wave and Riot Grrrl
Knowing When was the Third Wave? Why was the Third Wave? Pop culture and “The personal is political.” Reading http://www.girlstothefront.com/ Laurie was a punk rocker: anger, class consciousness, and…
No Lectionary Post this Week
Because I (foolishly) scheduled two classes’ worth of draft-revisions this week, I’ll be holding off on Lectionary posts until next Monday. In the meantime, you can get other Lectionary posts…
Re-visiting Philip Roth: Goodbye, Columbus
First, let me begin by offering my gratitude to the folks that operate Christian Humanist. I’m flattered that they would entrust a portion of their web space to me and I hope…
We've got to win the Great War!
Otherwise, why would we still be doing Daylight Saving Time, right?