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Marie Hause, Kristen Filipic, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer recap and respond to the recent “Why Christian?” conference held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis on Sept. 18-19, 2015.

Knowing

How the “Why Christian?” conference started and what it was meant to do

Reading

• Gender equality as addressed at “Why Christian?”
  • especially presenations/comments by Mihee Kim-Kort
  • connection with body theology (the topic of Christian Feminist Podcast episode #22)
  • the closing Eucharist service
• LGBT inclusion as addressed at “Why Christian?”
  • especially presentations/comments by Winnie Varghese and Rachel Murr
  • connection with body theology
• Antiracism as addressed at “Why Christian?”
  • especially presentations/comments by Winnie Varghese, Mihee Kim-Kort, and Austin Channing Brown
  • connection with body theology
• A note on a protest of the conference
• Answering the question “Why Christian?” for ourselves

Passing On

• Jessica Kantrowicz’s blog, especially this viral post
• The music of Rachel Kurtz
• The recommendation to visit a congregation that is different from your own. Example: Jodi Houge’s church, Humble Walk
• Emily Swan’s blog post in response to the “Why Christian?” conference
• Ken Wilson’s Letter to My Congregation

[Image credit: “Steeple Reflection” by Phil Roeder | CC]