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Feminists Talk Religion

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24 episodes

2 months ago

In this first episode of our “Trans Studies in Religion and Feminism” series, Dr. Melissa M. Wilcox talks to us about blazing trails and creating space for queer and trans voices in the study of religion. Dr. Wilcox is Professor and Holstein Family and Community Chair of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author or editor of several books and journal issues, and numerous articles, on gender, sexuality, and religion. Her books include Coming Out in Christ...

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In this first episode of our “Trans Studies in Religion and Feminism” series, Dr. Melissa M. Wilcox talks to us about blazing trails and creating space for queer and trans voices in the study of religion. Dr. Wilcox is Professor and Holstein Family and Community Chair of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author or editor of several books and journal issues, and numerous articles, on gender, sexuality, and religion. Her books include Coming Out in Christ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Episodes (20/24)

Feminists Talk Religion

Trans Studies in Religion and Feminism, Pt. 1 with Dr. Melissa M. Wilcox

In this first episode of our “Trans Studies in Religion and Feminism” series, Dr. Melissa M. Wilcox talks to us about blazing trails and creating space for queer and trans voices in the study of religion. Dr. Wilcox is Professor and Holstein Family and Community Chair of Religious Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author or editor of several books and journal issues, and numerous articles, on gender, sexuality, and religion. Her books include Coming Out in Christ...

1 year ago

30 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Book Review: Desert as a Borderland with Dr. Peter Mena

Listen to our conversation with Dr. Peter Mena, author of a book on Late Antique Christian Lives read through Borderland Theory. We discuss the hagiographical desert as a metaphor for identities, Latinex theories in Religious Studies, writing and publishing your first monograph.

1 year ago

44 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

SBL/AAR 2022 Panel: Feminist Studies in Religion and Anti-Asian Racism

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of violence and hate against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Even so, anti-Asian racism remains largely invisible in academic, religious, and public spaces. On November 18, 2022, panelists at the SBL/AAR Annual Meeting in Denver, CO examined the complex ways feminist studies in religion are entangled with this problem and must decolonize in order to be effective in anti-racist work. Panelists also explored the ways Asian and AAPI femini...

2 years ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

International Students and Scholars: An honest conversation - Part 2

What do we wish we'd known before starting a Ph.D. as an international student? In what ways can higher-education institutions better support international students and scholars? In Part 2 of this conversation, Esther Parajuli, a Nāga - Nepalese professor of Christan Theology in Kentucky, and Seong Huyn Lee, a Korean pastor and academic coach based in New Mexico offer insight into necessary changes for the international community. They are interviewed by Naiara Leão, a Brazilian Ph.D. s...

2 years ago

28 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

International Students and Scholars: An honest conversation - Part 1

Listen to Part 1 of a vulnerable and sincere conversation about the ambivalences of being an international student or scholar: the joys and the pains, the language and cultural barriers, the fragmentation of our identities, and the wisdom that emerges from these experiences. The podcast explores all of these themes and more in an interview by Naiara Leão (a Brazilian Ph.D. student in the US and the UK) with Esther Parajuli, a Nāga-Nepalese professor of Christian Theology in Kentucky, and Seon...

2 years ago

42 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

AAR 2020 Roundtable: Decolonizing our Fields – Women of Color on Transforming the Guild With Sailaja Krishnamurti, Merin Shobhana Xavier, Natalie Avalos, Oluwatomisin Oredein, Shana Sippy, and Deborah Rogers

What does decolonization or even postcolonialism and anticolonialism mean for WOC in our respective fields? How can these concepts be used to explore shared goals or possibilities for solidarity and collective liberation? This episode debates how women of color are decolonizing their fields.

3 years ago

1 hour 45 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

AAR 2020 Panel - The Importance of Engaged Feminist Scholarship: A Cross-Disciplinary Discussion of Juliane Hammer's recent book, “Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence.” With Kayla Wheeler, Saadia Yacoob, Traci West, and m

What is the purpose of a feminist scholarship? Is it possible to write about gender-based violence without being an activist against it? How can feminist scholarship produce socially engaged works? Departing from Hammer`s book, this group of scholars debate engaged scholarship and feminist practices.

3 years ago

1 hour 35 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

"Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | An Invitation to Transformation/"New Skin": Interview with storäe

In this episode, black queer femme performer, storäe michele (they/she), reflects on themes of uncomfortable truth-telling and intergenerational healing in their "practice in black femme freedom-making" through film. Learn more at www.storaemichele.com.

3 years ago

18 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Feminism, Religion, and Mental Health Mini-series: Pursuing wellness, building resilience, and combatting stigma through the utilization of religious texts, rituals, and traditions: Interview with Dr. Celene Ibrahim by Susan Woolever

In this episode, Dr. Celene Ibrahim reflects on her experience as a chaplain, educator, and scholar. Ibrahim challenges us to combat stigma around mental health and pursue wellness through authentic and curious relationships--with religious texts and traditions as well as with our fellow persons and students.

3 years ago

35 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | An Invitation to Ancestral Healing: Interview with Isabel Mareş by Dr. Elyse Ambrose

In this episode, Isabel Mareş shares her passion for the arts, community engagement, religion, and storytelling with attentiveness to accessibility and grounding in nature.

4 years ago

18 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Healing Work: The Work of Integration: Interview with Brittany Powell by Susan Woolever

In this episode, Reverend Brittany Powell shares her journey and insights into holistic being through empowered spirituality. Reverend Brittany helps us think about how family, faith, and culture are essential to facing our traumas and developing a more integrated self.

4 years ago

41 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | An Invitation to 'Re-Wilding'

In this episode, Monét Noelle Marshall-- director, playwright, actor, curator, cultural organizer, producer, filmmaker, and consultant-- shares her commitment to her art in connection with her spiritual and black feminist lineage. Learn more at http://www.monetnoellemarshall.com/.

4 years ago

18 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Feminism, Religion, and Mental Health Mini-series: Empowering spiritual well being

For the first episode of our “Feminism, Religion, and Mental Health:” Mini-series, Chaplains Lynne Faust and Ilisia Kissner discuss their journey of becoming mental health chaplains and how identifying as feminist and womanist shapes their religious identity and work.

4 years ago

35 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | Vessel of Mystery: Interview with Autumn Brown by Dr. Elyse Ambrose

For the first episode of our "Feminism, Religion, and Art" mini-series, Autumn Brown, self-described "mother, organizer, theologian, artist, and facilitator" discusses the intersection of her many identities, her storytelling process, and how feminism functions as a spiritual practice.

4 years ago

16 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Dr. Nikky Singh on Sikh Sacred Texts and Academic Culture

Dr. Nikky Singh describes her experience growing up in the academic world, moving from India to the United States, attending her first AAR conference, and reclaiming the liberative spirit of Sikh sacred texts.

4 years ago

1 hour

Feminists Talk Religion

Immigration, work and faith in the Midwest: Interview with Kristy Nabhan-Warren

Working at a meatpacking plant can be dangerous and exhausting. That is the reality of Latino and refugee workers in this industry, who turn to their faith to cope with the difficulties of the workplace. In this episode, Kristy Nabhan-Warren discusses her research with a community of mostly immigrant workers in the Midwest. We also talk about the surprises, messiness, and nuances that emerge in ethnographical research, and about feminist scholarship and teaching as a tool for liberation. ...

4 years ago

35 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

COVID-19 and the Academy: Interview with Susan Woolever, Amy Derogatis, and Mary Foskett

Research, Teaching, Service: this is the quintessential academic triad. But what happens when we add COVID-19 to one's academic activity? From the personal to the political, three religion scholars—Susan Woolever (ABD), Dr. Amy Derogatis, and Dr. Mary Foskett—discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their work, their institutions, and their lives.

5 years ago

1 hour 15 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

White Institutional Fragility: A Raw Protest!

Three New Testament Scholars, A Womanist, A White Feminist, and an Indian Postcolonial Feminist, discuss the issues of our time and what it means to build a multi racial coalition within the academy to begin to dismantle the whiteness within our institutions, our scholarship, and the world. Dr. Sharon Jacob: Assistant Professor of New Testament Dr. Angela N. Parker: Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek Dr. Karri L. Whipple: Faculty Fellow in Global Works and Society

5 years ago

1 hour 1 minute

Feminists Talk Religion

2018 AAR Panel “Sharing Knowledge/Feminist Collaboration” with Mary Churchill, Sarah Emanuel, Jackie Hildago, Mary Hunt, Kwok Pui Lan, and Oluwatomisin “Tomi” Oredein (Moderator: Kate Ott)

This podcast features a FSR-sponsored American Academy of Religion panel from 2018 where panelists reflect on what they wish they’d know as students and early career scholars.

5 years ago

1 hour 15 minutes

Feminists Talk Religion

Bonus Episode: Evangelicalism, Homeschool, and Coming Into One’s Own with Tori Paquette

In this honest and deeply human podcast episode, Colby College senior, Tori Paquette, tells the story of how and why she left evangelicalism. For more on the subject, in Tori's own words, see the following blog: http://boldbrightbeautiful.com/not-evangelical/?fbclid=IwAR2SOL_DMkDAuLbcdgYOvw6a3hFVa4oUPTYL0g858Htz4m20wYyBAbTuPT8. Interview by Sarah Emanuel.

5 years ago

46 minutes