Religion
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Carter as Kristof: How Jimmy Carter’s New Book Takes a Page Out of Nick Kristof’s Savior Narrative
By Sayantani DasGupta Jimmy Carter is undoubtedly a good man with good intentions. He was, in fact, one of my first heroes. He was the...
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Who’s Still a Slave? Contemporary Black Women’s Rhetoric, Art, and Global Realities
By Janell Hobson “Are you still a slave?” That was the title of a forum on May 6, 2014 at the New School, featuring black...
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Asha Kowtal and Thenmozhi Soundararajan: The Journey towards Liberation
By Sonia J. Cheruvillil Part 2 **** In 2012, the Haryana district in India witnessed a significant and historic moment in Dalit women’s movement. Organized...
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Nigerian Girls Deserve Better Than This
By Minna Salami On April 14, over two hundred girls aged twelve to seventeen were kidnapped from their school hostel in Borno, a Nigerian state that...
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Personal is Political: An Unfamiliar Gaze: A Muslim American in France and the 10 year Anniversary of the Veil Ban
I find myself unwittingly pulled into an old and tense national debate, laïcité vs. Muslim visibility, where I once again find myself on the not...
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I’m Not Judi Dench. So Why the Hell Would I Forgive?
By Aine Greaney Once, on an expatriate trip back to my native Ireland, I took my mug of tea to the big kitchen window of...
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Every 28 Hours: An Ode to Renisha McBride (A Sermon)
By Nyle Fort The following is a sermon delivered on January 19, 2014 at the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens (Somerset, NJ). The preaching...
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Meditations on Being Right
By Lyndsey Godwin This is a sermon that was given on February 12, 2013 at the weekly chapel service held at Vanderbilt Divinity School, an...
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Op-Ed: Colonial Legacies of Africa’s Homophobia: Finding a Narrative That Works for African LGBT Movements
By Val Kalende At a time when more countries are moving toward inclusive human rights, Africa, once called a “dark continent,” is making steps backward. The phrase...
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Personal is Political: Mushy Carrots
Gaayathri Nair, "I have been integrated, assimilated, subsumed and transformed forever by the experience of growing up other. It is like a chemical reaction, both...
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Why Sikivu Hutchinson’s Latest Book Is Relevant To an Angry Romani Ex-Muslim
By Maryam Moosan-Clark In Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels, Sikivu Hutchinson takes us on a roller coaster ride through the different, interacting forms of...
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Claiming All That Is Within Me And Loving Myself Fiercely
By Farah Tanis I was named by my mother at birth in the presence of my grandmother, keeper, vessel of the Gods and Goddesses, descendent...
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On Audre Lorde
By Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman, Hebrew Biblical Scholar Professor Paula Cooey introduced me to the writings of Audre Lorde in a “Women, Religion, and Literature” course at...
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On Faith and Feminism: A “Sermon”
By Mary Kathryn Dean The Texts: Luke 8:4-15 When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in...
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Medicines for Our Survival: The Continuation of the Life of Audre Lorde
By M. Jacqui Alexander A Libation: Omi Tútù Ó Mì Tútù Ile Tútù Ona Tútù Tútù Laróyè Tútù Egún Tútù Irúnmalè Cool water It effects...
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Patriarchal PONTIFICATIONS, and the Problem of “Justice”
By Zillah Eisenstein Pope Francis criticizes unbridled capitalism for its injustice. He has been applauded widely and loudly for this and he should be. But...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: My Intersectional Take on Marriage “Equality”
By T’Shana McClain In the wake of the gay-marriage debate sweeping the nation, I am aware that my stance on marriage equality is inextricably linked...
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Open Letter to Presiding Bishop-Elect Joseph W. Walker III and the “By Invitation Only” Attendees of the Inaugural Meeting of the SHIFT
Religion is a site of both freedom and oppression. The Black Church in particular, is a significant source of meaning making and marginalization in the...
