Entries by waterstaff

Diving deeper into Spotlight

Beyond just being an Oscars winner for Best Picture, the film Spotlight provides a much needed platform to open up the discussion about sexual abuse within not only Catholic communities, but faith communities of every denomination.  The FaithTrust Institute has gone so far as to create a multi-faith discussion guide for the film. They have included […]

WATER Staff Wins SECSOR Prize

The Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) congratulates Staff Associate, Elizabeth Hardt for receiving the price for best undergraduate paper at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) this past weekend in Atlanta, GA, as part of the Regional Meeting of the America Academy of Religion.   Elizabeth’s paper, entitled “‘ISIS […]

Sally Ride and the Quest for Social Space

by Mary E. Hunt from Feminist Studies in Religion Lest anyone think that LGBTIQ rights were accomplished when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, I beg to differ. Read Lynn Sherr’s marvelous biography Sally Ride: American’s First Woman in Space for a reality check. This is a marvelously written, highly informative, and deeply […]

February 2016 WATERritual – Embraced by Brigit: A Breath of Spring

We continue our monthly ritual series to raise up wise women. According to Celtic spirituality, women’s power was most manifest in Brigit of Ireland−goddess, saint, and threshold figure. She bridged the worlds between rich and poor, pagan and Christian, slave and free.

March 9 WATERtalk with Carol J. Adams

Join us for a conversation with Carol J. Adams about “Witnessing Against Violence: 25 Years After The Sexual Politics of Meat,” March 9 at 1pm