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July 10 Teleconference with Grace Ji-Sun Kim

June 14, 2013 in /by

Dr_Grace_Ji-Sun_Kim_3 2“Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit”
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
1 pm – 2 pm EDT

Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s theological interest is in the area of Constructive Theology, Feminist Theology, and Asian Theology. Her teaching and research center on giving a voice to the marginalized and those on the underside of history. Her new book Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit (Palgrave Pivot) examines how globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han) for the earth’s exploited peoples and lands.

June 13 Around the WATER Office: Meet Our Summer Interns!

June 13, 2013 in /by

Wondering why WATER has been flowing faster than usual? With 3 new interns in the office along with our year long Loretto Volunteer Wendy Mallette, the pace has quickened, and the possibilities are endless.

So if you’ve been dying to put a face to the voice who answered the office phone, the signature on that letter, or the worker behind website updates,

Journey Towards Reimagination: Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

June 3, 2013 in /by

gmd_2948Grace Ji-Sun Kim will be presenting at our teleconference July 10th on “Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit.”

Originally Posted on Feminist Studies in Religion

Much of my personal life intersects with race, religion, and gender issues.  In some ways, the word intersects is too gentle.  Perhaps collide better captures what occurs in my life as an Asian North American woman theologian, writer, minister, and mother.  As I try to engage in theological dialogue, live in community with the dominant, unfamiliar culture, and raise my kids with concerns on how to be just in this world, I realize that the lives of all people, especially people of color, collide and clash with others on the critical issues of race, religion, and gender.

June 12 Teleconference with Monica A. Coleman

June 3, 2013 in /by

MonicaColeman“Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought”
Wednesday, June 12
1 PM – 2 PM (EDT)

Monica Coleman’s writings focus on the role of faith in addressing critical social issues. She writes about church responses to sexual violence in The Dinah Project: A Handbook for Congregational Response to Sexual Violence. In Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology, Dr. Coleman discusses inter-religious responses to the joys and pains of black women’s lives. She is the co-editor of Creating Women’s Theologies: A Movement Engaging Process Thought. In her most recent edited work, Ain’t I a Womanist Too?: Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought (Fortress Press, May 2013), Monica traces this new movement within religious studies with deep roots in the tradition of womanist religious thought while also departing from it in key ways.

May 15 Rape Culture, Sexual Violence, and Spiritual Healing by Gina Messina-Dysert

May 15, 2013 in /by

gmd_2948Originally posted on Feminism and Religion.

Recently I had the great pleasure of presenting on the WATER Teleconference Series and dialoguing with women from around the world about how to promote healing in a rape culture. Likewise, in a previous post I discussed rape culture in the Church and its impact on victims of sexual violence and the greater community. Within a rape culture, those who experience sexual victimization endure physical, emotional, and spiritual wounding. It is a victimization unlike any other, and one that we must continue to discuss in search of healing.