WATERtalks: Feminist Conversations in Religion

Upcoming WATERtalk

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 from 1 PM – 2 PM ET.

“Roots and Ruth: Divison and Dialogue”

Professor Alice Laffey teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. During this WATERtalk, Dr. Laffey will discuss how the themes of the book of Ruth resound in the unique leadership of Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She will show how analogical imagination is essential for a contemporary appreciation of Scripture.

WATER staff and friends with Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas after her November, 2015 WATERtalk, “Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God.”

The Feminist Conversations in Religion Series is a monthly meeting of minds, free and open to the public. For over five years, we have facilitated the sharing of great ideas, and enjoyed witnessing leading scholars and ministers as they share their research and experiences. These meetings have included a wide cross-section of people from many different traditions and backgrounds. Each month, people call in from across the globe to join the dialogue: to learn something new, to be encouraged, and to keep up on the latest publications and happenings in the world of feminism and religion. WATER is proud to offer these valuable and exciting opportunities on a regular basis.

Typically hosted by Mary E. Hunt, the format includes a 20-25 minute presentation by a featured guest, followed by a Q&A session. Recordings and transcripts of the conversations are available below at no cost. We invite you to use them as educational resources.

Upcoming 2018/19 Dates – All at WATER and by Phone

December 12, 2018 at 1 PM ET with Alice Laffey

January 9, 2018 at 1 PM ET with Nancy Wilson

February 6, 2018 at 1 PM ET with Patricia Beattie Jung

Archives

Past WATERtalks, along with their notes, are available for download. Please consider making a donation for use of these valuable resources. Click on the audio headset to access the audio; click on the book to access the follow-up notes.

	Speaker	Topic	Audio	Text	Video
	Angela Yarber November 2018	“Holy Women Icons: Folk-Feminist Iconography and an Intersectionally Ecofeminist Philosophy of Creativity”
	Teresia Mbari Hinga October 2018	“Bearing Prophetic Witness: On Being African, Christian, and Feminist Today”
	Rebecca Todd Peters September 2018	“Trust Women: Moving the Conversation from Abortion to Reproductive Justice”
	Nami Kim July 2018	“The Gendered Politics of the Korean Protestant Right: Hegemonic Masculinity”
	Judith Casselberry June 2018	“Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism”
	Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder May 2018	“Motherhood, Mayhem, and Mindfulness”
	Eileen Markey April 2018	“Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura”
	Marianne Duddy-Burke,Kate McElwee,and Mary E. Hunt March 2018	“Every Day is International Women’s Day”
	Monique Moultrie March 2018	“Passionate and Pious: Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality”
	Rima Vesley-Flad February 2018	“Theological Responses to the US Penal System”
	Liz Edman January 2018	“Queer Virtue 101”
	Teresa Forcades December 2017	“Medieval Feminist Monasticism: Did it Exist and Can it be Relevant Today?”
	Katherine Marshall and Susan Heyward November 2017	“Women, Religion and Peacebuilding: Illuminating the Unseen”
	Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Jennifer Bailey, and Micky ScottBey Jones October 2017	“Faith Rooted Organizing: Public Theology, Healing Justice and Moral Imagination”
	Rev. M Barclay September 2017	“In Conversation about Transgender Inclusion”
	Jennifer Rycenga and Linda Barufaldi July 2017	“Cerebrating The Mary Daly Reader”
	Ani Zonneveld June 2017	“Is Sharia Law Still Relevant?”
	Judith Freeman May 2017	*“The Latter Days: Surviving Mormon Patriarchy in the Age of Feminism*”
	Ayesha S. Chaudhry April 2017	“Studying Islam in the Age of Islamophobia”
	Caitlin Breedlove March 2017	“Spiritual Fortification and Feminism in the Time of Trump”
	Mychal Copeland February 2017	“LGBTQI Issues in Religion: Their Roots in Feminist Religious Studies”
	Heather White January 2017	“Queer Activism and the Christian Right: The Surprising Story of their Shared History”
	Mary Evelyn Tucker December 2016	“Living Cosmology: Christian Responses to Journey of the Universe”
	Renate Rose November 2016	“Feminist Efforts to Overcome the Genocidal Mentality of Nuclear Weapons”
	Celia Wexler October 2016	“The Evolution of the Catholic ‘Everywoman’”
	Judith Plaskow and Carol Christ September 2016	“God and Goddess in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology”
	Joan Chittister June 2016	“Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope”
	Rita Nakashima Brock May 2016	“Women in the Military: Implications for Trauma Studies”
	Susan Thistlethwaite April 2016	“Women’s Bodies as Battlefield ”
	Carol J Adams March 2016	“Witnessing Against Violence: 25 Years after the Sexual Politics of Meat ”
	Joanna Brooks February 2016	“Mormon Feminism: The Forty Years We Celebrate, The Forty Years Ahead ”
	Grace Y. Kao January 2016	“Introducing Asian American Christian Ethics”
	Beverly Lanzetta December 2015	“Interfaith Contemplation: A Path That Shaped My Life”
	Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas November 2015	“Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God”
	Rebecca Parrish, Chris Schenk, Simone Campbell October 2015	“Creating Radical Grace”
	Sandy Boucher September 2015	“She Appears! Encounters with Kwan Yin, Goddess of Compassion”
	Aisha Beliso-de Jesús July 2015	“Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism in Afro-Cuban Religions”
	Margaret McCarthy and Mary Ann Zollman June 2015	“Power of Sisterhood: Women Religious Tell the Story of the Apostolic Visitation”
	Reverend Elder Dr. Nancy Wilson June 2015	“The Things That Shaped Me: A Queer, Christian, Feminist Faith Activist!”
	Xochitl Alvizo, Gina Messina-Dysert, Rosemary Ruether May 2015	“Feminism and Religion in the 21st Century: Technology, Dialogue, & Expanding Borders”
	Namsoon Kang April 2015	“Where Are You FROM and Where ARE You? Cosmopolitan and Diasporic Modes of Thinking and Acting”
	Jann Aldredge-Clanton March 2015	“She Lives! Sophia Wisdom Works in the World!”
	Rita Gross January 2015	“Religious Diversity: What’s the Problem?”
	Mary E. Hunt, Kecia Ali, and Monique Moultrie December 2014	“A Guide for Women in Religion”
	Kate Kelly November 2014	“Girls Just Wanna Have FUN-damental Human Rights”
	Theresa Kane October 2014	“Making History, Making Change: A Conversation with Theresa Kane”
	Marie Alford-Harkey and Rev. Debra W. Haffner October 2014	“Bisexuality: Making the Invisible Visible in Faith Communities”
	Andrea Smith September 2014	“Addressing Violence Against Women of Color”
	Darlene O’Dell July 2014	“The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven: Women’s Ordination History”
	Carter Heyward June 2014	“The Power of a Woman’s Voice: The Legacy of Sue Hyatt”
	Cynthia Tootle May 2014	“Greeting the Goddess”
	Margaret Mann April 2014	“Life is Tough, Deal with It”
	Anne E. Patrick March 2014	“Conscience and Calling: Ethical Reflections on Catholic Women’s Church Vocations”
	Grace Biskie, Gina Messina-Dysert, Tara Woodard-Lehman, and Katey Zeh February 2014	“Talking Taboo” Part Two
	Robyn Henderson-Espinoza and Erin Lane January 2014	“Talking Taboo” Part One

Archives

“Is Moral Economy Possible?”
Teleconference with Keri Day, December 2013
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“Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation”
Teleconference with Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, November 2013
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“Contemplation: An Invitation to Faith-filled Feminists”
Teleconference with Nancy Sylvester, October 2013
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“The Sexuality of God”
Teleconference with Linn Marie Tonstad, September 2013
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“Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit”
Teleconference with Grace Ji-Sun Kim, July 2013
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“Third Wave Womanist Religious Thought”
Teleconference with Monica A. Coleman, June 2013
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“Must I be Womanist Too?” by Monica A. Coleman, 2011 (PDF)

“A Century of Creative Feminist Leadership in Religion”
Teleconference with Marie M. Fortune, Jeanette Stokes, Mary E. Hunt, and Diann L. Neu, May 2013
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“In Search of Healing: Confronting Rape Culture and Spiritual Violence”
Teleconference with Gina Messina-Dysert, April 2013
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“Rape and Spiritual Death” by Gina Messina-Dysert, 2012 (PDF)
“Military Moral Injury: Un Cri du Coeur” by Amy Blumenshine shared to continue discussion (PDF)

“Catholic Patriarchy: What the Papal Transition Means and What Feminists Can Do About It”
Teleconference with Mary E. Hunt, March 2013
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“Teleconference Town Meeting”
Teleconference with you and WATER colleagues, February 2013
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“Goddess and God after Feminism: What is the Nature of Divine Power”
Teleconference with Carol P. Christ, January 2013
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“Translating Womanism into Pedagogical Praxis”
Teleconference with Katie G. Cannon, December 2012
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“Translating Womanism into Pedagogical Praxis” by Katie G. Cannon, April 1997 (PDF)

“Imagining the Intelligent Body”
Teleconference with Margaret R. Miles, November 2012
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“HIV/AIDS and Christian Marriage in East Africa”
Teleconference with Melissa Browning, October 2012
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“God After Feminism”
Teleconference with Judith Plaskow, September 2012
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“Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History”
Teleconference with Teresa Berger, July 2012
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“Queering the Human Situation”
Teleconference with Nikki Young, June 2012
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“What No Longer Serves Us”
Teleconference with Melanie Morrison and Julia Watts Belser, May 2012
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“Transforming Vision”
Teleconference with Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, April 2012
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“The Sexual Politics of Meat”
Teleconference with Carol Adams, March 2012
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“Journey of the Universe”
Teleconference with Mary Evelyn Tucker, February 2012
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“Occupying Paradise”
Teleconference with Rita Nakashima Brock, January 2012
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“Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Religious Leaders in Their Own Words”
Teleconference with Maureen Fiedler, December 2011
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“Beyond Slavery: Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies”
Teleconference with Bernadette Brooten, November 2011
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“Our Voices: Loud and Clear”
Teleconference with Eleanor Moody-Shepherd, October 2011
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“Embodied Theology in a Digital Age”
Teleconference with Meg Riley, September 2011
Unfortunately, the audio was lost.
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“Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being”
Teleconference with M. Shawn Copeland, July 2011
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“Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality: Integrating the Diverse Politics of Identity into Our Theology”
Teleconference with Anne Joh, June 2011
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“Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juarez”
Teleconference with Nancy Pineda-Madrid, May 2011
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“What Does Queerness Have to Do With Feminism?: A Conversation on Queer and Feminist Theologies”
Teleconference with Patrick Cheng, April 2011
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“Searching for an Ethic: Sexuality, Children, and Moral Agency”
Teleconference with Kate Ott, March 2011
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“Asian American Women and Renewal of Preaching”
Teleconference with Eunjoo Mary Kim, February 2011
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“Where Are You Really From? An Asian American Feminist Biblical Scholar Reflects on Her Guild”
Teleconference with Gale A. Yee, January 2011
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“The Future of Feminist Scripture Studies”
Teleconference with Shelly Matthews, December 2010
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“Trans Gifts”
Teleconference with Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, November 2010
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“Crossing Borders: Feminist Christianity in Latin America”
Teleconference with Wanda Deifelt, October 2010
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“What Does Antiracist Feminist Christian Social Ethics Look Like?”
Teleconference with Traci C. West, September 2010
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“Feminist Theology in Theological Education”
Teleconference with Rosemary Radford Ruether, July 2010
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“This Is My Body: Feminist Ministries at the Grassroots”
Teleconference with Victoria Rue, June 2010
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“Being An Evangelical Christian Feminist Today”
Teleconference with Letha Dawson Scanzoni, 2010
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“Mary Daly—A Feminist’s Feminist”
Teleconference with Mary E. Hunt, April 2010
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“Brigit of Ireland: Spirit of Old Europe”
Teleconference with Mary Condren, February 2010
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“Just Too Busy: No Time to Do Anything I Really Like to Do?”
Teleconference with Kwok Pui-lan, 2010
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“What Feminist Ministers Need to Know about LGBTQ Issues”
Teleconference with Mary E. Hunt, 2010
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“Healing Rituals”
Teleconference with Diann L. Neu, 2010
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“Feminist Ministry and Sexual Violence”
Teleconference with Rev. Marie M. Fortune, June 2009
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“Theological Education for Feminist Ministry”
Teleconference with Dr. Emilie M. Townes, June 2009
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