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The Legacy of Carol P. Christ: Good Theology is Feminist Theology

The was originally posted on July 21, 2014 Judith Plaskow and I are just now completing the draft of the manuscript of the book we have been working on for the past 2 ½ years. It h...

The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline

by Charlotte Choley, The Critic For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order Radical feminism and Christianity are not obviou...

Legacy of Carol P. Christ: JUSTICE AND PREJUDICE IN THE “PROPHETIC TRADITION”

This was originally posted July 14, 2014 Besides being advocates of social justice, the prophets of Israel were advocates of “exclusive monotheism,” exclusively “male monotheism,”...

Women need less religious shame, more leadership

A recent study suggests Gen Z women are losing their religion. Honestly, we’re not surprised. While women make up 60% of U.S. congregations, we have historically been relegated to...

Is Religion Faith Or Power?

God - who, religion which?Vedic - 1500 BCEIndus Valley - mother goddess, fertility, proto-ShivaMehrgarh - mother goddess, the ancient, well-organized village of Ind...

Legacy of Carol P. Christ: IS EVIL PART OF THE NATURE OF REALITY AND DIVINITY?

This was originally posted on March 31, 2014. We are posting this on Sunday instead of Carol’s usual Monday in order to accommodate other scheduled posts this week.  What is the or...

Linda Hamilton: Exploring Religious Patriarchy through Gothic Horror

I pledged my allegiance to patriarchy long before I knew its name. As a born and raised Mormon girl, I was steeped in patriarchal institutions of power––only we called it the “prie...

A Silent Revolution- What Feminism In India Look Like?

                            A Silent Revolution - What feminism in India look like?When we hear the word “feminism” in the context of India, the Western image often comes to mind f...

Reclaiming Public Spaces: How Muharram Majlis Enables Kashmiri Shia Women’s Religious Expression in Public

One may argue that public spaces of worship are largely considered male spaces, where women must negotiate with existing patriarchal norms to gain access. The post Reclaiming Publi...

Study: Gen Z Women are Losing Their Religion

Bob Smietana, Religion News Service Women have long been the backbone of religion in America. They are more likely than men to identify as religious, say faith is important in the...

Study shows that young women are more likely than young men to have lost their religious faith

43 percent of women under the age of 30 now identify as religiously unaffiliated. This marks a sharp increase from 29 percent in 2013 The post Study shows that young women are more...

Do We Seriously Need Feminism Anymore?

If someone insults men as a gender, a woman will ALWAYS defend men.If I now insult women as a gender, how many men will defend women?The difference in number makes me want to crawl...

Sabarimala Hearing In Supreme Court: Constitutional Morality And The Limits Of Religious Autonomy

The case will determine whether Indian democracy can constitutionally stop biological difference from becoming an institutional inequality. The post Sabarimala Hearing In Supreme C...

Florence + The Machine’s Latest Album Puts Feminism’s Witchcraft Connections Front And Center

Everybody Scream asks the right questions about life, but the answers are all wrong — and profoundly spiritual. 

Maryam Rajavi by Yalda Roshan

My name is Yalda. I am a woman from the Iranian resistance who, for many years, has fought for women’s equality and worked to amplify the voices of Iranian women around the world....

Actresses Who Sparked Intense Outrage by Openly Criticizing Organized Religion on Talk Shows

Public figures often face significant backlash when they choose to discuss their personal beliefs or critiques regarding institutionalized faith. Many actresses have utilized popul...

Reflections on Religion and/in Politics

Question: How does one avoid using religion or religious language as merely a tool to justify policies that wrongly privilege one group over another? *** In the United States, many...

Abortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion

Conservative Christians tend to be the loudest anti-choice voices. But many faiths believe in—and fight for—reproductive rights. The post Abortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion a...

Is Islamophobia being re-packaged as feminism?

A group of female activists at a far-right rally in the UK have sparked a backlash.

Feminism Was Never Meant To Compete With Men

Feminism Was Never Meant to Compete With Men—. Modern Feminist Discourse Feels Increasingly Polarised- Ananya MohantyThere is a clear difference between feminist theories and the p...

Abandon The Fragile Feminist Monoculture Making Men And Women Miserable

The novel everyone is reading this summer isn't really about tradwives. It's a reminder of what feminism has always insisted: the patriarchy is the punishment.

Femme Formidable: The Power of Faithful Women

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From Suffrage To #MeToo: The Waves, Theories, And Thinkers That Shaped

Feminism is not a single, monolithic ideology but a rich and evolving field of thought that has developed across different historical moments, intellectual traditions, and social s...