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July 2016

July 01, 2016

#JesseWilliamsSyllabus

I was going to write about the liberation theology of Jesse Williams. I immediately zoned...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

An Interfaith Leader’s Twelve-Step Response to the Pulse Massacre

In an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education today, Eboo Patel says: “An interfaith...

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Fighting Religious Prejudice with Conversation & Information

How often do you have conversations with someone of a different faith than your own?...

January 08, 2016

A Big Magic Believer

Some people would say that because I’m a theologian I already embrace magical thinking (i.e.,...

December 2015

December 16, 2015

Must Interfaith Solidarity Cost a Woman Her Job?

Apparently, at Wheaton College, a tenured political science professor who decides to wear hijab as...

December 04, 2015

“Where God Is” :: Writing and Teaching in Public as Lutheran and Feminist

As I prepare to present at one workshop at the University of Chicago on Friday...

November 2015

November 20, 2015

Engaging & Navigating #AARSBL15

Today I’m in Atlanta for the American Academy of Religion annual meeting. When I was...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

If Trump Was My Student: So You Just Don’t Know About Seventh-day Adventist?

Last Saturday, Donald Trump talked about his and Ben Carson’s religions at a rally in...

October 08, 2015

Fractures & Hope: Reflections on Religious Higher Ed

Today I’m at Belmont University in Nashville for the National Conference of the Lilly Fellows...

October 06, 2015

Guns, Masculinity, a Culture of Life, & Educators on the Front Line

One day about two years ago I walked into the building where I teach two...

September 2015

September 24, 2015

Gender Equality & the #GlobalGoals as a #PrayerforEveryone

This week sees the launch of the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, a series of...

September 14, 2015

Honorable Mention: VocationMatters.org

A new blog launches this month in partnership with the release of a new book...

September 10, 2015

Opportunities for 21st Century Interfaithing

This week, I’m attending the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge fifth annual convening...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Honorable Mention: Equality Illinois

Today I’m speaking on the Faith and Equality Issues Panel at the Equality Institute, hosted...

August 20, 2015

Back to School With Purpose

This will be the first fall since I was three years old that I will...

August 06, 2015

4 Women & a Train Station: Reflection on an Interfaith Moment

Four women outside the entrance to Union Station, lingering in the cool breeze on a...

August 03, 2015

Why We Need to Teach Interfaith Understanding

Amidst conservative Christian fervor over religious freedom, it’s important to remember what real threats to...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Some Good News in Religious Higher Ed

Over at Religion News Service, Eliel Cruz highlights three Christian colleges who have recently taken...

July 09, 2015

Who Are You Reading? Paying Attention to Race & Gender

To some fanfare, Mark Zuckerberg announced in January that in 2015 he was going to...

June 2015

June 15, 2015

On Tim Hunt, the Doktorvater & #distractinglysexy Women

Nobel prize winning biochemist Tim Hunt recently made headlines with his comments at the World Conference of Science...

June 08, 2015

The Printing Press is Dead. So Buy My Luther Book on Kindle!

I’ve written here before about events leading up to Lutherans’ commemoration of the 500th anniversary...

May 2015

May 07, 2015

Writing the Sabbath: Plans and Invitations

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about anticipating my upcoming sabbatical. If you haven’t...

April 2015

April 21, 2015

Rites of Passage: Sabbatical as Sabbath

The first spring I spent in Chicago after two years of living in southern California...

April 14, 2015

Christian Privilege & the Religion Professor

Today is Better Together Day! The designation comes from the Interfaith Youth Core, lifting up...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Vocation at the Intersection of Self & World

Today I’m heading to St. Louis for the National Conference of the Network for Vocation...

March 13, 2015

At the Intersections: A Quota of Home, A Colonized Name

Many good people live and work at the intersections, and I occasionally invite someone to tell...

March 06, 2015

At the Intersections: I Remember

Many good people live and work at the intersections, and I occasionally invite someone to tell...

February 2015

February 12, 2015

A Feminist Religion Professor’s Valentine’s Weekend

What’s a great way to spend a heteronormative greeting-card holiday? At conference for gay and...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Nonconformity, Anger, Hope: A Genealogy of Words for MLK Day 2015

This morning, I participated in a Speak-In on campus during which faculty, staff, and students...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Casting Off White Invisibility

In a piece for Salon last week, Brittney Cooper wrote about her ongoing struggle with...