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May 2017

May 15, 2017

Active in Love: The ELCA on Faith, Sexism, & Justice

As someone who thinks, writes, and teaches about gender justice and religion, I am deeply...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Does Being White Trump Being Christian?

I wrote the following piece which was first published in the Springfield State Journal-Register on...

February 16, 2017

No Religious Exemption for Abuse

Late last summer, a group of Illinois pastors sued the state for their right to engage in...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

Trump. Women Know “That Guy”

His response to a woman’s charge that his buddy assaulted her begins and ends with...

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...

April 2016

April 04, 2016

Gender Theory & Religion, Brought to You by E!

How many viewers of reality shows on the E! Channel have studied gender theory? Thought...

February 2016

February 19, 2016

Making Religious Homophobia Illegitimate

I have a dream that someday, religious homophobia will be as illegitimate as flat-earth cosmology...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

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 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...

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 25, 2015

Words for Justice, Songs for Worship

My friend and colleague Rev. Jann Aldredge-Clanton has just published a new book titled Earth...

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 16, 2015

With Christian Privilege, You Already Have Religious Freedom

Deny other people rights to (your concept of) the afterlife all you want. But you...

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...

July 06, 2015

Marriage Musings from SCOTUS to ‘Honey, I’m Good’

The last paragraph of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges received a...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

“Blessing Every Love Relation”:: A Pride Month Hymn

As a conclusion to a remarkable Pride Month, I’m delighted to share “Praise the Source...

June 19, 2015

“Holy Impatience” : LGBT Pride Month Litany

The Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) regularly publishes rituals written by Diann...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

How Should People of Faith Respond to {Bruce} Jenner? (#CallMeCaitlyn UPDATE)

[For updated reflections on #CallMeCaitlyn, scroll to the end of this post.] As Bruce Jenner...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

When Religious Freedom Only Protects Heteropatriarchy

It’s not really religious freedom. Conservative politicians have been on a roll for the past...

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...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

At the Intersections: On Being Black and Queer at a Black Baptist Church

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

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...

February 03, 2015

For Damaged Girls

“No matter your age, you have rights to your own body.” “Churches are a community,...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Feminist Scholarship & Pedagogies at #NWSA2014

I’ve escaped the cold blast hitting the Midwest this week by heading to the National...

November 11, 2014

“When Two People Love Each Other, What Right Do I Have…?”

Marriage equality has come to Idaho. Idaho! Of course the big news is the fact...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

Be Afraid

I’ve never understood the appeal of haunted houses or roller coasters or scary movies. I...

September 2014

September 02, 2014

postChristian & the Sin of postFeminism

In his newest book, postChristian, fellow Patheos blogger Christian Piatt takes up some important questions...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

Because Religion?

Consider this: George Fox University decided that references to sex in Title IX don’t include...

August 11, 2014

On (Re)Watching Sex & the City (all of it)

Over the span of six weeks this summer, mostly for fun, I re-watched every episode...