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2013-03-19T10:22:31-06:00

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Failing Easter

Last updated on: March 19, 2013 at 10:22 am By Caryn Riswold

I wrote earlier this season about how I’m probably Failing Lent. I hinted there that I’d write more about my lack of enthusiasm for this season, and so here are a few words about how I’m failing Easter too. I’ve been failing Easter every since my feminist consciousness started coming to theological terms with this thing called atonement – the ancient Christian idea that Jesus’ death does something to reconcile God and humans. I know the moment when it all... Read more

2013-03-16T16:09:37-06:00

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What Sexual Terrorism Looks Like

Last updated on: March 16, 2013 at 4:09 pm By Caryn Riswold

This is part of an opinion piece I wrote for my local newspaper, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier, published last Thursday, March 14: As I drove south out of Jacksonville on U.S. 67 to pick my husband up at the St. Louis airport, I thought of her. The 16-year old girl who punched the cop impersonator in the face when he assaulted her, before she got out of his non-police-car, got away, and went for help. We’ve read her story, and now... Read more

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2013-03-10T14:01:10-06:00

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Honorable Mention: NetVUE

Last updated on: March 10, 2013 at 2:01 pm By Caryn Riswold

This weekend, I’m heading to Indianapolis for the biannual conference of the National Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education. It’s a project of the Council of Independent Colleges, whose purposes include: Deepen our understanding of the intellectual and theological substance of vocational exploration; Examine the role of intellectual and theological reflection and vocational exploration in a variety of institutional contexts; Share knowledge, best practices, and reflection on experiences across participating campuses; Develop a network for sustaining an extended program in... Read more

2013-03-10T14:09:18-06:00

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And They Awarded Me A PhD

Last updated on: March 10, 2013 at 2:09 pm By Caryn Riswold

I know everyone has moved on to the Harlem Shake madness now, but please do check out this Gagnam Style parody video produced at one of my alma mater’s … the Lutheran School of Theology At Chicago: No better place! 🙂 Read more

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2013-03-12T15:52:45-06:00

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I Don’t Care If Jesus Was A Feminist

Last updated on: March 12, 2013 at 3:52 pm By Caryn Riswold

Over at the God’s Politics blog, Adam Ericksen revives the conversation about whether or not Jesus was a feminist. It’s a thing that progressives like to talk about from time to time, and was relatively common for Christian feminist theologians and biblical scholars to assert in the 1970s and 1980s. I don’t see what difference it makes. In fact, I think it’s a problem. To be clear, I don’t actually disagree with any of the four reasons Adam gives for... Read more

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2013-03-11T09:18:15-06:00

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Thank You, Abortion Providers

Last updated on: March 11, 2013 at 9:18 am By Caryn Riswold

Sunday, March 10, was National Thank An Abortion Provider Day. I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Willie Parker last year in Washington, D.C., at the Center for American Progress, and wanted to share this short video of him accepting the Moody-Patterson Award for Leadership in Reproductive Justice. It was presented by the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. These are not abstract ideological issues. These are issues of basic health and safety for women and their families. And for some... Read more

2013-03-10T13:44:25-06:00

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Failing Lent

Last updated on: March 10, 2013 at 1:44 pm By Caryn Riswold

I know there are some great bloggers here at Patheos writing about various Lenten themes and questions. I just can’t muster up the interest and energy for this season like I can for Advent. It’s not because I only want religion and theology to be happy, it’s specifically because mandated self-denial and the bloody cross bother me. In this post, I’ll take up the first issue, failing Lent. Erin over at Irreverin, writes about needing carbs and coffee for Lent,... Read more

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2013-03-04T20:50:30-07:00

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A Prayer for Women’s History Month

Last updated on: March 5, 2013 at 9:04 am By Caryn Riswold

As President Barack Obama officially proclaimed last week, March is women’s history month in the United States: Women’s History Month is a time to remember those who fought to make that freedom as real for our daughters as for our sons. Written out of the promise of the franchise, they were women who reached up to close the gap between what America was and what it could be. They were driven by a faith that our Union could extend true... Read more

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2013-02-28T09:49:37-07:00

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The Personal Is Theological

Last updated on: February 28, 2013 at 9:49 am By Caryn Riswold

There are a lot of reasons why we need Lana Dalberg’s new book, Birthing God: Women’s Experiences of the Divine, released this week and available in print and for your Kindle. We need this book because we still need to hear more women’s stories. Feminism and the women’s movement in the U.S. has long helped us see that the personal is political, and this book reminds us how powerfully the personal is also theological. We need this book because there... Read more

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