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The Medieval Prophetess Who Used Her Visions to Criticize the Church

By Hadley Meares — 2016

Hildegard of Bingen fought the patriarchy from her cloister.

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Hildegard of Bingen: Essential Writings and Chants of a Christian Mystic

Hildegard of Bingen―visionary, abbess, composer, dramatist, poet and healer―was the brilliant and passionate precursor of many of the great women mystics of the Middle Ages.

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Dr. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook (translator)
2016
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SF Pride for Racial and Economic Justice—2016 Grand Marshal Larry Yang

A teacher of meditation and mindfulness, Larry Yang is committed to serving multicultural, queer and activist communities.

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Larry Yang
2016
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Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical (Humanism in Practice)

Feminism and atheism are "dirty words" that Americans across the political spectrum love to debate—and hate. Throw them into a blender and you have a toxic brew that supposedly defies decency, respectability, and Americana.

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Sikivu Hutchinson
2020
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The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion―and Others Should Too

Black women are the single most religious demographic in the United States, yet they are among the poorest, least educated, and least healthy groups in the nation.

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Candace R. M. Gorham
2013
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The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion-and Others Should Too

Candace L. M. Gorham, LPC, discusses her new book, The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking Out on Religion—and Others Should Too.

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2013
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How has religion marginalized women?

In this short interview, Amy Peeler (Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College) discusses how religion has marginalized women.

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2018
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The new feminist revolution in religion - Gina Messina-Dysert - TEDxUrsulineCollege

In her witty and powerful talk Gina Messina-Dysert ‘confesses’ her Catholic feminist identity. She discusses the connection between feminism and religion and the ways social media has created a space for women’s voices.

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2014
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The Mysterious Female Spiritual Path (The Divine Feminine)

Exploring the unique mysteries of spirituality for women, which has remained cryptic and mysterious in spiritual texts throughout time.

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2017
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Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West

What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the...

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Michaela Haas, His Holiness the Karmapa (foreword)
2013
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Women in Buddhist Texts - Khandro Rinpoche

Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche talks about how women have been portrayed in Buddhist texts throughout history, and how to deal with things we might not agree with. The Study Buddhism channel features interviews with the world's leading Buddhist masters, practitioners and scholars.

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2017
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