By Eliza Griswold — 2021
How a nascent movement against complementarianism is confronting Christian patriarchy from within.
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We’re exploring what it means to be queer and have a body, with essays about the ways our bodies are legislated and discriminated against, the strategies we’ve used to find belonging in them, and how we’re breaking down the stereotypes, preconceptions, and fetishization that many of us endure.
I didn’t know how to answer, but I do know that the gendering of God has real-world consequences.
The constant scrutiny into the runner’s medical history reveals what happens to women who don’t conform to stereotypes.
Moore is the latest prominent Southern Baptist to publicly leave the Southern Baptist Convention amid its struggles over race, gender and Trump’s legacy.
Almost nothing about the Friday prayer held yesterday in Morningside Heights in Manhattan was familiar to Samira Jaraba, a Palestinian immigrant who trekked alone on the subway from Brooklyn, cloaked in a cream headscarf, to see if the rumors were true.
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She is a controversial figure – not just as a female imam, but as a woman who has called for the reformation of Islam with a feminist agenda. Janice Turner meets Sherin Khankan at Europe’s first all-female mosque.
Grace Schireson, Christina Feldman, Rita Gross, and Lama Palden Drolma discuss how women are defining new roles as Buddhist leaders, teachers, and practitioners. Introduction by Sandy Boucher
Author Sandy Boucher introduces the American Buddhist scene—its issues, weaknesses, and strengths—to women interested in taking up Buddhist practice.
Since becoming ordained four decades ago, Lama Tsultrim Allione has faced her share of challenges and sexism. Throughout it all, Tara’s vow to work for the benefit of all beings in a woman’s body has been a source of guidance and inspiration.
Zen teacher Norman Fischer discovers the life-changing — and society-changing — power of really knowing other people’s pain.