The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Women’s Studies in Religion

Helen T. Boursier is a professor of theology at College of St. Mary and Austin Graduate School of Theology. She is a founding member of Feminist Theology in Religion, an academic research group who publish the Journal of Theological Feminist Research. She has a PhD in Theology and a PhD of Divinity and is an ordained priest.

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Rabia Harris, Stony Point Center, Stony Point, New York

Editor’s Introduction

Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica

Section One: A Firmly Fluid Foundation for Women’s Studies in Religion



A Work in Progress—Feminist Scholarship Shaping God’s Image—Then and Now

Jacqueline J. Lewis, Middle Collegiate Church, New York



The Inclusive Language of God and Why It Matters for Women’s Studies in Religion

Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Rollins College



Doing Women’s Studies in Religion—A Methodology Primer for Moving from the Classroom into Real Life

Natalie Kertes Weaver, Ursuline College



Women’s Creative Research Methodologies on the Peripheries and At the Borders: Latina Women’s Restorative Interventions Through Art and Activism

Rebecca M. Berru-Davis, St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota

Section Two: Ethical Connections



Where Ecofeminism Meets Religions: Contributions and Challenges

Heather Eaton, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada



Reconfiguring Economic Sustainability: A Feminist Ethic for Liberty and Justice for All

Sharon Welch, Meadville Lombard Theological School (Unitarian Universalist)



Feminist Theological and Ethical Responses to Testimonial Injustice

Candace Y. Jordan, Princeton, PhD candidate



Do Not Pass Me By: A Womanist Reprise and Response to Healthcare’s Cultural Dismissal and Erasure of Black Women’s Pain

Anjeanette M. Allen, Chicago Theological Seminary, PhD Student

Section Three: Religious Diversity and Women’s Studies in Religion



Constructing Wicca as ‘Women’s Religion’: A By-Product of Feminist Religious Scholarship

Michelle Mueller, Santa Clara University



For All Sentient Beings: The Question of Gender in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist Communities

Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Occidental College



Introducing Asian Trans Pacific American Feminist Theology

Keun-Joo Christine Pae, Dennison University



“I am the one who will change the direction of the world”: A Female Guru’s Response to Gender-Motivated Sexual Abuse and Inequality in Hinduism

Antoinette E. DeNapoli, Texas Christian University



Women in the Jewish Tradition: A Brief Overview of Jewish Feminism in the Last 50 Years

Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, Rollins College



Muslimah Theology and Praxis

[Zayn Kassam, Pomona College



Homiletical Changes and Preaching Leadership of Women in the Christian Church

HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto

Section Four: Challenging and Changing Systemic Gender Injustice



What’s Religion Got to Do with Sexual Violence and the #MeToo Movement?

Marie M. Fortune, Faith Trust Institute



Femicide in Global Perspective: A Feminist Critique

Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica



Call to Accountability: Women’s Studies in Religion Critiques State Culpability to Feminicide through Border Controls and Exclusion from Asylum

Helen T. Boursier, The College of St. Scholastica



Doctrine of Discovery: a Mohawk Feminist Response to Colonial Dominion and Violations to Indigenous Lands and Women

Dawn Martin-Hill, McMaster University





Women’s Religio-Political Witness for Love and Justice

Rosemary P. Carbine, Whittier College

Section Five: Future Movement—The Becoming of Women’s Studies in Religion



Feminism, Religion, and the Digital World

Gina Messina, Ursuline College



Documenting, Changing, and Reimagining Women’s Mosque Spaces Online

Krista Melanie Riley, Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada



Minoritized Sexual Identities and the Theo-politics of Democracy

Ludger Viefhues-Bailey, LeMoyne College



Spiritual Homelessness and Homemaking: A Nomadic Spirituality for Survivors of Childhood Violence

Denise Starkey, The College of St. Scholastica



Hope Now

Cynthia L. Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Institute





Resources for Clarification, Education and Action

Index

Contributors