feminism

This week will mark the anniversaries of two very important phenomena: today commemorates the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and tomorrow marks the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

What to do when people start sounding like Samuel Huntington-meets-Edward Said…

It’s not her past mistakes, it’s her past.

Imus’ unsurprising return underscores the lack of a meaningful dialogue on race and gender in America.

The 10 remaining picks did little to rectify the anti-reform, anti-woman, anti-gay tilt of Obama’s Faith-Based Advisory Council. Not to mention the conspicuous absence of a single academic theologian.

Some progressive feminists oppose the hijacking of women’s rights to justify U.S. invasions while avoiding any mention about the plight of women in Palestine, Iraq, or Afghanistan.

A new report identifies three areas where women’s empowerment and religion are linked: activism, scholarship, and popular culture.

A growing movement among conservative Christians exhorts women to give up the foolish notion of independence and subordinate themselves to their husbands. In this excerpt from Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement, Kathryn Joyce connects the dots between cinnamon buns and submission.

The very first girl to perform the Jewish coming of age ritual did so in the 20th century. She was the daugher of Reconstructionist founder Mordecai Kaplan.

Will gender parity in the mosque end with a bang or a whimper?