Emerging Scholars - Gender, Religion, Poverty and Inequality

In the Emerging Scholars Session of the Women’s Caucus, graduate students and early career scholars’ papers engage in reimagining normative concepts and frameworks within the feminist study of religion and theology. We are particularly interested in proposals that introduce innovation and enhances nuanced understandings of religious practices. This year, these scholars share their research and perspectives on methodologies, pedagogies and political strategies, responding to AAR’s Annual Conference theme on “Religion, Inequality, and Poverty.”

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Women's Caucus Co-Chair Welcome

Elaine Nogueira-Godsey

 

Presiding

Veena Howard, California State University, Fresno

 

Panelists

Melody Escobar, Oblate School of Theology

“Love on Steroids”: The Unrealized Cost of Kenotic Caregiving among Mothers of Children with a Disability

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Kathryn Common, Boston University

Creating New Canon: A Feminist Biblical Case for Expanding Sacred Texts in Ecclesial Practice

 

Cella Masso-Rivetti, New York University

Transforming Narratives of the Catholic Women Deacons' Debate through Digital Collections

 

Shivani Bothra, Rice University

Zoom: Technology Empowering Jain Laywomen for Religious Education

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Biographies of Women in the Parliament of the World's Religions: Addressing Issues of Equity

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In support of the "1000 Women in Religion Project's" efforts to address systemic gender bias on Wikipedia, this panel gathers biographies about women who are noteworthy participants in the Parliament of the World’s Religions since its inception in 1893, but whose gender, geographical location, economic status and occupation obscures their significance. This lack of coverage is fueled by an 18th century definition of knowledge that privileges the scientific method and masculine achievement even as it discounts knowledge and histories that are oral, embodied and unpublished. Panelists will present original research and analysis that make a strong case for each subject’s notability in their religious or spiritual area of influence. They critically analyze the barriers to the production of knowledge by and about women. 

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Women's Caucus Co-Chair Welcome:

Elizabeth Ursic, and Elaine Nogueira- Godsey, Women’s Caucus Co-Chair Welcome

 

Janice Poss, Claremont Graduate University, Presiding

 

Michelle Eastwood, University of Divinity, Melbourne

Anique Radiant Heart: The Invisibility of the Crone

 

Ulrike Auga, Humboldt University, Berlin

Annemarie Schönherr: Visionary of a Just World Society – for Gender Parity and against Poverty and Exclusion

 

Mary Hamlen, Harvard University

Audrey E. Kitagawa, Interfaith Activist and Spiritual Leader

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Emily Silverman, Graduate Theological Union

Biography of Rae Abeliah: The Weaver of Prophecies

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Sheryl Johnson, Graduate Theological Union

Dr. Dolly Dastoor: Celebrated Dementia Researcher, Committed Zoroastrian, and Inter-religious Leader

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Kimberly Carter, California Institute of Integral Studies

Dr. Mara Lynn Keller

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Jonathon Eder, Mary Baker Eddy Library

Jennifer Howe Peace—Innovator and Trailblazer in Interfaith Education

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Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego

Radical Inclusion: The Life’s Work of Pamela Ayo Yetunde So Far

 

Rosalind F. Hinton, LAOUTLOUD

Teresia Mbari Hinga: An African Woman’s Contributions to Religious Dialogue and Knowledge Equity.

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Ann Lazarsfeld-Jensen, Charles Sturt University

The Second Silence: The Audience for Women’s Writing

 

Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University

Iyekiyapiwin Darlene St. Clair: The Sacred Story of an Eco-feminist Challenging Knowledge Inequity

 

Responding

Ulrike Auga, Humboldt University, Berlin

Mahjabeen Dhala, Graduate Theological Union

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Women's Caucus Business Meeting

Come join in the Women’s Caucus Business Meeting. We will be reviewing feedback from this year’s panels, discussing our ongoing projects, establishing the Women’s Caucus leadership team for 2021-22, and planning for next year’s conference. 

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All are welcome.

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Women's Caucus Co-Chairs, Presiding

Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, and Elaine Nogueira- Godsey, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Presiding

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Panelists:

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• Colleen D. Hartung, 1000 Women in Religion Wikipedia Project 

• Janice Poss, Claremont Graduate University

• Deborah Fulthorp, Grand Canyon University

• Julia Berger, Baha’i International Community

• Julia Enxing, University of Dresden

• Theresa A. Yugar, California State University, Los Angeles 

• Rosalind F. Hinton, LAOUTLOUD

• Kathryn Common, Boston University

• Alicia Panganiban, Mayo Clinic Health System

• Kimberly Carter, California Institute of Integral Studies 

• Tracy McEwan, University of Newcastle, Australia

• Sheryl Johnson, Graduate Theological Union

• Mary Ellen Chown, Catholic Network for Women’s Equality

• Polly Hamlen, Harvard University 

• Saphira Rameshfar, Baha’i International Community, United Nations Office

• Mary T. Kantor, Arlington, MA

• Alaine Buchanan, Northwest University, Kirkland, WA

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International Scholars - Gender, Religion, Poverty and Inequality

The AAR/ SBL Women’s Caucus International Scholars’ papers aim at raising fresh questions and identify phenomena that have been obstructed or not adequately explored. They draw on theory and praxis, introduces perspectives from underrepresented religious and spiritual traditions, and considers the ways that scholarship outside of the US makes important contributions to the American academic discourses on religion, poverty and inequality.

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Women's Caucus Co-Chairs, Welcome

Elizabeth Ursic, Mesa Community College, and Elaine Nogueira- Godsey, Methodist Theological School in Ohio

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Julia Berger, Montclair State University, Presiding

 

Cristina Lledo Gomez, BBI-The Australian Institute for Theological Education

Deleted and Reclaimed Borders: Embracing My Native Self in Talanoa and Babaylan Tradition

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Lana Sirri, Maastricht University

Islamic Feminism: Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Islam

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Responding

Ulrike Auga, Humboldt University, Berlin

C. Vanessa White, Catholic Theological Union

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