The latest of our Practical Theology collab articles is out now! This one is by the awesome @karenod.bsky.social so you know you need to read it. It's genuinely fabulous and also outlines a bit of how the FTN came to be, a tweet from a sun lounger and here we are:
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From the Female Corporeality and Religion Conference in Leuven to finally being out there (and open access).... You can download my article 'Restricted More as a Daughter: The Interaction between Gender and Disability in the Gospel of Luke' now: poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
Poster for FTN online event. Title = Publishing in Feminist and Womanist Theologies. Panel of experts is listed below. Professor Lisa Isherwood, editor of the journal Feminist Theology and author of many books in Feminist Theology. Rachel Edge, Assistant Commissioning Editor at SCM Press. Professor Margaret Kamitsuka, editor of the AAR series with OUP and author of many books in Feminist Theology. Also listed is the FTN website address www.feministtheologynetwork.org. For assistance in accessing the mailing list and/or information sent via email directly, please DM.
And the countdown is on... FTN expert panel on publishing is next week, so add Tuesday night to your diary.
Orange poster with white text boxes, rounded corners and orange text inside. Feminist Theology Network Upcoming Events. 20th Jan 7pm GMT, Publishing in Feminist & Womanist Theologies. 3rd Feb, 7pm GMT, Lizzie McManus-Dail. 11th Feb, 7pm GMT, Lisa Allen-McLaurin. 25th Mar, 7pm GMT, Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones. 28th Apr, 7pm BST, Lynn Huber & U-Wen Low.
Last one from me today, promise. We have been asked to post our upcoming events calendar on here, so your wish is my command... To quote the Lego Movie, "Everything is awesome..." - I genuinely can't pick my favourite, so just come to everything!
I post on their behalf, because even though they are "legal" they are still beyond scared and want people to know what is happening.
I'm not in the US, so it's difficult to help, but if you could share and help raise awareness as much as possible.
(I asked their permission before posting)
There is word that a building has been purchased in Shakopee, MN for an ICE detention center.
This cannot be underestimated: what people are seeing on the news and socials, as bad as it is, doesn't come anywhere near how terrorizing it is to be here.
Many restaurants are closed to protect workers.
People are needing helpers to get groceries, transport kids to and from school (ICE waits at the bus stops and in some cases at the schools themselves), and help with medical care/prescription pick up.
From a friend:
While the national news is focusing on protests in Minneapolis, ICE is systematically moving info smaller cities in the area, namely Shakopee, Jordan, and Savage with efforts targeted at restaurants, construction sites, schools, and hospitals.
Journal of the European Society of Women in Theological Research - Volume 33: Disability, Feminist Theologies and Gender Studies, Contents Page. Top line is my article, 11-32 'Restricted More as a Daughter: The Interaction between Gender and Disability in the Gospel of Luke'
So way back at the Female Corporeality and Religion Conference, I said I was going to turn this into an article. Just to prove I actually did...
Book cover for Cultural Stations of Disability: A Moment in Discourse, edited by David Bolt. The book has a wide purple stripe across the bottom, with the text overlaid in white. The top section of the book is black with a splattered pattern breaking up the black. Inside the splatter are random blue marks on fuzzy light red lined paper. The background is brown/kraft cardboard.
A snapshot of chapter 8. Entitled A New Testament - Changing Positionality,Changing Interpretation. Emma Swai.
So it "finally" arrived through my door. I am actually really proud of this chapter, purely because I wanted to open up on the fact that experience changes exegetes (even if we like to pretend it doesn't).
Thank you @davidbolt13.bsky.social for giving me a soap box to stand on!
Sorry, I shouldn't laugh, but the only way I got it to work in my house was to threaten them with the disappearance of the Xbox - not sure how you could apply that principle...
Feminist Theology Network flyer. Black background with white letters. Join us for an advent book group. Reading begins 30th November. Online/WhatsApp discussion - fits in when you have the time. Central picture is a cartoon-like candle graphic. Book cover is Rev Lizzie McManus-Dail's God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us. QR code to join Feminist Theology Network on the bottom right.
FTN advent reading group! Asynchronous, i.e. whenever in the day/week you like, so we can join together over different time zones without me messing up the clock... Totally shouting out to our members across the various oceans 😊
Will add, I am loving it. Like anyone should be surprised. The prose just speaks straight to your gut, but in a gentle way.
A scattering of books...left to right: In the Beginning There was Darkness by John Hull, Disability and the Church by Lamar Hardwick, Autism and the Church by Grant Macaskill, Changed Imagination Changed Obedience by Natalie Houghtby-Haddon, and At the Gates by Naomi Lawson Jacobs and Emily Richardson. Technically my light pink water cup is in the background and there is a Black Panther phone stand on the left, but the books are the important bit.
Just finished speaking with the online crew at @sthild.org - what a welcoming learning group. Had a fabulous time and they let me get on my soap box a bit! By the end of the teaching session I was pulling book recommendations off my shelf....
Loving Our Own Bones by Julia Watts Belser (Book Cover)
Julia Watts Belser was so good at Disability and Church last weekend, I sort of had to...
Women's Rugby World Cup Final Canada 13 England 33
That one really was for the girls 💪🏻 Second highest attendance at a rugby world cup final, men or women. 🌹
Imagine your head feels as though it's been crushed by a vice, a headache unlike anything you've ever felt before, where every part of your head hurts, that pressure is unbearable and it's a pain no one can see. Imagine a world in permanent soft focus, where things come in twos, where things disappear momentarily, where you can't tell how deep a step is, where bright light is a pain you can't stand. Imagine a world that says around you, where you feel as though you're in the middle of a storm on a cross channel ferry, feeling dizzy and sick - yet you're standing still. Imagine you're so totally exhausted that your body doesn't want to move and all you want to do is sleep, yet an incessant roaring in your ears keeps you awake. Imagine feeling lost and fearful, confused in a place you used to know well. Welcome to the world of IIH.
September is IIH awareness month.
Ooh, I need to do mine 🤣🤣
Tickets acquired! This disabled-led conference on disability & church is the highlight of my year (& features prominently in my book with @emjric.bsky.social). Will be lovely to reunite with old friends for the first hybrid conference & first at St Martin’s since 2019. I’m preaching on the Sunday :)
Book cover. Reimagining the Magdalene by Siobhan Jolly.
@siobhanjolley.bsky.social Guess what I got given to read on the journey home from #BNTS
When you get Eowyn's "I am no man" into a seminar question at #BNTS2025 😁
Prepping the kiddos for back to school: "If anyone says there are no zombies in the Bible, they're lying..." Well, they did walk in as I was starting to pull together a conference workshop for October, so I am not sure what else they expected 🤷🏼♀️
Excited to be part of this. Do take a look -
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I am genuinely excited to be helping students ask innovative questions which challenge perspectives in our field.
Book chapter first page. Chapter 7. The Choice to Untie a Donkey, Ox, or "Daughter of Abraham" in Luke 13:10-17.
Add NT studies, disability studies, a bit of feminism together, to animal studies, stir and "ta da"...
Yep, I still get excited at seeing my name printed on actual paper pages 😁
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I saw a video on people getting excited over the fish and chips ones. Will get slated, but I don't even think they're cute. My niece also told me off because I said certain viral bag charms were pretty ugly...
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An article by the lovely @mckasp.bsky.social.
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