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Understanding Intersex: Developing a Healthier Theology of Sex and Gender
DeFranza critiques traditionalist interpretations of the Bible that have harmed women, LGBTQIA+, cis-gender and straight people; advancing more inclusive, faithful, healthy, and ethical biblical interpretations.
Ethics in Interreligious Dialogue
In spaces like seminaries, there is a tangible and growing desire to step out of our theological and pedagogical conformity. But we fail to capitalize […]
Holy Liberation, Holy Community
Photo by Jack Moreh from Freerange Stock “Any meeting without food could have been an email.” Tanya Watkins, the Executive Director of Southsiders Organized for […]
Decolonial Indigenous Approaches to Seminary Education
Attempting to teach an Indigenous pedagogy in the current Western seminary approach, content differences aside, is the proverbial attempt to fit a square peg in to a round hole. There are some things that Western educators can be made aware of to help with the fit, but it will never substitute ground-level Indigenous education via decolonized and Indigenized Indigenous mentors.
Sex and Technology after Roe
The overturning of Roe is impacting reproductive health in the United States. What might not come immediately to mind is how digital technology is playing […]
Profiles in the Metaverse
Politics, and how to engage in it, is always in a state of flux and motion. Sometimes politics progresses and takes on a new evolution […]