Learn more about the five WSRP 2020-21 research associates.

Video: Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, and Difference

August 27, 2020

This conversation was presented on August 27, 2020, by the HDS Women’s Studies in Religion Program, which brings five scholars in gender from around the country each year to enrich the experience of HDS students. The research associates shared their thoughts on the ethical responsibility of scholars to be engaged in the study of gender.... Read more about Video: Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, and Difference

Women's Ordination Conference Surveys Catholic Women in Lay Ministry

August 19, 2020

"I think it's because they want that professional degree, and they want the respect that should come with that," said Patricia Simpson, counselor to Roman Catholic Students and Instructor in Ministry Studies at HDS. "I think they want to be able to state that they've prepared academically to the same level as ... the men being ordained."

Spiritual Practice: Pilgrimage in Place

April 8, 2020

Angie Cecil, MDiv candidate, created an interior pilgrimage inspired by St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle. The pilgrimage, which was developed as part of the Memorial Church's Pilgrimage Project, can be made without leaving your living room. In the audio file, itinerary, and text below, Cecil leads the participant through each step of the journey.... Read more about Spiritual Practice: Pilgrimage in Place

The fourth annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference was held February 28, 2020.

Video: Fourth Annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference

March 2, 2020

The fourth annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference was held February 28, 2020. This year's theme was Black Womxn at the Center, highlighting Black womxn doing praxis-driven work in academia, ministry, and the arts, all broadly-defined, and acknowledging self-identified womanists or Black feminists doing work that centers folks at the margins.... Read more about Video: Fourth Annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference

Video: Girlhood and the Making of American Catholicism

February 26, 2020

On February 20, Monica L. Mercado (Colgate University), Visiting Assistant Professor of North American Religions, gave the lecture, “Girlhood and the Making of American Catholicism."

Professor Mayra Rivera. Photo: Courtesy Mayra Rivera

Theologians and Women of Color You Should Be Reading

November 18, 2019

HDS Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies Mayra Rivera and former Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate Katie Cannon are "theologians and women of color you should be reading," according to The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.

Goodness and the Literary Imagination

October 17, 2019

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison created many memorable characters—from Sula and Beloved to Frank Money. Her notions of goodness and mercy shown in these characters also reflect her understanding of the sacred and the human spirit.... Read more about Goodness and the Literary Imagination

Humans of HDS: Gratitude for Education

October 9, 2019

"Every day after class I went into the bathroom and cried just because there was so much emotion. It was amazing. It encapsulates a lot of my experience at HDS, where I think I know what it is, but then I realize that I do not understand things like justice and faith and power. Repeatedly my experience at HDS is realizing that I don’t know what words mean."—Marissa Compton, MTS ’20

Hilma Af Klint’s New Ways of Seeing

July 26, 2019

Professor Stephanie Paulsell on the Swedish woman who created magnificent abstract paintings years before Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky.

Students celebrate Holi on the HDS campus

Students Celebrate Holi at HDS

March 28, 2019

Bright clouds of orange, yellow, purple, and blue floated through the HDS Campus Green on the afternoon of March 27 as students tossed colored powder at one another as part of an observance of Holi, the spring Hindu festival.... Read more about Students Celebrate Holi at HDS

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Women, Gender, and Religion

Video: Ethical Scholarship: Gender, Religion, and Difference

Women's Ordination Conference Surveys Catholic Women in Lay Ministry

Spiritual Practice: Pilgrimage in Place

Video: Fourth Annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference

Video: Girlhood and the Making of American Catholicism

Theologians and Women of Color You Should Be Reading

Goodness and the Literary Imagination

Humans of HDS: Gratitude for Education

Hilma Af Klint’s New Ways of Seeing

Students Celebrate Holi at HDS

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