A guidebook for navigating interfaith marriages across religions “Things were hard as she stated, this was not easy, would it be easier if I was Christian or she Muslim? Maybe. All relationships require compromising and ours just happens to be a little more personal than others” – Amir Webb 2016 Today, interfaith marriages are more common […]
Redefining Family: Buddhism, Love, and Taiwan’s Fight for Same-Sex Marriage Equality
Image Source: Harvard Divinity Bulletin This blog explores the intersection of Buddhism and LGBTQ+ rights in Taiwan, highlighting the pioneering role of Master Shih, a Buddhist nun and outspoken advocate for same-sex marriage equality. This blog illustrates how Shih challenges traditional notions of family and love within Buddhist teachings, emphasizing inclusivity and compassion. It also […]
Christianity’s Effect on Queer Youth Identity
For many, the Christian Evangelical church is a place of love, hope, and healing but for others, it is a place of hurt, judgment, and feelings of inferiority. Growing up in any religious household can be a trying, and often traumatizing experience. For anyone, the pressure to conform to and follow religious rules and codes […]
“A Deep Dive” into growing up Catholic and Lesbian in the Mexican and Irish Catholic Communities
REL 189 Project on being Catholic and Lesbian, and the differences/similarities between Irish Catholics and Mexican Catholics
Contraception in Islam
Religious views on contraception vary from being completely prohibited to being allowed under certain circumstances. While Judaism displays more tolerance for contraceptive methods when the health of the pregnant woman is threatened, traditional Catholic views are much more stringent because procreation is viewed as the one and only goal of marital sex. Therefore, it follows […]
Conversations on Sexuality in African Religious Households
This is a compilation of interviews that assessed individuals’ approaches to conversations on sexuality in religious African households. The interviewees have African roots ranging from Ghana, The Gambia, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. It was a great study to see that different views were almost displayed across every individual but there were some overlaps. With help from […]
Purity Balls
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vT_Ch9TjFQWEl0BS8-5McUFg4TKC5Xzio7uOOpZPOecJHnaojKJCEOc7ytdYlyOsa1Jwf5_nnlnNlLX/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 Hey folks! Here’s the link for my powerpoint (hopefully it works :))
Religions’ Influence on Sex in Modern American Adolescents Podcast
This podcast is focused on religion and its influence on sex in modern American adolescents. In order to discuss this topic, I sent around a survey to my peers asking multiple questions on their view of religion and sex. The questions I asked include: What religion did the household you grew up in identify with? How […]
Interlocked / Interfaithed
“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being — neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there’s no question of integration or intermarriage. It’s just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.” […]