Naomi Bell. GSWS 189: Sexuality in World Religion
Reclaiming Agency: Feminist Theology, Catholicism, and the Path to Women’s Sexual Empowerment
A Podcast by Hannah Smith Purpose: The purpose of this project is to critically examine the role of feminist theology in addressing the historical marginalization of women’s sexual agency within Catholicism. By exploring the contributions of feminist theologians Rosemary Radford Ruether and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, this project seeks to understand how their critiques of patriarchal […]
Two Faiths, Double the Fun: An Interfaith Marriage Guide
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 […]
Montero (Call Me By Your Name): Lil Nas X Queering Christianity
Background: Lil Nas X is a 25 year old singer/songwriter who grew up in a Christian household (Chow 2021b). He did not expect to come out when he was younger, explaining how his childhood was “fear-based very much.” Lil Nas X has said that as a teenager he prayed to see if being gay was […]
Muslim Women in the U.S. and their Attitudes towards Sex: The Battle Between Dignity and Desire
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LcwIowoceOFsnHV6tYvUEVv-Qa2JmHv4Yy8xq0JFw5Y/edit?usp=sharing
Muslim Women in the U.S. and their Attitudes towards Sex: The Battle Between Dignity and Desire
As women, we are generally programmed by societal norms and beliefs to view our sexual desires as “shameful”. No matter how progressive a society is, there has always been stigma around women embracing their sexuality and being able to explore it in any way they prefer. If women sleep around “too much”, we are called […]
Lesbianism in Islam and Christianity (slide deck version)
This is the contents of my essay condensed down in to a slide deck for the purpose of presenting the information in class.
I FORGIVE YOU FATHER FOR YOU HAVE SINNED ME – Maggie Syrett
Introduction to the piece: Growing up Irish Catholic, I was taught from a very young age that if I do wrong, I must ask for God’s forgiveness so that when I die I can go to heaven. As I grew up and realized more of the realities of the world, it seemed crazy to me […]
Slipping Through the Cracks: Lesbianism in Islam and Christianity
Much literature discussing homosexuality in religion examined male homosexual orientations and activities while not paying the same amount of attention to the female, a typical oversight any sectors at the time these religions were founded. So, by virtue of patriarchal ignorance of women if nothing else, was female homosexuality accepted in the early days of […]
Modern Deviation from Traditional Marriage
In the dawn of major social change regarding lifestyle ideals, gender roles, and normalizing secular beliefs, marriage is slowly gaining a different reputation than it had centuries, or even mere decades ago. Many people today have begun to overlook the religious origins of marriage and its historical context. In the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), […]