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WXYC Reports with Mary E. Hunt

This month WXYC is focusing on “appropriation” and the ways it can leave people and institutions with identities or relationships that aren’t their own. In this latest report, Mary E. Hunt, along with others, shares some thoughts on the theology of friendship and marriage with WXYC Reports host Sarah Spivey. Listen below:    

Diving deeper into Spotlight

Beyond just being an Oscars winner for Best Picture, the film Spotlight provides a much needed platform to open up the discussion about sexual abuse within not only Catholic communities, but faith communities of every denomination.  The FaithTrust Institute has gone so far as to create a multi-faith discussion guide for the film. They have included […]

WATER Staff Wins SECSOR Prize

The Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) congratulates Staff Associate, Elizabeth Hardt for receiving the price for best undergraduate paper at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (SECSOR) this past weekend in Atlanta, GA, as part of the Regional Meeting of the America Academy of Religion.   Elizabeth’s paper, entitled “‘ISIS […]