Papal Retirement: A Matter of Conscience
Instead of simply retiring quietly, Joseph Ratzinger might enjoy a good Bavarian beer with the rest of us as part of a renewed Church where all are welcome.
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Instead of simply retiring quietly, Joseph Ratzinger might enjoy a good Bavarian beer with the rest of us as part of a renewed Church where all are welcome.
“Teleconference Town Meeting” with YOU and WATER Colleagues
1 PM – 2 PM EST
We need YOU to join us for our February 2013 Teleconference. It is really a Town Meeting of the larger community that listens to and participates in these wonderful monthly events.
We want to hear your feedback, get your ideas for topics and people for the months ahead. We have ideas of our own, but we want to hear what you think, whom you think we should invite, what issues we should prioritize.
I am grateful for the life and work of Ada, for her friendship and her solidarity.
By Diann L. Neu | What aspects of Brigit’s life do you relate to in your own?
When the celebrations wind down I will be looking for people who want to ask hard questions about how we humans deal with our differences without war.
By Diann L. Neu | This is the season of endings and beginnings.
All excerpts from “Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological- Economic Vocation” by Cynthia Moe-Lobeda Resisting Structural Evil- Opening Words Resisting Structural Evil Chapter 1 Resisting Structural Evil- Closing Words
Carol will speak about the book she and Judith Plaskow are writing together, tentatively titled Goddess and God after Feminism: Body, Nature, and Power. Judith and Carol explore their changing views of God in light of their feminist commitments to transform religion.
Carol’s feminism led her to reject a God imaged as a dominating male other. Her commitments to peace and justice led her to reject a God whose power is imaged in the Exodus, the prophets, and much of Christian tradition as the power of a warrior to destroy his enemies. Carol can no longer participate in the Protestant or Roman Catholic liturgies because of their invocation of God as male and their association of his power with war and domination.
By Diann L. Neu | This prayer is a candle lighting blessing for a holiday meal or special time of sharing.
Feminist religious ethics really started with Beverly Wildung Harrison.
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