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• Just Show Up by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on November 6, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  Happy Midterm Election Day 2018!! The first article I ever wrote for Feminism and Religion, (“I Never Thought That I Would Need to Be a Part of History,”) ran just a couple of weeks after the inauguration of the current… Read More ›

• Women v. Religion: The Case Against Faith and for Freedom BOOK REVIEW by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on October 11, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  In the book, Women v. Religion: The Case Against Faith and for Freedom, editor Karen L. Garst puts together the voices of women from a variety of backgrounds in an effort to present a case against faith. While the introduction… Read More ›

• Kingdom of Women BOOK REVIEW by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on September 11, 2018 • ( 13 )

  

  In her novel, Kingdom of Women, Rosalie Morales Kearns imagines a reality that is post-patriarchy, and post male violence while showing us what near-future women had to go through in order to get to that reality.  Morales Kearns weaves this… Read More ›

• Mamma Mia and the Mother-Daughter Connection by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on September 4, 2018 • ( 14 )

  

  A couple of weeks ago I went to see the new Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! movie.  In addition to being a fan of movies inspired by musicals I also loved the emphasis that was placed on the mother/daughter… Read More ›

• Thus Saith Eve BOOK REVIEW by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on July 11, 2018 • ( 19 )

  

  “I am the Queen of Sheba and I am not impressed.”  This is the first line of one of the monologues from chris wind’s book Thus Saith Eve.  This book features 18 stories of biblical women, and a 19th, Lilith,… Read More ›

• The Doubt of the Empty Tomb and the Hope for Tomorrow by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on April 26, 2018 • ( 9 )

  

  I recently had the opportunity to travel to my undergrad institution on a student recruitment trip.  During this trip I was able to preach during the college’s weekday chapel service.  Despite the fact that I have lived, studied, and worked… Read More ›

• Hope for the New Year by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on December 31, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  I have never been one to set major resolutions at the beginning of the new year, but this year feels different somehow.  I can’t say that I am sad to see the end of 2017.  This year has felt like… Read More ›

• Empowering Toys and the Problem of Class Divisions by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on October 9, 2017 • ( 10 )

  

  I recently noticed that I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about financial security, the way class systems work in the United States context, and how these types of realities inform my feminism.  Part of this is no doubt… Read More ›

• Discerning is the Journey by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on September 20, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  This past weekend I had the privilege of officiating for the wedding of a dear friend.  Despite having undertaken all of my graduate and doctoral degrees at a seminary, I had not seriously considered ordination since the beginning of my… Read More ›

• Fostering Conversation and Connection in Community by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on September 2, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  I recently began a new job as the Associate Director of Admissions for the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, one of the seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.   This week was orientation for our new and returning… Read More ›

• Moving Toward an End: The Role of the Faith Community in the Struggle to End Domestic Violence by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on August 24, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  I have used my last few posts here on Feminism and Religion to begin unpacking the three primary understandings of atonement theology, the feminist critiques of these understandings, and how the relationship between power and violence influences how Christian women… Read More ›

• A Middle: Understanding the Relationship between Violence and Power by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on July 25, 2017 • ( 11 )

  

  In my last post here on Feminism and Religion I unpacked the three primary understandings of atonement theology as well as some of the feminist critiques of those understandings.  In this post I’d like to focus a bit more on… Read More ›

• A Beginning: Atonement Theology and the Feminist Critique by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on June 18, 2017 • ( 14 )

  

  Since many of the comments on my last post expressed interest in my dissertation topic I will use my next couple of posts to talk a little bit more about my work and research in that area.  When we talk… Read More ›

• Becoming Myself by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on May 24, 2017 • ( 22 )

  

  Last weekend was a special one for me.  After many years of study and dedication I graduated with my Ph.D. and am now, officially, Dr. Katie Deaver.  The weekend was filled with celebrations to mark the completion of a milestone… Read More ›

• Remembering My Saints by Katie M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on May 9, 2017 • ( 21 )

  

  My mother and I have always been very interested in our personal connection to the spirit realm.  This connection, for us, is an important one.  We pay attention to the signs and messages that remind us of our continued connection… Read More ›

• I Never Thought That I Would Need to Be a Part of History by K.M. Deaver

  By Katie M Deaver on February 3, 2017 • ( 15 )

  

  I never thought that I would need to be a part of history.  Don’t get me wrong, I know that each generation does indeed end up in a history book for a handful of headlining events that mark the course… Read More ›