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What We Have to Offer: Making a Case for Gender Non-Conforming Space in the Church through an Analysis of Its History
Get PDFIn recent years, discussions about sexuality and gender identity have become a focal point for most Christian churches. Many have come to support and affirm the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community, citing a commitment to Jesus’ teachings of love, peace, and justice. However, a sizable proportion still stands largely opposed to this acceptance. In the midst of a current fixation on the role of gender nonconforming individuals in American society, certain Christians are rushing to the forefront in defense of what they perceive to be ‘biblical’ manhood and womanhood. Although many are adamant that both scripture and human history are on their side, I argue that they are mistaken. Through my presentation, I will share extensive research into both canonical and extra-canonical texts, historical records, and contemporary scholarship demonstrating the existence of those who defy commonly held gender norms throughout Christianity’s two millennia history. Additionally, these individuals are far from confined to the background, taking up space in biblical stories, positions of clerical leadership, and even sainthood. Therefore, it is important to take the time to consider these individuals in context, both in their larger culture and in Christian history, in order to truly reconcile how the Church ought to approach gender non-conforming folx in the present
From Far Gone, Back
Get PDFFrom Far Gone, Back is a short story collection that explores multigenerational families living in and around the changing landscape of Atlanta, GA. It asks what comes of the decisions we are forced to make for those around us and ourselves while surviving the best way we know how
Symphony: Tambora
Get PDFSymphony: Tambora is a piece for chamber orchestra that is inspired by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Phillipines. Its three movements deal with the genesis of Mount Tambora, the magma chambers filling up and spilling over, and the series of eruptions that resulted in some of the worst climate crises in recorded history. The thesis includes a score of the work, and an accompanying analysis
The “Missing Third” in Hindu-Christian Studies: Adivasi Religion
Get PDFINDIA’S ADIVASIS—and their traditional religions—stand at the intersection of Hinduism and Christianity. Variously characterized by outsiders as practitioners of animism, a folk variety of Hinduism, or a monotheistic precursor to Christianity, Adivasis and their religion have functioned as both a source and a foil through which Hindus and Christians have made sense of their own identity and related to each other. Drawing upon field work with Adivasis in Jharkhand who identify as practitioners of the Sarna religion, I examine two recent controversies: (1) a statue of the Virgin Mary dressed in a traditional Adivasi sari and (2) the addition of a Sarna Code to the census. Analyzing themes of culture and conversion underlying these controversies, I argue that Adivasis and their religion have become a proxy battle ground for conflicts between Hindus and Christians in rural India
Deepra Dandekar. Baba Padmanji: Vernacular Christianity in Colonial India. Abingdon Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, xxix
Get PDFDaniel Soars. The World and God Are Not -Two: A Hindu-Christian Conversation. New York: Fordham University Press, 2023, 234 pages.
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Book Review: Western Jesuit Scholars in India: Tracing Their Paths, Reassessing Their Goals. By Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Get PDFWork-life and Health Experiences of Computer Science Faculty Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities during COVID-19
Get PDFPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, parents of children with developmental disabilities (PCDD) had been shown to experience more stress than parents of children without developmental disabilities (non-PCDD). COVID-19 may have exacerbated difficulties for PCDD. To compare differences in COVID-19 experiences between PCDD and non-PCDD, 202 parents working as computer science (CS) faculty reported their experiences of mental health symptoms, physical health symptoms, work-life conflict levels as experienced during the pandemic, and any changes in their childcare responsibilities because of COVID-19. Participants completed surveys on their experiences during Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, the first academic year after the start of COVID-19. Results showed that CS faculty PCDD experienced more mental health symptoms and higher levels of work-life conflict than did non-PCDD, which may have implications in the care that PCDD are able to provide to their children
