Women's Ordination Advocate Gets Ultimatum
September 10, 2009
By
The Baltimore Sun

A Cincinnati nun who has long called for the Catholic ordination of women has been told by the archbishop of Cincinnati to drop the issue or forfeit her responsibilities within the archdiocese, according to the National Catholic Reporter.

Oh My God(dess)! Feminist Spirituality in the Third Wave
August 31, 2009
By Mandy Van Deven
Religion Dispatches

One distinctive feature of third wave feminism is the demand for society to remove all scripts—but the one script that persists among mainstream feminists is an antagonism toward religion.

Local artists chew over the role of women and religion
August 26, 2009
By Jon Santiago
Charleston City Paper

Imagine if the status of an entire gender — more than half the human race — was decided by one bite into a piece of fruit.

Ruth Messinger: We must help, and in the right ways
August 25, 2009
By Amy Klein
JTA

Shortly after a failed mayoral bid in New York City ended her political career in 1997, Ruth Messinger became president of the American Jewish World Service, an international human rights organization that works to alleviate poverty, hunger and disease in the developing world. Since then, the organization has seen its annual budget jump from $2 million to $29 million.

As a Pediatrician, a Muslim, and a Mother: Speaking Out for Health-Care Reform
August 25, 2009
By Asma Mobin-Uddin
Sojourners

As representatives from many different faiths, we stand together today, united in our support for health-care reform so that affordable, quality health care can be made available to all. There are many statistics that show our current system of providing health care in America is broken. Many people are needlessly suffering and dying because of lack of access to basic medical care. This is unacceptable in a country with such wealth and resources. I am here today as a pediatrician.

The Feminist Hawks
August 25, 2009
By Virginia Heffernan
New York Times Magazine

Image by Kevin Van Aelst How do big ideas spread on the Internet, and how are they changed in the process?

Priest takes church to task for not ordaining women
August 25, 2009
By Michael Paulson
The Boston Globe

A prominent priest whose support for women’s ordination has him in trouble with the Catholic Church ratcheted up his confrontation with the hierarchy yesterday, calling the church’s refusal to ordain women a “scandal’’ and “spiritual violence.’’

Aung San Suu Kyi: The Verdict is Unfair
August 21, 2009
By Juliane Schober
Religion Dispatches

For Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, her years of house arrest have only deepened her Buddhist insight, and strengthened her commitment to a just society in Burma.

Nuns Question Vatican Probe
August 18, 2009
By Daniel Burke
EthicsDaily.com

An umbrella group of Catholic nuns has asked the Vatican to disclose why it is being investigated and who is funding the probe, and questioned why the sisters will not be allowed to see the final investigative report submitted to church leaders.

Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl
August 18, 2009
By Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl
Auburn Media

In Korea, I was “Angela, the American.” But when I came to America, I had become “Angela, the Korean.” I was known in school as “Angela, the Jew.” But when I met my first Orthodox Jews as a 16-year-old, I was devastated to find myself labeled as “Angela, the non-Jew.” Later I was known as the Korean Rabbi, or the Korean Cantor. I carried a qualifier with me wherever I went.