Madang: Susan M. Shaw

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baptist news global, equality, Fortress Press, Intersectional Theology, Intersectionality, justice, madang, Mandy Ford, Oregon State University, PANAAWTM, podcast, Susan M. Shaw, The Gastronomy Club Podcast

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Women’s March For Justice

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Carol Howard Merritt, Donald Trump, equality, Huffington Post, inauguration, justice, rev. jesse jackson, women's march

This is my latest for Huffington Post, “Women’s March for Justice”. I hope we can all join in the March.

‘I Can’t Breathe’: Eric Garner’s Last Words Symbolize Our Predicament

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Barack Obama, equality, Eric Garner, gatekeepers, grace ji-sun kim, I Can't Breathe, injustice, Kerner Commission Report, rev. jesse jackson, Spirit of God

This is my latest Huffington Post piece called, “I Can’t Breathe”.  It is co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  Please share.

 

When Eric Garner was held in a chokehold on Staten Island on July 17, 2014, by New York City police officer Daniel Panteleo, he yelled 11 times, “I can’t breathe.” The medical examiner’s office ruled Garner’s death a

Marriage: Who is it Really For?

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equality, Feminist Studies in Religion, grace ji-sun kim, marriage, Seth Adam Smith

I am no expert on marriage, but I needed to respond to Seth Adam Smith’s latest post on “Marriage isn’t for you”.  Here is my latest post for Feminist Studies in Religion.

I read Seth Adam Smith’s post, “Marriage isn’t for you,”  and thought it had some good advice, but does it really speak to women today?  I rarely write in response to a blog post, but this one kept gnawing at me for days, so I needed to reflect on it to articulate why his understanding of marriage did not sit right with me.