Logia will focus our next blog series on hearing from women in the divinity disciplines in the Southern Hemisphere. Our contributors will speak about their own research, as well as some of their stories for why they…
In my experience as a wife, mother, academic, and leader, a number of interrelated battles confront me. One such battle ground is restlessness. I catch myself almost running from within and sometimes physically too.…
IN SEARCH OF SHALOM It is difficult to write about shalom When the blood of our Black brothers and sisters cries out from the ground for justice; When mothers have lost their sons and daughters to the violence of white…
Christa McKirland, Logia’s Centre Director, launched this series with a blog post in September 2019 in which she mentioned, ‘to be a woman and to be a woman of colour meant that you already had “two strikes” against…
Perhaps like so many academics, especially women of color, I often feel like a misfit, like someone whose story always seems a little out of joint with the stories of others around her. In the case of biblical studies,…
If you told me two years ago that I would be boarding a plane with my husband and a one-year-old baby daughter so that I could pursue further theological studies in Scotland, I would have laughed in your face. Our move…
I was excited to be working as a new director in an inaugural role at a predominantly white university in the South. The community I worked in was the headquarters for the Klu Klux Klan and the galvanizer for the Trail…
This series provides the perfect occasion to introduce our first “Logia Global Partner” and to invite other institutions to consider partnering with us as well. Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST) is leading…
As the Logia blog seeks to highlight women’s research in theology as well as the obstacles we have faced, I begin with an overview of my convictions and research interests. Part 1: Research Interests The chief purpose…
Over this past year, we have focused on the question: “Why is it important for women to study, teach, and contribute to the fields of theology, biblical studies, and philosophical theology?” We had scholars from all…