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The Women and Religion Movement is alive and well in the 21st Century. A grassroots project started by lay leaders in the 1970s as an effort to promote examination of religious roots of sexism and patriarchy within the UUA, UU Women and Religion officially began as a task force following the unanimously-passed WOMEN AND RELIGION RESOLUTION at the 1977 UUA General Assembly. Although the Task Force was eventually sunsetted, the movement still exists in UU Districts that hold Women & Religion programs and woman-focused gatherings. It exists at General Assembly, where UUW&R has an annual gathering and a booth in the display area. And it lives in the hearts and lives of women and men who have been touched by the many changes inspired by this movement.

"We do not want a piece of the pie. It is still a patriarchal pie. We want to change the recipe!" -- Rosemary Matson
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General Assembly 2013

UUA General Assembly 2013

Sadly, UU Women and Religion will NOT have a booth at General Assembly this year.

Several months ago my husband suddenly became ill with what we now know is pancreatic cancer. I've not had the time or energy to complete planning and staffing for our booth, so we've had to cancel it.

We are still offering the GA special on the Cakes for the Queen of Heaven curriculum set, which you can order online.

This means we also will not be having an annual meeting as we have nearly every year in the past. We've felt that GA is an important gathering opportunity for those of us far-flung around the continent... so I'd like to encourage you who are going to GA, to gather with women whenever and however you can, and ask each other the deep questions about women and our spiritual lives.

Peace,

Gretchen Ohmann, co-convener UU Women and Religion

Cakes - GA SPECIAL

Written by Rev. Shirley Ranck | Print | E-mail

Cakes_curricula_-_coversA religious education curriculum in feminist thealogy for adults and older youth
by Rev. Shirley Ann Ranck, PhD

IN ANCIENT TIMES (five sessions)
ON THE THRESHOLD  (six sessions)

LIMITED TIME OFFER!
Both volumes for $70!
(regularly $80)
Expires July 15, 2013.

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IN ANCIENT TIMES: This five-session Volume I of the popular adult religious education curriculum includes an introductory section featuring author Shirley's Ranck's "Statement of Feminist Thealogy," Elinor Artman's "Brief Herstory of Cakes," and Nancy Vedder-Shults, "Baking Cakes for the Queen of Heaven." The themes of the Session Plans are: The Sacred Female, In the Name of the Mother and the Daughter, Womanpower, The First Turning-From Goddess to God, and Reclaiming Women's Heritage of Peace." The resource section includes supplementary essays by a number of important authors, a listing of highly recommended materials, and the sheet music of songs by Carole Eagleheart and Ann Forfreedom for use with the curriculum. The curriculum also includes a CD-ROM with five Visual Programs to accompany the sessions, plus resource material for easy distribution to participants.

ON THE THRESHOLD: In the six-session continuation of the course, Volume II, we will continue our journey into the past to reclaim the stories of powerful women to be found in ancient Judaism and in early Christianity. We will also look at the global silencing and brutalization of women that accompanied the rise of patriarchal religion and society. Finally we will celebrate the exciting new world-view and thealogy that has emerged in our time, and explore the personal and social changes that may be suggested by that new world-view and thealogy. We will continue the complex process of telling a new story.

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Brigit: Sun of Womanhood

Brigid Sun of WomanhoodA new Anthology edited by Patricia Monaghan and Michael McDermott.

Brigit: Sun of Womanhood offers a holistic picture of Brigit from her beginnings as a Celtic Goddess to her role as a Christian saint. The contributors to this anthology hail from all parts of the globe—including Ireland, Scotland, the United States and Canada—reflecting the widespread influence of Brigit. Readers will be transformed by this inspiring collection.

This newest anthology from Goddess Ink is edited by Michael McDermott and Patricia Monaghan and features writers from Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the US including Carol Christ, Sr. Rita Minehan, M. Macha Nightmare, Dolores Whelan, Joan McBreen, Matthew Geden, and many others.

 
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