Selected papers from EWA's 6th conference in 2013 are now available as a Kindle e-book in Amazon (amazon.com). The selection on liberating power includes papers on clergy sexual abuse (based on the author's own experience of pursuing a personal complaint against such abuse), the theology of wandering women (on women and migration), whether Jesus' healing … Continue reading EWA’s First E-Book Now in Amazon.com
“Liberating Power: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives”, Note from the Editors
The story of Ecclesia of Women in Asia (EWA) begins in a conference organized by the Asian Federation of Catholic BishopsConference (AFCBC). Greatly outnumbered by men, the four women theologians present wondered among themselves, “Where are the women theologians? Are there more women in Asia who are doing theology that is culled from women’s experiences?” … Continue reading “Liberating Power: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives”, Note from the Editors
EWA 6: Liberating Power: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives (Conference Homepage)
EWA VI. BANGALORE 14-17TH NOVEMBER 2013 36 participants from 10 countries attended the 6th EWA conference. THURSDAY 14th November OPENING LITURGY: Using poetry and dolls made by Francois Bosteels, Francois and Kochurani Abraham led the opening liturgy, focusing on women's experience of subjugation because of the misuse of power and how they can triumph over … Continue reading EWA 6: Liberating Power: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives (Conference Homepage)
EWA 6: Liberating Power, Paper Titles and Authors
Nov. 14-18, 2013, Bangalore, India Freeing Power for Powering Freedom, Kochurani Abraham (Mahatma Gandhi University, India) The power of transformation and transforming power: A Malaysian female-to-male transgender person’s narrative, Sharon A Bong (Monash University, Malaysia) Deafness and Deafhood in Mark 7.31-37: “Seeing/Signing World” of Filipino d/Deaf and their Narratives of Dismemberment and Empowerment in this … Continue reading EWA 6: Liberating Power, Paper Titles and Authors
EWA 6: CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPANTS Liberating Power: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives
EWA's 6th Biennial Conference, in collaboration with Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church" Venue: Bangalore, India Date: 14-18 November, 2013 WHO WE ARE Ecclesia of Women in Asia (EWA) is an academic forum of Catholic women theologians in Asia. EWA encourages and assists Catholic women in Asia to engage in research, reflection and writing … Continue reading EWA 6: CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPANTS Liberating Power: Asian Feminist Theological Perspectives
EWA 6: ‘Women liberating power’
By Sharon A Bong, Kristine Meneses and Jeane Cana Peracullo At the close of the first day of the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Ecclesia of Women in Asia (EWA), three participants whose papers were selected for the Skype presentation, waited anxiously for the highlighted event to begin. The unusual scheduling served to accommodate … Continue reading EWA 6: ‘Women liberating power’
EWA 6 – Papers for Video-conference (Abstracts)
The Power of Transformation and Transforming Power A Malaysian Female-to-Male Transgender Person’s Narrative Sharon A. Bong I foreground the narrative of a Malaysian female-to-male (FTM) transgender person. Through a qualitative analysis of Jin’s interview transcript using a grounded theory methodology, the first section of the paper foregrounds the power of transformation realised through Jin’s … Continue reading EWA 6 – Papers for Video-conference (Abstracts)
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