Date: Monday, August 6
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Location: The Interchurch Center Robing Room, 61 Claremont Ave. (between Broadway and Riverside Drive).
This discussion will be a heart-to-heart conversation among people of faith about how we as women find our place in our faith traditions. We come at this from the angle of women interacting with religious traditions that are for the most part designed by men. Men are largely responsible for passing down the sacred texts, determining customs, conducting worship, and serving as official leadership in most of the world’s religious traditions. Where do women fit in, especially those who seek a position of leadership or authority? Some women have pushed to become pastors and rabbis; some serve as “unofficial” leaders and teachers in communities, or as the “first lady” to community leaders; and many, especially younger women, leave religion altogether in the face of what they see as unacceptable social customs. And in the modern world, where women increasingly expect quality with men in many areas (in education, the workforce, marriage, social life, even high-level professional leadership), how do the younger generations deal with religious traditions that are largely unequal in the opportunities they present to the genders in worship, service, and leadership?
To RSVP or for more information, please write to allegra@interfaithcenter.org.
Moderator: Annie Rawlings (ICNY)
Panelists:
Anindita Bhaumik (CONNECT)
Tejpreet Kaur (Sikh Coalition)
Rev. Jeanne Person (General Theological Seminary)
Sister Susan Wilcox (St. Joseph College)
Sister Aisha al-Adawiya (Women in Islam)
Rabbi Laurie Gold
