Tag: Religion
A poem by Marjorie Lotfi Gill
A dangerous woman questions the status quo; unpicks our assumptions by asking questions about them, or lives out questions by not behaving in expected ways.
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Beirut-based writer Nada Awar Jarrar explores her mixed feelings about feminism, identity and wearing the veil.
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‘The day she got married, along with a husband she acquired an official right to the colour Red.’ Sujana Upadhyay shows how a colour alone can be dangerous.
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Lucy Flannery writes of one of the bravest, strongest and toughest women of the twelfth century – the Empress Matilda, Lady of the English.
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‘Sometimes you have to break certain traditions and laws’: a pioneer in intercultural ministry
Today, Janet Lees honours the memory of Madge Saunders, a pioneer in intercultural church ministry.
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St Margaret of Scotland
Today, Claire Harrill takes a look at danger in an unexpected place – the 11th century Scottish Queen Margaret, who became a saint.
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Janet Lees works with people of all ages & abilities, creatively retelling the Bible. Here, she re-imagines Miriam outside the camp and creation story.
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‘Dangerous’ didn’t always mean what it does today… Isabel Davis reveals what it meant to be a ‘dangerous woman’ in the Middle Ages. You’ll be surprised!
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Kayleigh Tervooren argues that our understanding of female agency, particularly when it comes to violence and terrorism, needs to move beyond Western ideas of gender binaries.
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