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Author Archives: Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Rape, Healing, and the Author of Our Stories

Our brains generally try to explain exceptions through a model of deviance, thus the battered or raped woman is soon morphed from a victim to a (willing) deviant participant. If violence is ‘not supposed to happen’ or is ‘not supposed to happen to me,’ then it’s hard to narrate the violence credibly.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Preparing for Grace

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie On November 25-26, my newsfeed was filled with updates from friends living in the USA and Canadian border towns.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

When the Middle Class Aren’t

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie If someone asked you where you’d place yourself on the income spectrum from low to middle to high, what would you say?

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

What’s So Sexual About Celibacy?

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie I just started Lisa Graham McMinn’s book, Sexuality and Holy Longing: Embracing Intimacy in a Broken World.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

In Between the Black and White

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie I step into the elevator exhausted and press the button for the ground floor.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

The Giant Pool of Money

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie Continuing on the rather delightful train of thought Andrew’s been riding lately, you might want to check out this episode of This American Life from Chicago Public Radio.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Social Capital: From Sad Stories to Happy Endings?

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie One of the reasons social capital is academically disparaged (see my last post) is because it’s so hard to measure.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Social Capital :: The Cure-All For Social Ills?

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie I’m generally a fan of such academically fluid (and often disparaged) concepts of ‘civil society’ and ‘social capital’.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Looking for Woman-Friendly Churches

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie Happy International Women’s Day! In honour of this special day, I have a question.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Feminism in the Church :: A Force of Evil?

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie About a month back, some people within my faith community started an email discussion about sexuality and female v.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Lent for Me v. Lent for God

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie I recently read this article on Lent and its connection to justice.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

Plots, Pressures and Penetration: Neo-Conservative Economics and the Injustice of Rape

You see, just as victims of rape and domestic abuse must narrate their story into cultural headwinds and forces of opposition appearing natural, so too must the victims of the Chicago Boys' policies.

by Ericka Stephens-Rennie

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