So this is out in the world! And I get to shout out so many people whose work I admire too (not that they need it) 😀

I wrote a whole book about why women are quitting church and SBC went and summarized a lot of it in one vote, picking a new president who opposes women's service to the church as leaders, denies the well-evidenced abuse crisis, and is supported by creeps with more anxiety about anti-racism...

"While secular journalists, scholars, and even the Pope are wrestling with big questions about Artificial Intelligence, the war in the Middle East, and what it means to be truly human, the Southern Baptists have decided the most urgent problem in 2026 is banning women from preaching."

FTN online writing rooms will continue over the summer. Next one is 8th June 2-4pm BST. Link is on your FTN newsletter. If you haven't signed up already, go to feministtheologynetwork.org and the link is on the top right of the page.

The book is great, so I am very excited for this. I know I gave the details early doors - don't worry, we'll keep reminding you! Join the email list to receive the Zoom link: feministtheologynetwork.org. Any access needs, please get in touch and we will do our best.

Timothy Goode, interviewed in this article, is the author of Breaking, Not Broken, which discusses the theological need for accessibility in (all areas of) historic buildings like York Minster. Find out more about the book here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I told you it was going to be awesome. I did. Now I am allowed to saw who (and, yes, the book is fab 😊)

🧵Prayer helps us perceive the wonders of God! Come to @sarumcollege.bsky.social on 23rd June and discover a wider range of creative resources from global and diverse voices to enrich private and shared prayer with Beth Dodd and @scholarpriest.bsky.social: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

A couple of bits and pieces over the next few months, not that I'm excited or anything... Online event in June - the speaker is going to be awesome (I can say that because I am currently reading the book 😊) Look out for a gang from FTN at Greenbelt Writing rooms will be on over the summer

Thank you so much to U-Wen Low and DR Lynn Huber for being so generous with their time and expertise this evening. In the replies below I will add as many of the authors that were mentioned as I can!

TONIGHT!!!

For those who are interested - the deadline is next week.

Next week is going to be fab... Tues 28th April, 7pm UK time. Lynn Huber and U-Wen Low discussing intersectional issues in the Book of Revelation. Details coming soon... In the meantime, keep an eye on our website: feministtheologynetwork.org/events/

Wow....we've all been busy lately!!! The latest FTN and Practical Theology Hub collab is available: practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2075

Also, the awesome Karen O'Donnell, together with quite a few other FTN members, have this special issue of Ecclesiology just out. @karenod.bsky.social @msamrc.bsky.social @hannahfytche.bsky.social [please tag any other FTN members for me - I am doing this on the train!]

For those of you who read the European Journal of Theology (and those that don't!), the very lovely @elsacorreiapereira.bsky.social has a new article out: 'Between Permission and Practice: Women's Participation in Evangelical Free Churches in Europe' www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

Leeds Disability Studies Conference - what a lovely bunch of people! Our room was full and I recruited a few new FTN members too....

🧵Hot off the press! @sarumcollege.bsky.social Summer and Autumn Brochure 2026 is out now. Look inside for ever-popular favourites, such as ‘Reading Scripture Together, ‘Modern Mystics, Theology Catch-Ups and Tom Clammer’s days on prayer and worship. www.sarum.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

In honour of #iwd26 I’m sharing my short article “10 Commitments of a Feminist Theologian” alongside some of the story of the founding of the Feminist Theology Network @feministtheology.bsky.social practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2081

🎉🎉The latest FTN/Practical Theology Hub collab article is out! 🎉🎉 This time, Jaimee van Gemerden and Jess Hall discuss 'Leaky Bodies: Uses and Abuses of Vulnerability in Feminist Methodologies' practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2119

The @feministtheology.bsky.social collaborated with @practicaltheology.bsky.social Hub for a series of articles and mine is out today: practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2081 #feminist #theology #iwd26

The latest of our Practical Theology collab articles is out now! This one is by the awesome @karenod.bsky.social so you know you need to read it. It's genuinely fabulous and also outlines a bit of how the FTN came to be, a tweet from a sun lounger and here we are: practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2081

The Journal of the European Society of Women in Theological Research Vol. 33 - Disability, Feminist Theologies and Gender Studies, is open access (for download) now.

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS! 🚨📖 Cover, pre-ordering, and a video! I’m really excited to announce a few things to do with my edited volume ‘For Nothing is Hidden: Masculinities and Trauma in Church and Theology’ being released with SCM Press in June 2026! Read on...

I wrote a book! (Yes, this often happens to me.) And yes, it's the pink stripe in the rainbow flag when you stack them right. It's out Tuesday and I start doing events on Monday with the most amazing people. List here and more below: www.rebeccasolnit.net/events1.html

I’ve seen an influx of new followers. I will randomly select three winners from those who have followed me on socials or subscribed on Substack since last Wed through this Wed, in a drawing for a signed paperback copy of Disobedient Women. If you need it, my Substack is sarahstankorb.substack.com.

Vast evangelical networks claim this Bible verse exempt women from preaching & leading in the church. For the many who say, "it's biblical",...."from Genesis to Revelation, women were anything but silent!"- Mimi Haddad, President of Christians for Biblical Equality

Whoop whoop🎉🎉Another FTN member has been published as part of our collab with the Practical Theology Hub. Michaela Novak's 'The Blessed Virgin, the Theotokos: The Bodily Autonomy of Women and a Post-Christian World' can be found here: practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2093

We have a February extra for you, just because we got enthusiastic... See you on Wednesday! If you aren't on our mailing list, see feministtheologynetwork.org for details.

Inspired by @revdphilippa.bsky.social my first book finished this year is God didn’t make us to Hate us by Rev Lizzie McManus-Dail. Read with the @feministtheology.bsky.social book group from Advent to Candlemas. Excellent inclusive bite sized Bible reflections and reworkings of prayers.

Thank you to the wonderful McManus-Dail for this evening. The excitement was justified 💖

It's tomorrow!!!!! Not that everyone who has been reading the book over advent is excited or anything...

A little while ago we announced a joint project with Practical Theology Hub. The first article has been released into the wild! Silence and Survival: Re-Reading Bathsheba Through Womanist and Feminist Lenses Anne Marie Foster practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2057 (ALT text in the first reply box)

Last one from me today, promise. We have been asked to post our upcoming events calendar on here, so your wish is my command... To quote the Lego Movie, "Everything is awesome..." - I genuinely can't pick my favourite, so just come to everything!

Back by popular demand, the FTN SUAW Writing Room will be back up and running from Monday.

And the countdown is on... FTN expert panel on publishing is next week, so add Tuesday night to your diary.

So there is no FTN advent calendar this year because we are doing an advent read instead - the reading plan begins on Sunday for "God Didn't Make Us to Hate Us". It got me thinking - let's promote our members new/recently published work during the next month especially. Need you to send it first!

So it "finally" arrived through my door. I am actually really proud of this chapter, purely because I wanted to open up on the fact that experience changes exegetes (even if we like to pretend it doesn't). Thank you @davidbolt13.bsky.social for giving me a soap box to stand on!

Join us for this advent study. I read Rev. Lizzie's devotionals during Lent. They're beautifully liberating 🥰

I have often seen masculinity, conventional version, as a constant renunciation, in return for corrosive power. All the things you're not allowed to like, enjoy, do, say, wear, but (metaphorically speaking) this straitjacket comes with a gun.

IT'S TOMORROW!!!!! Ok, so I know I shouted, but it's going to be so awesome that I thought you'd want me to get your attention...

FTN advent reading group! Asynchronous, i.e. whenever in the day/week you like, so we can join together over different time zones without me messing up the clock... Totally shouting out to our members across the various oceans 😊

I’m honoured to be a guest on the fantastic Dr Selina Stone’s #podcast ‘Sunday School for Misfits’ this week. This season of the podcast is on power, and we had a lot to talk about when it comes to #disability, #neurodivergence and power in churches and #theology. open.spotify.com/episode/3DM2...

Next up on the FTN calendar... yes, we know we are spoiling you with such excellent speakers: this week it was Dr Holly Morse and next month we have Dr Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones. Make sure Wednesday 19th November goes in your diary!

For our Australian members close to Melbourne BUT there are online options too for international folks who are further away (or in different time zones...): events.humanitix.com/to-listen-an...

The FTN is saddened to learn of the death of Phyllis Trible - one of the great pioneers of work in feminist theology. She will be greatly missed, but her indelible influence lives on. "May she rest in peace and glory." For Phyllis Trible's Union obituary, see: myunion.utsnyc.edu/emailviewonw...

Karen's excellent book, The Dark Womb Re-Conceiving Theology through Reproductive Loss, is available to order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033... #babylossawarenessweek #babyloss #theology

I think this is good news. Ymmv, but in my limited dealings with +Sarah I have found her to be thoughtful, faithful and very deeply human. Not perfect, of course. But we could do much worse. And guess what? Turns out "you can't appoint a woman, it'll be too divisive" is sexist nonsense, as always.

Since we have just edged into October, time to get excited for our next FTN event...