- The World Wide Web and You: E-mail
regrets about hitting "send."
- Resources for Christian Living: Miriam
Therese Winter on "An Alternative Eucharistic
Tradition," and some online sermons by women.
- Special Topic: Diversity
- Current Issues: War in Iraq and its
aftermath; Caring about Our Sisters around the World.
Introduction
Three points to keep in mind in using "Web Explorations
for Christian Feminists":
1. When you click on the links
below (words underlined in a contrasting color) you'll be taken
outside the EEWC site. In most cases, you can come back
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at the top of the screen. (In some cases, when you click on a link
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cases, try clicking on the X in the upper right corner of the new
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which was there the whole time, but underneath the new site's
window.)
2. Since the links take
you outside the EEWC website, the Evangelical and Ecumenical
Women's Caucus cannot be responsible for their content. The
inclusion in this column of any particular external link doesn't
necessarily mean EEWC endorses all or any of the content you may
find on that site. A listing under "Web Explorations"
only means it's a website that I think you'll find of interest.
3. All of the "Web
Explorations for Christian Feminists" columns are archived,
so be sure to visit the archives from time to time to check
out tips and links in previous columns.
April Greetings
from Letha Dawson Scanzoni, your Web Explorations guide
Dear friends,
This column has not been updated for a few months, and I'm hoping
to get us back on track with a slightly different format. Instead
of writing a conversational style column, I'm going to use a link
list format. That way, you can readily see at a glance which items
hold the most interest for you and click on those. I'll include a
description and source with each link.
I hope you like the changes. Happy spring! And happy exploring!
The World Wide Web and You
"E-mails you wish you'd never sent"
Have you ever clicked "send" on an e-mail message and
later regretted it? Maybe it went to the wrong person, or maybe
you said something you wish you hadn't said. This article
from the British Broadcasting Corporation tells the stories of
computer users who have had that experience -- and what you can do
to prevent its happening to you. (Source: BBC, February 24, 2003)
Resources for Christian Living
An alternative eucharistic tradition
Sister Miriam Therese Winter of the Medical Mission Sisters,
beloved by EEWC members for her music, her books, and her ministry
at one of our conferences, tells us about different
meanings of the word eucharist. She points out the existence
of two traditions of eucharist from the earliest times, depending
on whether it is spelled with a small "e" or a capital
"E." (Source: Call to Action-a spirituality and justice
reprint)
Online sermons (especially those by women)
You can find some fine sermons by women ministers online.
Some are accessible for listening as online audio; some make it
possible for you to both listen and watch via online video;
and others you can simply read as text. Here are some
examples of each type:
Audio Form
Trinity Episcopal
Church, Santa Barbara, CA. You can listen to sermons from
2001 to the present.
Video Form
Cathedral of Hope,
Dallas, TX (a church with a special ministry to gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender persons and their friends and
families, but which has a message for everybody). Just
click on "Sermons online." Three years of sermons are
archived. The videos have numerous visuals related to the
sermon, as well as showing the ministers as they preach
separately or in dialogue together.
Text For Reading
First Church
in Cambridge, MA (Congregational). Both recent and a long list
of archived sermons are available to be read by simply clicking
on the links.
Special Topic
Diversity
"What
to tell your child about prejudice and discrimination"
Guidelines from the Anti-Defamation League to help parents,
teachers, and other adults in helping children understand what
prejudice and discrimination are -- and the harm caused by such
attitudes. Related links are listed in the sidebar accompanying
the article. (Source: Anti-Defamation League)
Fight Hate and Promote
Tolerance
You could easily spend hours at this fascinating, informative
site. It's a Web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center,
providing material designed for teachers, parents and other
caregivers, teens, kids, and everybody else. (Source:
Tolerance.org)
Understanding
race and ethnicity
This material from an anthropology department is an excellent
source of information about the complexities involved when we try
to separate human beings into groups and categories. It's a site
that is sure to make viewers think! (Source: Palomar
College Anthropology Department web site)
Reading
the Bible from an African Perspective
An article by Musimbi Kanyoro, a Lutheran theologian from Kenya
and now General Secretary of the World
YWCA in Geneva. She has also served as a translation
consultant for the United Bible Societies. See why she is
convinced that "cultural hermeneutics is a prerequisite to
biblical hermeneutics." And read about the movement entitled,
Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, and the goals they
established in their convocation entitled, "Arise,
Daughter." (Source: The Ecumenical Review)
Current Issues
The War in Iraq and its aftermath
Faith
response to the war in Iraq
Information on humanitarian efforts, new hymns and poems regarding
war and peace, recommended Scripture, and more. (Source: Church
World Service)
National Council of Churches:
Pray for Peace
Continuing efforts to promote peace as a foreign policy.
Sojourners: Christians for
Justice and Peace
Excellent material from the Sojourners Community and Sojourners
magazine.
The
work of choosing peace
Read about what it means to actively choose peace in a world that
thinks the way to solve problems is war. (Source: The Other
Side magazine)
Talking
to children about war and violence
Helpful material for parents, teachers, caregivers, and everyone
else who cares about kids. (Source: PBS)
Caring about Our Sisters around the World
Links to news you'll want to know about, think about, and
pray about-and perhaps find ways to take action
Women's rights in
a world where women are so often abused.
(Source: Human Rights Watch, Women's Rights division)
Girls
flee genital mutilation
(Source: BBC, Feb. 7, 2003)
Women
and ½ price "blood money" reasoning in Iran
(Source: New Zealand Herald, February 15, 2003)
Controversy
over an abortion performed on a nine-year-old rape victim in
Nicaragua
(Source: BBC, March 4, 2003)
An
earlier article about the nine-year-old girl who was impregnated
by a rapist
(Source: BBC, Feb. 19, 2003)
Unwanted
Chinese baby girls found in luggage
(Source: BBC, March 22, 2003)
Are
there differences in how women and men view war?
(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, March 28, 2003)
Acid
burnings in South Asia: Women seeking justice
(Source: Seattle Times, April 6, 2003)
Afghan
women go hi-tech
(Source: CNN, April 10, 2003)
Israeli Supreme Court denies women equal access to Western
Wall
The three links below provide information on the April, 2003
decision by the Israeli Supreme Court to deny women the right of
equal access for prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The
Court reasoned that public order would be disturbed by
legitimating such access. Why? Because the sight and sound of
women praying and reading the Torah at the Wall stirs men to anger
and violence against the women. The third of the articles talks
about the blame-the-victim aspect of this decision and how a
provision in U.S. law could have a similar effect.
Profile:
Women in Israel Suffer Defeat in Supreme Court Over the Right to
Hold Public Prayer Service at the Western Wall
From National Public Radio's All Things Considered
(April 6, 2003)
"Equal
Access to Israel's Western Wall Denied"
From Women's E-News (April 19, 2003)
The
Israeli Supreme Court Denies Women The Right to Pray at the
Western Wall: A Misguided Decision Parallels the U.S.
"Fighting Words" Doctrine
From Find Law's Writ, Legal Commentary by Sherry Colb
(April 23, 2003)
That's all for this time. I hope you'll find your
explorations enjoyable and informative and will come back for the
next edition.
Your Web Explorations tour guide,
Letha Dawson Scanzoni
© 2003 Evangelical and Ecumenical
Women's Caucus
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