Tuesday, June 24, 7:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Speaker:  Mary E. Hunt, feminist theologian and co-founder and co-director of the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) in Silver Spring, Md. A Roman Catholic, she lectures and writes on theology and ethics with particular attention to liberation issues.

The topic of her speech is Feminist Religious Leadership: The New Agenda.

Women continue to provide religious leadership that improves the equality of ministry, raises the level of theological discourse, and broadens the scope of caring. But challenges abound: how to be Christian in a multi-religious world; why stay in denominations that persist in discriminating when good alternatives are available; what to do about the growing conservative power in both religions and nations?

We have learned a lot in shared struggles that will stand us in good stead as we embrace the new agenda. Let the needs of the world, not the failings of the churches, set our direction.

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