A Guide for Women in Religion, Revised Edition: Making Your Way from A to Z

220 Pages·2014·1.61 MB·English

by  Mary E. Hunt, Rebecca Alpert, Karen Baker-Fletcher, Valerie E. Dixon, Janet R. Jakobsen, Rosamond Cary Rodman, Katharina Von Kellenbach, Kecia Ali, Monique Moultrie (eds.)

A Guide for Women in Religion,
Revised Edition
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A Guide for Women in Religion,
Revised Edition
Making Your Way from A to Z
First edition edited by
Mary E. Hunt with Rebecca Alpert, Karen Baker-Fletcher,
Valerie E. Dixon, Janet R. Jakobsen, Rosamond Cary
Rodman, and Katharina Von Kellenbach
Revised edition edited by
Mary E. Hunt, Kecia Ali, and Monique Moultrie
A GUIDE FOR WOMEN IN RELIGION, REVISED EDITION
Copyright © Mary E. Hunt, Kecia Ali, and Monique Moultrie, 2004, 2014.
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With gratitude to the pioneer women in religion, and
with high hopes for the women who will follow.
Thank you to the women who are following and
making their own way as they go.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Acknowledgments for the Revised Edition xi
Editors’ Introduction to the Revised Edition 1
Introduction to the Original Guide 3
The Guide from A to Z 9
Appendix I: American Academy of Religion Sexual
Harassment Policy 179
Appendix II: American Academy of Religion Sexual Harassment
Grievance Procedure 183
Appendix III: Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
Ethics Statement 189
Appendix IV: Making Your Presentations Disability Friendly 191
Appendix V: “Be Brief, Be Witty, Be Seated” 193
Appendix VI: Writing a Successful Annual Meeting Paper Proposal 195
Resources 201
About the Editors 205
Index 207
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Acknowledgments
Scores of women too numerous to name shared their experiences as
religious studies professionals for this book. Each submission was read
and incorporated into this final product. Gratitude abounds for their
generosity and candor.
The writing committee is largely responsible for the form and con-
tent of this book. Special thanks go to readers who improved the
early draft of this book with their astute critiques and helpful addi-
tions: Laurie Wright Garry, Julie Kilmer, Rachel Magdalene, Heather
McKay, Jacqueline Pastis, Judith Plaskow, Rosetta Ross, Susanne
Scholz, Gwendolyn Zohara Simmons, Ilene Stanford, and Kerry
Wynn. Jane Webster contributed important material on topics related
to the Society of Biblical Literature. Rita Nakashima Brock added
the voice of experience on many pages. Shannon Planck brought an
American Academy of Religion perspective to bear.
Appreciation flows to Judith Plaskow and Rita Nakashima Brock’s
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession of the American
Academy of Religion. They started this process more than a decade
ago and produced the Guide to the Perplexing: A Survival Manual for
Women in Religious Studies, the forerunner to this volume. Equal grat-
itude goes to the current committee members: Rebecca Alpert, Mary
C. Churchill, Janet Jakobsen, Sarah Heaner Lancaster, Karen Pechilis,
and Gwendolyn Zohara Simmons, who saw the importance of keep-
ing the process going. Special thanks are due to the Committee Chair,
Rebecca Alpert, and to Shannon Planck, the AAR Staff Liaison, who
shepherded the early part of the process with style.
Publishing colleagues helped to direct this book to its eventual
home at Palgrave. Elizabeth Castelli, Pamela Johnson, Frank Oveis,
and Gayatri Patnaik provided invaluable expertise. Palgrave editor
Amanda Johnson offered smart ideas and effective technical assis-
tance. To all of them a grand thank you for demonstrating that femi-
nist work in religion is worth promoting.