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Caryn Riswold

Caryn Riswold

Help Put Out the Burning City

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me…

Sep 13, 2021

Help Put Out the Burning City

Sep 13, 2021

Caryn Riswold

Guest post: The Anchor Church

I was teaching our Senior Capstone course in the Department of Religion & Philosophy at Wartburg College this winter semester when the…

Apr 16, 2020

Guest post: The Anchor Church

Apr 16, 2020

Caryn Riswold

Visit Us, Sisters: An Exorcism Litany of “Witches”

What makes a sacrament ‘real’? Does human choice matter? Do we have free will in face of transcendent sources of power? What does it mean…

Dec 6, 2018

Visit Us, Sisters: An Exorcism Litany of “Witches”

Dec 6, 2018

Caryn Riswold

Revising a Life, Resting a Manuscript

Living Revision came to me at just the wrong time for writing a thoughtful, considered and timely book review.

Oct 16, 2018

Revising a Life, Resting a Manuscript

Oct 16, 2018

Caryn Riswold

Beyond the Backstory: Reading Love Without Limits

Has there been another recent book whose backstory more perfectly proves its point? You can read about that in many other venerable…

Sep 11, 2018

Beyond the Backstory: Reading Love Without Limits

Sep 11, 2018

Caryn Riswold

My ‘Get Out’ Confession: On White Women’s Complicity

If you haven’t seen the movie Get Out, why not? If you don’t want to read details about what happens in the movie, it’s too late.

Nov 16, 2017

My ‘Get Out’ Confession: On White Women’s Complicity

Nov 16, 2017

Caryn Riswold

I Didn’t Cancel Class. I Taught Them Everything.

I didn’t cancel class. I taught my students about their community, their world, and themselves.

Nov 11, 2016

I Didn’t Cancel Class. I Taught Them Everything.

Nov 11, 2016

Caryn Riswold

(Un)Holy Interruptions: #BlackLivesMatter as Prophetic Voice

We were back in Chicago in December, full of memories from our first five years of married life spent in the city at the end of the last…

May 3, 2016

(Un)Holy Interruptions: #BlackLivesMatter as Prophetic Voice

May 3, 2016

Caryn Riswold

Stop using religion as a tool against reproductive justice

Vandalism to the Planned Parenthood clinic on South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis last month smashed more than windows. It threatened the…

Mar 16, 2016

Mar 16, 2016

Caryn Riswold

Water, Water, Everywhere: On Death, Flint & Formation

Consider images of water flooding recent news and pop culture:

Mar 3, 2016

Mar 3, 2016

Caryn Riswold

Caryn Riswold

feminist, theologian, lutheran, professor, scholar, activist, blogger, author of Feminism & Christianity, https://www.amazon.com/author/carynriswold

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