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Tom Beaudoin is associate professor of theology at Fordham University, in the Graduate School of Religion. His latest book is Witness to Dispossession: The Vocation of a Postmodern Theologian.

In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
Those interested in theological matters related to Occupy Wall Street may also be interested in the Sacred Space at the site I have posted some pictures and other commentary here nbsp
In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
While participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests in lower Manhattan I have begun to wonder what would happen if Catholics took this model and applied it to their passion for and grievances with their own church nbsp Imagine a group of Catholics whose deep care for the future of their chur
In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
For those who are following the protests in New York City and now around the USA I have written a brief update with a few pictures nbsp here TB
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Tom Beaudoin
Tonight after the ldquo Pro-Queer Life rdquo Conference at Union Theological Seminary I have spent the evening in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan participating in the Occupy Wall Street protest that is showing surprising staying power since 17 September and gaining increasing media coverage
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Tom Beaudoin
We held the first conference in the More Than a Monologue series at Fordham University two weeks ago and videos from the conference are now available here The series continues today at Union Theological Seminary I look forward to seeing America readers there
In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
This is just a reminder for those in the greater New York City area who may be interested in attending this Friday s conference at Fordham University Learning to Listen Voices of Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church Due to heavy advance conference registration the conference is nearly full
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Tom Beaudoin
As many America readers know in the Catholic tradition the Litany of the Saints is a sung prayer of appeal to God and the saints I am most familiar with it as a chant with the cantor intoning the saint and the assembled responding hear our prayer as you can see in this video of such a litan
In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
The recent legislative endorsement of same-sex marriage here in New York and the tension between the official Catholic opposition to it and what appears to be fairly strong support for it by lay Catholics has me thinking about what it takes to do theology from non-normative if you will perspecti
In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
It is good for recognized religious insiders to perform material from their own religious tradition this is what happens at most places of worship around the world every day It is also good for those not recognizably associated with a religious identity to perform material from a religious traditi
In All Things
Tom Beaudoin
Several people have asked whether I might say a bit more about biblical scholar Avaren Ipsen s recent book Sex Working and the Bible which I began to discuss in a recent post so I will go ahead and do so here Ipsen s basic approach is to provide agency for marginalized readers of the Bible not