Re-Imagining Collection, 1993-2016

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Summary

Abstract:
Re-Imagining is an ecumenical, radical, Christian movement focused on creating ways of understanding Womanist, Feminist, Mujerista, and Asian Feminist theologies, and opening spaces for dialogue with the church, diverse religious communities, and the world. Eighty-two audio files comprise an oral history project by Sherry E. Jordon with 73 participants in the Re-Imagining conferences, including the first gathering in 1993, Re-Imagining: A Global Theological Conference By Women: For Men and Women. Additionally, 127 mp3 files and 79 audiocassettes comprising Re-Imagining conference sessions and rituals from gatherings in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2000, as well as three linear feet of papers documenting Jordon's work with Re-Imagining.
Extent:
3 Linear Feet (Two boxes of audio cassettes, one box of papers.)
5.7 Gigabytes (MP3 audio files, electronic text files)
Language:
English
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11352

Background

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Re-Imagining is an ecumenical, radical, Christian movement focused on creating ways of understanding Womanist, Feminist, Mujerista, and Asian Feminist theologies, and opening spaces for dialogue with the church, diverse religious communities, and the world. Eighty-two audio files comprise an oral history project by Sherry E. Jordon with 72 participants in the Re-Imagining conferences, including the first gathering in 1993, Re-Imagining: A Global Theological Conference By Women: For Men and Women. Additionally, 127 mp3 files and 79 audiocassettes comprising Re-Imagining conference sessions and rituals from gatherings in 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2000, as well as papers documenting Jordon's work with Re-Imagining. Interviewees and speakers include Martha O. Adams, Jann Aldredge-Clanton, Gail Allan, Elizabeth Andrew, Diana Butler Bass, Mary Farrell Bednarowski, Elizabeth Bettenhausen, Nadean Bishop, Kathy Black, Donna Blackstock, Steven Blons, Robert Brinkley, Rita Nakashima Brock, John M. Buchanan, Nancy Chinn, Faye Christensen, Hyun Kyung Chung, Susan Cole, J. Ann Craig, Susan Halcomb Craig, Kathy Deacon-Weber, Sister Holy Spirit DeSouza, Heather Murray Elkins, Sara M. Evans, Marylee Fithian, Mary Gates, Marchelle Hallman, Susan Hames, Robin Henry, Maren Hinderlie, José Hobday, Mary E. Hunt, Pamela Carter Joern, Sally Howell Johnson, Katie Johnson, Barbara Anne Keely, Betty Kersting, Judith Allen Kim, Annie Wu King, Rebecca Lynn Kiser, Mary Kuhns, Pui-lan Kwok, Barbara Lund, Barbara K. Lundblad, Mary Ann Weese Lundy, Katherine Austin Mahle, Eily Marlow, Joan M. Martin, Mary Kaye Medinger, Joyce Ann Mercer, Virginia R. Mollenkott, Melanie S. Morrison, Susan Morrison, Mary Clark Moschella, Vivian Jenkins Nelsen, Randy Nelson, Christie Neuger, John Niles, Manley Olson, Ofelia Ortega, Doris Pagelkopf, Rebecca Todd Peters, Virginia Pharr, Joy Mincey Powell, Mary Preus, Anne Primavesi, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Jo Ringgenberg, Mary Kay Sauter, Jeanyne B. Slettom, Jerie Smith, Joyce D. Sohl, Hilda Spann, Allison Stokes, John Strausz-Clement, Judith Strausz-Clement, Sue Swanson, Hal Taussig, Margaret Thomas, Rebecca Tollefson, Carmen Valenzuela, Johanna W.H. Van Wijk-Bos, Emily Wigger, Delores S. Williams, Eugenia Williams, Lois Wilson, and Miriam Therese Winter.

Biographical / historical:

Re-Imagining: A Global Theological Conference By Women: For Men and Women, was organized by Mary Ann Lundy (Director of the Presbyterian Church USA's Women's Unit), Sally Hill, and other mainline protestant leaders in the United States, to be part of the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Decade: Churches in Solidarity with Women 1988–1998. The 2,200 attendees, met at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 4 to 7, 1993, participating in presentations and rituals re-imagining male-centric images and language of traditional Christianity.

Dr. Sherry Jordon was awarded her Ph.D in Theology from Yale in 1995 and is currently Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas. She specializes in historical theology, particularly the Reformation period, and Women's Studies. Jordon served on the Coordinating Council of the Re-Imagining Community from 1998-2003, spoke at the 2003 Re-Imagining Gathering, and wrote an essay on feminist theology for Bless Sophia: Worship, Liturgy, and Ritual of the Re-Imagining Community. As part of her current research on the history and theology of Re-Imagining, she completed sixty-five oral interviews with members of the Re-Imagining Community, leading feminist and womanist theologians who presented at the conferences, people who were on the national staff of the women's units in the Presbyterian (USA) and United Methodist churches, and authors who have written books related to Christian feminism and/or Re-Imagining.

Acquisition information:
The Re-Imagining Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2016.
Processing information:

Processed by Craig Breaden, April, 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0317

Arrangement:

Oral histories arranged alphabetically, conference materials arranged chronologically.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Feminist theology
Re-Imagining Conference (1993 : Minneapolis, Minn.)
Ecumenical Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (Program)
Names:
Andrew, Elizabeth, 1969-
Bass, Diana Butler, 1959-
Bednarowski, Mary Farrell
Bettenhausen, Elizabeth
Bishop, Nadean
Black, Kathy, 1956-
Blackstock, Donna, 1942-
Blons, Steven
Brinkley, Robert
Brock, Rita Nakashima
Buchanan, John M., 1938-
Chinn, Nancy, 1940-
Christensen, Faye, 1944-
Chung, Hyun Kyung
Cole, Susan, 1945-
Craig, J. Ann
Craig, Susan Halcomb, 1941-
Deacon-Weber, Kathy, 1954-
DeSouza, Sister Holy Spirit
Elkins, Heather Murray
Evans, Sara M. (Sara Margaret), 1943-
Fithian, Marylee, 1936-
Gates, Mary, 1934-
Hallman, Marchelle
Hames, Susan, 1944-
Henry, Robin, 1952-
Hinderlie, Maren
Hobday, José
Hunt, Mary E., 1951-
Joern, Pamela Carter, 1948-
Johnson, Katie
Johnson, Sally Howell
Jordon, Sherry E. (Sherry Elaine)
Keely, Barbara Anne, 1952-
Kersting, Betty, 1936-
Kim, Judith Allen, 1946-
King, Annie Wu, 1933-
Kiser, Rebecca Lynn, 1954-
Kuhns, Mary, 1945-
Kwok, Pui-lan
Lund, Barbara, 1964-
Lundblad, Barbara K., 1944-
Lundy, Mary Ann Weese, 1933-
Mahle, Katherine Austin, 1945-
Marlow, Eily, 1975-
Martin, Joan M. (Joan Marie)
Medinger, Mary Kaye, 1946-
Mercer, Joyce Ann, 1957-
Mollenkott, Virginia R.
Morrison, Susan, 1943-
Moschella, Mary Clark
Nelsen, Vivian Jenkins
Nelson, Randy, 1941-
Niles, John, 1945-
Olson, Manley, 1936-
Pagelkopf, Doris, 1938-
Peters, Rebecca Todd
Pharr, Virginia
Powell, Joy Mincey
Preus, Mary
Primavesi, Anne, 1934-
Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-
Ringgenberg, Jo
Sauter, Mary Kay
Slettom, Jeanyne B.
Smith, Jerie
Sohl, Joyce D.
Stokes, Allison, 1942-
Strausz-Clement, John
Strausz-Clement, Judith
Swanson, Sue
Taussig, Hal
Thomas, Margaret
Tollefson, Rebecca
Valenzuela, Carmen
Van Wijk-Bos, Johanna W. H., 1940-
Wigger, Emily
Williams, Delores S.
Williams, Eugenia
Winter, Miriam Therese
Spann, Hilda
Ortega, Ofelia
Morrison, Melanie, 1949-
Adams, Martha O.
Aldredge-Clanton, Jann, 1946-
Allan, Gail, 1954-
Neuger, Christine Cozad, 1952-
Wilson, Lois

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