News Archive


Overcoming the Sexual and Religious Legacies of Slavery
Prof. Bernadette Brooten, Tikkun magazine
FEB. 7, 2013


Questioning as a Religious Discipline
Feminist Studies in Religion
Oct. 9, 2012


Prof. Anita F. Hill featured on WGBH's Basic Black Live: Are women of color left out the "women's agenda"?

MAR. 16, 2012


The Opening of Women's Studies: Constance Buchanan and Women’s Leadership

FSE Project Director Bernadette Brooten delivered "The Opening of Women's Studies: Constance Buchanan and Women's Leadership" at Harvard University, February 3, 2012.

Constance Buchanan was the Ford Foundation Program Officer under whose direction the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project first received funding from the Ford Foundation.

Hear Director Brooten speak on the Harvard Divinity School website.

Dir. Brooten with Constance Buchanan.
FSE Dir. Bernadette Brooten, Ann Braude, and
Constance Buchanan (seated). Photo: Tony Rinaldo

FEB. 3, 2012

Teleconference with Bernadette Brooten on Beyond Slavery
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER)
Notes from the teleconference.
NOV. 2011


Prof. Brooten to research early enslaved women
Susan Chaityn Lebovits, BrandeisNOW
SEPT. 21, 2011


The Maid and the Millionaire
Rep. Bobby Rush, The Huffington Post
AUG. 4, 2011


Exploring the links between slavery, sex and scripture
Barbara Howard, BrandeisNOW
OCT. 29, 2010


Roots Uprising Dance Troupe Performs Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
Slideshow


"Creating Sexual Ethics In Slavery's Shadow"
Carrie Simmons, Dialogue.
JUNE 29, 2007

FSEP Director, Bernadette Brooten, explains the relevance of past toleration of slavery for discussions of sexual morality today.


"The modern face of slavery"
Bernadette Brooten, Boston Globe.
November 19, 2006


"Scholars: Slavery's Legacy Present in Current Policies, Social Customs"
Kenneth J. Cooper, Diverse Education.
October 18, 2006

A few hundred people spent a day and a half at Brandeis University this week discussing a subject that most people generally avoid: slavery.


Beyond Slavery Conference
Slideshow
OCT. 15-16, 2006


"'Beyond Slavery' on the 'Globe at Home'" 
New England Cable News.

A conference at Brandeis University this weekend is focusing on slavery and why it still exists throughout the world. One of the speakers at the conference, Mende Nazer, tells her story.


"Slave Narratives, Then and Now"
National Public Radio.
October 05, 2006

Author David Reynolds talks about the manuscript written by former slave, Harriet Jacobs. Also, Mende Nazer tells her personal story of slavery. As a child, she was abducted from her village in Sudan.


"How our minds have changed"
Bernadette Brooten, Conscience.
March 4, 2006

Bernadette Brooten, Director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project and Professor of Christian Studies, chronicles how Catholics, both lay people and church officials, have historically viewed same-sex intimacy.


"We're all bound by slavery"
Donna Nebenzahl, The Montreal Gazette.
March 4, 2006

Bernadette Brooten, the Robert and Myra Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies, comments on the legacy of slavery.


"Intelligent Design ruling good for religious Americans"
Professors Bernadette Brooten and Marc Brettler, The Justice.
January 17, 2006

Prof. Bernadette Brooten, the Robert and Myra Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies, and Prof. Marc Brettler, the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies, comment on the controversial notion that "intelligent design" is a science.


"A confused church"
Bernadette Brooten, New York Times.
November 30, 2005

Bernadette Brooten, Director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project and Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, muses on the Vatican's scrutiny of gay men in the priesthood and its connection to the sexual abuse crisis.


"A theological debate for the ages"
Bernadette Brooten, Daily News Tribune.
April 21, 2005

Bernadette Brooten, Director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project and Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, is interviewed about her encounter with the new pope and her opinions regarding his papacy.


"Another hard-liner in charge at Vatican"
Bernadette Brooten, Boston Herald.
April 21, 2005

Bernadette Brooten, Director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project and Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, draws on her personal experience with former Cardinal Ratzinger to assess the possible implications of his reign as Pope Benedict XVI.


"Pope Benedict XVI expected to expand papal infallibility"
Bernadette Brooten, Telegram & Gazette. 
April 21, 2005

Bernadette Brooten, Director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project and Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, discusses the theological positions that the new pope has taken in the past.


Interview with Kecia Ali
National Public Radio.
February 26, 2004

Kecia Ali, Senior Research Analyst for the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project, discusses what moderate and progressive American Muslims have to say about Islam, terrorism, and democracy.


Interview with Bernadette Brooten
National Public Radio.
January 29, 2004

Bernadette Brooten, Director of the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project and Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, talks about women in the early Church.


"Lawrence Was Always About Religious Intolerance"
Bernadette Brooten, Gay and Lesbian Review.
November/December 2003


"Embrace the Wedge"
Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix.
November 21-27, 2003

Bernadette Brooten urges religious liberals to speak up for civil-marriage rights for same-sex couples in explicitly religious terms.


"The Catholic Hierarchy's Misguided Priorities"
Bernadette Brooten, Bay Windows.
August 21, 2003


Interview with Kecia Ali
National Public Radio.
August 1, 2003

Kecia Ali, Senior Research Analyst for the Feminist Sexual Ethics Project, talks about women, marriage, and religion from a Muslim standpoint.