In a blog entry for the Washington Post, Mathew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, explores the intersection between Catholicism and feminism by telling a story about an Indian woman named Rashmi, who he met more than 20 years ago.
"Rashmi’s own understanding of her identity as a woman and a Catholic was shaped by her own cultural and social context,” writes Schmalz. “If we see gender as a factor that shapes discourse about what it means to be Catholic, then we also have to be sensitive to the influence of class, race, and ethnicity."
This “Holy Cross in the News” item by Cristal Steuer.
