Gender & Religion in SF’s Legendary “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence”: Expert Talk | SF

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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a non-religious order of self-proclaimed “twenty-first century queer nuns” with active houses on four continents, have been unsettling both religion and gender since their first stroll through the Castro with retired nuns’ habits and a toy machine gun.

On Thursday, October 15, Dr. Melissa Wilcox will lecture on “ ‘A Sacred, Powerful Woman Housed in a Man’s Body’: Complexities of Gender and Religion in the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.” Dr. Wilcox has spent her career investigating religious and spiritual beliefs, practices, and identities in LGBTQ communities, both in the U.S. and internationally. She is Associate Professor of Religion and Gender Studies at Whitman College.

Dr. Wilcox’s talk is this year’s Harkness Lecture, presented by Pacific School of Religion’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion & Ministry. Georgia Harkness (1891-1974) was a pioneering theologian, a leading figure in the ecumenical movement, and the first woman hired to teach theology at a Christian seminary.

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