The UNM Feminist Research Institute and
The Religious Studies Program

Present
A Forum on Women and Spirituality:
Contemporary Lives and Challenges

April 24/25, 2007

Tuesday, April 24
7:00
Continuing Education Auditorium, UNM
Keynote Address by Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether
“The Feminist Soul Journey to Transformation”

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
10:00 to 4:00
Spirit/Trailblazer Room
Student Union Building, UNM

10:00-10:15: Welcome
Dr. Anita Obermeier, Director of the Feminist Research Institute
Dr. Richard Wood, Director of Religious Studies
Dr. Vera Norwood, Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences

10:15-11:45: Traditional Spirituality for the Modern World
Moderator: Dr. Cindy Geppert, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, and Associate Director of
Religious Studies
Rev. Anita Amstutz, Albuquerque Mennonite Church
Elena Avila, MSN, RN, Curandera
Wardene M. Crowley, MA, Adjunct Instructor, Religious Studies Program, UNM,
Communication Instructor, CNM
Rabbi Min Kantrowitz, Director of the Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program

12:00-1:00: Lunch Break

1:00-2:15: Spirituality in the Feminist Movement
Moderator: Dr. Liz Hutchison, Associate Professor of History
Rev. Patricia L. Holman, Senior Pastor, St. Paul Lutheran Church
Emira Ibrahimpasic, PhD Student, Anthropology
Rev. Dr. Michelle Tatlock, Minister of Pastoral Care and Counseling at Monte Vista Christian
Church and Chaplain at Heart Hospital of New Mexico
Bhavana Upadhyaya, PhD Student, Journalism and Communication

2:30-3:45: Spirituality and Political Change in the Environmental and Peace Movements
Moderator: Dr. Lisa Gerber, Lecturer III, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Anne Avellone, M.Div., M.S.W., Director, Office of Social Justice, Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Judy Bierbaum, Clinical Therapist
Mariam Hillman Campos-Marquetti, Co-Producer of Islamic Forum of New Mexico
Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Founding Director of the Center for Action and Contemplation

3:45-4:00 Response by Dr. Ruether

4:00 Closing Comments by Anita Obermeier and Richard Wood

Pre-registration not required.

This program is free, open to the public
and co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences

For more information, please contact
Dr. Anita Obermeier, Director of the Feminist Research Institute,
at femresin@unm.edu or 505 277-1198 or
Dr. Richard Wood, Director of Religious Studies, at rlwood@unm,edu or 505 277-4009

UNM’s Continuing Education Auditorium is lcoated at University Boulevard, just north of
Indian School (about a half mile north of the main campus). Plenty of parking available:
http://dce.unm.edu/Conf_Center/Rental/Location/?menu_item_ID=323

The SUB is located on the main campus; the best parking opportunities are in the Cornell
Parking Structure: http://pats.unm.edu/visitors.cfm