No girls allowed? Are the world’s religions inevitably sexist?

Very early in the feminist theology movement, Carol Christ proposed names for these two points of view. In a 1977 article, she suggested that those feminists who sought to transform religion from within could be called “reformists”, while those who sought to develop a new, non-traditional feminist form of religion could be called “revolutionaries”.3 This distinction is also central to the 1979 collection WomanSpirit Rising. In their introduction to the book, Christ and coeditor Judith Plaskow wrote: While feminists agree on the general outlines of the critique of Jewish and Christian theology, … they very much disagree on the reformability of the tradition. For some, the vision of transcendence within the tradition is seen as an authentic core of revelation, pointing toward freedom from oppression, a freedom they believe is articulated more clearly and consistently within tradition than without. Others believe that the prebiblical past or modern experience provide more authentic sources for feminist vision.

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Persist in place or shift in space? Evaluating the adaptive capacity of species to climate change

Assessing the vulnerability of species to climate change serves as the basis for climate-adaptation planning and climate-smart conservation, and typically involves an evaluation of exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity (AC). AC is a species’ ability to cope with or adjust to changing climatic conditions, and is the least understood and most inconsistently applied of these three factors. We propose an attribute-based framework for evaluating the AC of species, identifying two general classes of adaptive responses: “persist in place” and “shift in space”. Persist-in-place attributes enable species to survive in situ, whereas the shift-in-space response emphasizes attributes that facilitate tracking of suitable bioclimatic conditions. We provide guidance for assessing AC attributes and demonstrate the framework's application for species with disparate life histories. Results illustrate the broad utility of this generalized framework for informing adaptation planning and guiding species conservation in a rapidly changing climate.publishedVersio

Thinking like a man? The cultures of science

Culture includes science and science includes culture, but conflicts between the two traditions persist, often seen as clashes between interpretation and knowledge. One way of highlighting this false polarity has been to explore the gendered symbolism of science. Feminism has contributed to science studies and the critical interrogation of knowledge, aware that practical knowledge and scientific understanding have never been synonymous. Persisting notions of an underlying unity to scientific endeavour have often impeded rather than fostered the useful application of knowledge. This has been particularly evident in the recent rise of molecular biology, with its delusory dream of the total conquest of disease. It is equally prominent in evolutionary psychology, with its renewed attempts to depict the fundamental basis of sex differences. Wars over science have continued to intensify over the last decade, even as our knowledge of the political, economic and ideological significance of science funding and research has become ever more apparent

Association between HIV replication and serum leptin levels: an observational study of a cohort of HIV-1-infected South African women

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Advanced HIV infection can result in lipoatrophy and wasting, even in the absence of ongoing opportunistic infections, suggesting that HIV may directly affect adipose tissue amount and distribution.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We assessed the relationship of fat (measured using anthropometry, DEXA, MRI scans) or markers related to glucose and lipid metabolism with viral load in a cross-sectional sample of 83 antiretroviral-naïve HIV-1-infected South African women. A multivariable linear model was fitted to log₁₀VL to assess the combined effect of these variables.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In addition to higher T cell activation, women with viral load greater than the population median had lower waist circumference, body mass index and subcutaneous abdominal fat, as well as lower serum leptin. We demonstrate that leptin serum levels are inversely associated with viral replication, independent of the amount of adipose tissue. This association is maintained after adjusting for multiple variables associated with disease progression (i.e., cellular activation and innate immunity effector levels).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our results demonstrate that serum leptin levels are inversely associated with viral replication, independent of disease progression: we postulate that leptin may affect viral replication.</p

CEIFR – Centre d’études interdisciplinaires des faits religieux

Régine Azria, Sabrina Mervin, chargées de recherche au CNRSSophie Nizard, maître de conférences à l’Université de Strasbourg Transmission, rituels et mémoires Dans une démarche comparative et interdisciplinaire en continuité avec le séminaire de l’année précédente, les questions relatives au temps, à la place du texte et du récit dans les pratiques rituelles, mémorielles et de transmission contemporaines, ont été au centre de notre attention. Il s’agissait notamment de mettre en évidence la p..