booking
The Rev. Dr. Peters is open to speaking and preaching invitations on matters of abortion and reproductive justice, solidarity ethics, the ethics of capitalism and globalization, and other social justice topics in the Christian tradition.
An overview of the talks, workshops, and sermons she offers is available below. You can also check out her public sermons and lectures here.
To book Rev. Dr. Peters for a talk, workshop, or sermon, please use the form below.
talks & workshops
Talks usually run 45-50 minutes and workshops 2-3 hours,
though each can be tailored for specific audiences.
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This is an introductory primer that explains how the current cultural context is shaped by a justification framework that requires women to “justify” their abortion decisions and how this frame reflects misogynist and patriarchal interpretations of Christianity. It outlines how a new frame of reproductive justice offers a healthy and transformative pathway toward supporting pregnant people and families through a wide range of social justice issues that are necessary to support healthy and thriving people and their families.
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This is focused on thinking about how congregations can get more deeply involved in promoting new theologies that affirm and support pregnant people and their dignity as well as challenging congregations to think beyond abortion to the broader justice needs of pregnant people and their families and how to get involved in public support for reproductive dignity.
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This work focuses on dismantling the negative stereotypes that prevail in our culture about abortion and the people who have them. It focuses on educating communities about reproductive health, rights, and justice so they are prepared for engaging in advocacy, political work, education, and moral and social support for pregnant people and their families in their communities.
sermons
“I love to be with faith communities who are open to thinking, learning, and questioning how God is calling Christians to work for justice in these perilous times.”
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Grounded in rereading 1 Timothy (I permit no woman to preach or teach) and the Garden of Eden narrative to discuss the history of misogyny that pervades Christianity (and our culture) and that serves as a context for understanding abortion legislation, it focuses on hermeneutics and invites people to engage in reimagining how we might interpret the garden story in ways that encourage us to trust women as moral agents who reflect the imago Dei.
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Centering Micah 6:8 and the Sermon on the Mount to prompt us to think about the radicality of Jesus’ message that upends cultural expectations, linking that to the findings of my current research in the Abortion & Religion project which also upends cultural expectations about women who have abortions by showing that these women are thoughtful, compassionate, and caring people who make decisions to end pregnancies out of hesed (loving kindness). I end by offering that if Jesus were preaching the sermon on the mount today, he might offer a new beatitude: “Blessed are those who end pregnancies, for they will be known for their loving kindness.”
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Focuses on challenging and transforming the three imaginaries that shape the conversation about abortion in our culture today – that the Bible says abortion is a sin; that people of faith are against abortion; and that women who have abortions are bad. I reclaims Ps 139 as a positive vision in support of reproductive justice and invite the congregation to embrace theologies of reproductive dignity, justice, and love.
