Kate Ott
Biographic Data
| ID | 6340646 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Ott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Ott |
| SIGNATURE | OTT K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drew University |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-8208-3480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Methodological Contributions of Epistemic Insight in Disrupting the US Christian Abortion Imaginary
The Abortion & Religion study has collected over 200 personal narratives of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women having abortions in the United States in the midst of an increasingly hostile and stigmatizing sociopolitical climate. Rooted in feminist theoretical claims about the epistemological value of situated knowledge, the Abortion & Religion study seeks to center the voices and experiences of people having abortions as a corrective to dominan…
The Parables Ethic
Dystopian predictions pervade popular culture as humanity tries to make meaning of climate catastrophe, novel pandemics, and political instability. Young people, labeled “faith unbundled,” increasingly turn away from exclusivist religious visions. Following womanist ethics’ use of fiction with attention to queer and childist commitments, I turn to the Parables series by Black, female science/speculative fiction author Octavia Butler to uncover co…
It’s Not About Marriage
Becoming a Christian Sexuality Educator
Holistic sexuality education is needed in churches and seminaries to promote sexual inclusion and flourishing as well as combat sexual violence and trauma. The scholarly and pedagogical resources exist to do this work; we need an ethical commitment to integrate them across the curriculum
Taking Children’s Moral Lives Seriously
Core Christian ethics concepts are affected by assumptions related to the primary subject or moral agent and the social context in which moral encounters take place. This article asks: Are children full moral agents? If so, what can Christian ethics, which predominantly focuses on adult subjects, learn from a focus on children? A small group of Christian ethicists has asked this very question in conversation with psychologists, child development …
Social Media and Feminist Values
For a Graduate Student, Parenting Is Political
For a Graduate Student, Parenting Is Political Kate Ott (bio) At the time of the "Got Life?" panel, I was a PhD student on the academic job market and the American Academy of Religion (AAR) conference is the place for interviews. I had to attend the AAR. Doing so meant that as a parent, I would lose an entire week with my children. How is that possible? I asked. With full-time day care, I calculated that I have forty-five "awake hours" per week w…
For a Graduate Student, Parenting Is Political
For a Graduate Student, Parenting Is Political Kate Ott (bio) At the time of the "Got Life?" panel, I was a PhD student on the academic job market and the American Academy of Religion (AAR) conference is the place for interviews. I had to attend the AAR. Doing so meant that as a parent, I would lose an entire week with my children. How is that possible? I asked. With full-time day care, I calculated that I have forty-five "awake hours" per week w…
Social Media and Feminist Values
Taking Children’s Moral Lives Seriously
Core Christian ethics concepts are affected by assumptions related to the primary subject or moral agent and the social context in which moral encounters take place. This article asks: Are children full moral agents? If so, what can Christian ethics, which predominantly focuses on adult subjects, learn from a focus on children? A small group of Christian ethicists has asked this very question in conversation with psychologists, child development …
Becoming a Christian Sexuality Educator
Holistic sexuality education is needed in churches and seminaries to promote sexual inclusion and flourishing as well as combat sexual violence and trauma. The scholarly and pedagogical resources exist to do this work; we need an ethical commitment to integrate them across the curriculum
The Parables Ethic
Dystopian predictions pervade popular culture as humanity tries to make meaning of climate catastrophe, novel pandemics, and political instability. Young people, labeled “faith unbundled,” increasingly turn away from exclusivist religious visions. Following womanist ethics’ use of fiction with attention to queer and childist commitments, I turn to the Parables series by Black, female science/speculative fiction author Octavia Butler to uncover co…
It’s Not About Marriage
Methodological Contributions of Epistemic Insight in Disrupting the US Christian Abortion Imaginary
The Abortion & Religion study has collected over 200 personal narratives of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women having abortions in the United States in the midst of an increasingly hostile and stigmatizing sociopolitical climate. Rooted in feminist theoretical claims about the epistemological value of situated knowledge, the Abortion & Religion study seeks to center the voices and experiences of people having abortions as a corrective to dominan…
Sociology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work)