Books
Kate works across disciplines drawing on feminist, womanist, and queer theologies, design thinking, biblical studies, ecclesiology, and theopoetics.
Discover how a lost history of ancient Israel provides a greater understanding of the Bible and can help churches deal with violent Christian pasts.
Imagine church constructed for everybody, where all are welcome and the oppressive inheritences of harmful church are transformed.
Due out November 2026!
“Not since Walter Wink has the church had an invitation and method for engaging the text like what Common offers.”
–Patrick B. Reyes, dean,
Auburn Theological Seminary
“Common’s book arrives at a propitious moment when an intractable conflict with scriptural roots cries out for new thinking. . . this is Feminist Practical Theology at its best and, God willing, just in the nick of time.”
–Mary E. Hunt, co-director,
Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics,
and Ritual (WATER)