Episode 125: Standing Up To Pastoral Abuse
Abigail Harris and Kara Million (two listeners of the Faith and Feminism podcast) realized they were both being treated inappropriately by their pastor, but was it abuse? Was it something worth confronting? After hearing more and more stories like theirs, the two women sought to confront these inappropriate behaviors and found that in their Complementarian […]
Episode 124: Can A Woman Translate the Bible?
Bibles, historically and traditionally, have been always translated by men– some men have gone so far to write women out of the Bible (IE Junia to Junias.) What would happen if a woman translated the Bible? How would that change things? On this week’s podcast I interview Bonnie Lewis about her First-Ever Idiomatic Bible translation, Timshel.
The Atlanta Shootings: How Misogyny, Racism, and Purity Culture Created a Deadly Combination
My dear friend, Tara Teng, an Asian Christian Feminist who has worked for years with women who have been sex-trafficked, talks to us about the fetishization of Asian women, purity culture, unhealthy sexual ethics, and male entitlement that led to the murder of Asian-American women in Atlanta last night. If you, like me, was not […]
Episode 123: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth
Tiffany Bluhm talks to us about her new book “Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth, and How Everyone Can Speak Up” which releases today. About Tiffany: Tiffany Bluhm is the author of She Dreams and Never Alone and their companion Bible studies. She is cohost of the podcast Why Tho and […]
Episode 122: Reclaiming Our Sex Lives with Rachel Alba
Rachel Alba, Clinical Sexologist who holds a Masters of Theology, talks to us about our spiritual lives may mirror our sex lives– and how to reclaim our sexuality after the harmful teachings around sex taught by the conservative Church. Rachel’s website: https://www.sexwithspirit.com/about-me Links recommended by Rachel: James Fowler Stages of Faith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Fowler (he also has a […]
Episode 121: Harmful Teachings About Sex We Learn From the Church
Sheila Wray Gregoire comes on the podcast to talk to us about the new book she co-wrote called “The Great Sex Rescue” in which she surveyed over 20k women to uncover the problematic things evangelical women have been taught about sex– and how to recover. Get the book here!
Episode 120: Sheroes of the Bible
“Mom, I have a question: why are boys more important than girls? All we ever learn about in church are boys.” Lauren Nelson was saddened to hear her daughter ask that question and decided to do something about it and came up with “Sheroes of the Bible.” To get updates on Sheroes: https://gmail.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6bbb01f70799240f6969f16c5&id=bd7fadd35a Her website: […]
Episode 119: God Loves LGBTQIA+ People With Coach Yeamah
Coach Yeamah talks to us about how she made peace with her queer identity and God, and how she coaches others through the same process. Connect with Yeamah here!
Episode 117: Ruler’s Church vs People’s Church Part 1 & 2
Rose J. Percy– educator, writer, poet– talks to use about the concept of the Ruler’s Church vs the People’s Church. This is a must listen to understand how the Church can be both an institution of liberation and suppression. Links for Rose Rose’s website Rose’s main instagram Links for material mentioned in the podcast Becoming […]
Episode 116: QAnon and Christianity
Bonnie Kristian, an experienced journalist, editor, and author, talks to us about the QAnon Conspiracy theories and why your loved ones may be buying into them. For more: Bonnie’s website where you can get her book and read more articles by her. Helpful QAnon links from Bonnie: https://www.9marks.org/article/whatsoever-is-true-reflecting-on-the-growth-of-conspiracy-theories-among-christians/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yT88Zpt6AXKs5gBzxcqNI?si=daW42IlQRzqWwDdI1dNx3g (the latter half) https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/trumpism-not-terrorism/617703/ (something I wrote […]