Rape Narratives and Purity Culture in Judges 19


Dr. Alexiana Fry talks to us about the disturbing text of the raped concubine in Judges 19 and how it relates to purity and rape culture today.

Katie Cross’s Work: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334058724/feminist-trauma-theologies
Sara Moslener: https://saramoslener.com
 https://therevealer.org/white-womens-bodies-and-the-dilemma-of-purity-culture-recovery/
R Marie Griffith: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/r-marie-griffith/moral-combat/9780465094769/?lens=basic-books
Judith Lewis: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/judith-lewis-herman-md/truth-and-repair/9781541600546/?lens=basic-books
The poem Alexiana mentioned: https://www.shilohproject.blog/the-daughter-and-the-concubine-from-the-nineteenth-chapter-of-judges-consider-and-speak-their-minds-lyrae-van-clief-stefanon/
Alexiana’s website

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  1. While listening to this episode I thought, ‘well now I have to get my Ph.D and write a book titled: How white supremacist, conservative evangelical, American patriarchy is the absolute worst and what Jesus did about it:’ ??‍♀️??‍♀️??‍♀️