Episode 70: Holy Disunity: How What Separates Us Can Save Us
Release Date: 02/11/2020
The radicalization of young white men in America.
Faith and Feminism
Rev. Angela Denker talks to us about the rise in radicalization among young white men in America, especially focused on the role of right-wing Christianity in the increase of religious-based hatred and violence, and how we can combat it by helping men heal.
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Saving Face: Finding My Self, God, and One Another Outside a Defaced Church
Faith and Feminism
Aimee Byrd, author or Recovering From Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, talks to us the trauma she experienced through daring to question evangelical teachings on gender, and how she is healing as she finds a way forward walking in authenticity and integrity.
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Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health
Faith and Feminism
Dr. Wylin D. Wilson talks to us about the disparity of healthcare when it comes to Black Women's bodies and how womanist theology can show us a way forward.
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Can play save us?
Faith and Feminism
Dr. Lakisha Lockhart-Rusch talks to us about the power of play, womanism, and how to survive an era when powers that be seek to erase minoritized identities.
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Safe Church
Faith and Feminism
Dr. Andrew Bauman shines a light on the pervasive nature of the sexism on the church and how to fight back. Spoiler: we need to treat it like a men's issue, not a women's issue
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Fundamentalists Played the Long-Game, This is How We Fight Back.
Faith and Feminism
Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape From Christian Patriarchy, talks to us about fundamentalists played the long-game to build the government we have now-- and more importantly a hopeful message on how to fight back.
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A Lenten Look into the Radical Life of Mary Magdalene
Faith and Feminism
Chelsea Kim Long talks to us about the radical role Mary Magdalene played for Christ during Holy Week.
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How to Make the Right Decisions in Difficult Times
Faith and Feminism
Just about every day, there is something new and urgent that needs my attention in this administration; it is easy to feel overwhelmed and apathetic. That's why this conversation with Dr. Angela Gorrell is more relevant than ever. She talks us about how to make the right decisions, even in the midst of intense difficulty.
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When Faith and Politics Bends Families to their Breaking Points
Faith and Feminism
Danielle Hensley examines the seemingly universal and growing chasm between the right and the left through the lens of a single family and within the context of the Episcopal Church, she talks to us about where she has found hope and the next right steps.
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Money, Lies, and God
Faith and Feminism
Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? Katherine Stewart talks to us about conferences of conspiracy-mongers, backroom strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, and profiles the people who want to tear it all down. Stewart analyzes the moral collapse of conservatism in America and points the way forward toward a democratic future.
info_outlineThese days, there’s no dirtier word than “divisive,” especially in religious and political circles. Claiming a controversial opinion, talking about our differences, even sharing our doubts can be seen as threatening to the goal of unity. But what if unity shouldn’t be our goal?
In Holy Disunity: How What Separates Us Can Save Us, Layton E. Williams proposes that our primary calling as humans is not to create unity but rather to seek authentic relationship with God, ourselves, one another, and the world around us. And that means actively engaging those with whom we disagree.