Faith and Feminism

Reclaiming Feminism for Christianity

Christ Against Empire 12/02/2025

Christ Against Empire What does it mean to say Jesus was anti-empire—and why does it matter now? Rev. Gerlyn Henry joins us for a powerful conversation about Christ’s resistance to oppressive systems, the revolutionary nature of his message, and how the church today can reclaim Jesus’s call to disrupt injustice and imagine a new world. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39243210

The Crisis We Can’t Ignore: Black Maternal Health in America 11/25/2025

The Crisis We Can’t Ignore: Black Maternal Health in America Black mothers carry the sacred work of bringing life into the world, yet they face disproportionate danger in pregnancy and childbirth. In this episode with Cessilye Smith of Abide Women's Health Services, we confront the Black maternal health crisis through a theological lens, naming how racism and medical neglect violate the dignity of those made in God’s image. We explore what scripture, justice, and faith demand of us—and how communities can take faithful action to ensure Black mothers and babies can flourish. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39151375

Creating Healing Narratives from Pain 11/18/2025

Creating Healing Narratives from Pain GG Renee Hill talks to us about the transformative practice of creative self-discovery through storytelling -- treating our life experiences as creative material that we have the power to shape. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39081825

What Medieval Women Knew About God (That We Forgot) 11/11/2025

What Medieval Women Knew About God (That We Forgot) Grace Hamman explores the surprising spiritual wisdom of medieval Christian women, revealing how figures like Hildegard of Bingen and Catherine of Siena embodied authority, love, and leadership in complex ways often lost to modern history. Drawing on their insights, we reclaim forgotten virtues—seeing love as multifaceted, anger as a tool for justice, sloth as resistance to love, and meekness as the true strength of self-control. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38997125

Liturgies for Resisting Empire 11/04/2025

Liturgies for Resisting Empire What does true belonging look like when the society you live in is not something you want to "belong" to? In Liturgies for Resisting Empire, Cuban American theologian and writer Kat Armas provides a roadmap for Christians seeking a countercultural way of living that prioritizes community and humanity over dominance and power. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38907910

Make Christianity Un-Authoritarian Again 10/28/2025

Make Christianity Un-Authoritarian Again “This is not the first end of the world. Many worlds have ended.” In an era of political polarization, eroding democratic norms, and rising authoritarianism, many Christians find themselves disoriented, wondering how their faith should inform myriad daily decisions. Drawing upon both scholarship of Nazi Germany and pastoral wisdom, theologian Hanna Reichel offers a timely resource for believers seeking spiritual grounding amid societal upheaval. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38807585

For the Love of Women 10/21/2025

For the Love of Women Dorothy Littell Greco talks to us about in-depth research, interviews, biblical concepts, and vulnerable personal experience to explore how misogyny continues to impact six spheres of contemporary culture: healthcare, government, the workplace, media and entertainment, the church, and intimate relationships /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38725405

The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families 10/14/2025

The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families Christian parents want to raise godly children, but what happens when popular biblical parenting methods cause more harm than good? The Myth of Good Christian Parenting exposes how the Christian parenting industry has sold families false promises for five decades, leaving a trail of religious trauma, damaged relationships, and lost faith in its wake. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38581835

Healing From Complex Shame 10/07/2025

Healing From Complex Shame Dr. Zoe Shaw guides us through healing from complex shame. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38496840

Justice of Jesus 09/30/2025

Justice of Jesus Joash Thomas and I go way back, nearly a decade, and today he is on the podcast talking to us about his new book "The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church's Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness" /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38413455

Hell Bent with Brian Recker 09/22/2025

Hell Bent with Brian Recker On today's podcast with Brian Recker, he shares about his new book Hell Bent (coming out next week) about how a theology of hell has bent Christianity into a religion of fear and control, and how this doesn't come close to what he thinks Christ envisioned for the Church. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38312325

Missionary Kids and White Evangelicalism 09/16/2025

Missionary Kids and White Evangelicalism What do we learn about white evangelicalism from those raised by its heroes? From historian Holly Berkley Fletcher, herself a missionary kid, comes this first-of-its-kind examination of how the experiences of missionary kids illuminate broader currents in American Christianity. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/38224890

Permission to Matter 09/09/2025

Permission to Matter The Church has long been concerned about the spiritual journey for men, neglecting women and the journey might look for them. Bekah Stewart challenges this longstanding tradition to show the way for women. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/37864190

Holy Hurt 09/02/2025

Holy Hurt In Holy Hurt, award-winning clinical psychologist Hillary L. McBride delivers a profound message: spiritual trauma is real, widespread, and has far-reaching consequences. More importantly, she provides hope and practical guidance for those seeking healing from religious trauma and spiritual abuse. note* in this podcast I say Calvin woke his confessor multiple times a night, it was actually Luther, I've updated this in the audio! /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/37865410

Doug Wilson is Grooming Children 08/26/2025

Doug Wilson is Grooming Children Doug Wilson recently made headlines as the man whose church members want to take away women's right to vote, Pete Hegseth goes to his church. But what we know from the brief interview going viral is just the tip of the iceberg. Margaret of Deconstruction Doulas explains why. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/37924835

Not That Wheel Jesus 08/19/2025

Not That Wheel Jesus Mary Katherine Backstrom talks to us about what happens when we are forced to reconsider the beliefs, assumptions, and stories that have always steered our course. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/37863385

Mother, Creature, Kin 07/22/2025

Mother, Creature, Kin What can other-than-human creatures teach us about mothering, belonging, caregiving, loss, and resiliency? Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder answers these questions in a quest to learn how to mother in incredibly challenging times. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/37480105

Preventing Abuse and Fostering Healing in the Church 07/14/2025

Preventing Abuse and Fostering Healing in the Church Christians are called to care for the vulnerable, but churches have not always led the way in becoming places safe from abuse. Increasingly, organizations and churches are recognizing the importance of the field of safeguarding: training and equipping people to prevent abuse, act when abuse happens, and promote healing for survivors. Taylor Patterson talks to us about how to safeguard the church from abuse and how to heal when it happens. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/37403965

Becoming the Pastor's Wife 06/24/2025

Becoming the Pastor's Wife In the New York Times Bestselling "Becoming the Pastor's Wife", Beth Allison Barr draws on her academic expertise to trace the history of the role of the pastor's wife, showing how it both helped and hurt women in conservative Protestant traditions. While they gained an important leadership role, it came at a deep cost: losing independent church leadership opportunities that existed throughout most of church history and strengthening a gender hierarchy that prioritized male careers. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36973255

Daughters of Palestine 06/17/2025

Daughters of Palestine Leyla King shares her family's story of survival as her ancestors flee war and poverty. From Haifa to Ramallah, Damascus, Beirut, and finally Texas, Leyla makes global politics deeply personal as family squabbles, ambition, mental illness, romance, and religion shape their immigrant journey. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36973205

Her Son Died From Subtance Use Disorder, Now She is Fighting to Change the Way We Treat the Disease 05/26/2025

Her Son Died From Subtance Use Disorder, Now She is Fighting to Change the Way We Treat the Disease Jane Clair's journey into advocacy began after losing her son Asa to substance use disorder, which led her to rethink addiction, drug policy, and how we can better support families. She is determined to prevent other families from experiencing the same devastation and is passionate in advocating for approaches to addiction that reduce harm and save lives. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36720515

Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice 05/06/2025

Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice Two of the world's greatest crises, systemic racism and environmental destruction, share the same origin story. The two are rooted in economic forces that exploit and oppress both people and land. Pastor David Swanson shows how we have failed our God-given duty as caretakers of creation and how that failure has resulted in the exploitation of people and the extraction of natural resources. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36454060

How an Ancient Saint Shows Us How to Resist Today 04/29/2025

How an Ancient Saint Shows Us How to Resist Today She was known as a whore and a saint. On today's episode, Amy Frykholm talks to us about the elusive Saint Mary of Egypt, and how she can teach women to reclaim their autonomy today. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36356385

The radicalization of young white men in America. 04/22/2025

The radicalization of young white men in America. 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. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36262235

Saving Face: Finding My Self, God, and One Another Outside a Defaced Church 04/15/2025

Saving Face: Finding My Self, God, and One Another Outside a Defaced Church 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. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36151735

Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health 04/08/2025

Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health 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. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/36051050

Can play save us? 04/01/2025

Can play save us? 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. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/35854700

Safe Church 03/25/2025

Safe Church 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 /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/35837585

Fundamentalists Played the Long-Game, This is How We Fight Back. 03/18/2025

Fundamentalists Played the Long-Game, This is How We Fight Back. 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. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/35671125

A Lenten Look into the Radical Life of Mary Magdalene 03/11/2025

A Lenten Look into the Radical Life of Mary Magdalene Chelsea Kim Long talks to us about the radical role Mary Magdalene played for Christ during Holy Week. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/35605905

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