Faith and Feminism

Reclaiming Feminism for Christianity

The Domestic Training Ground: Control, Marriage, and the Church 02/24/2026

The Domestic Training Ground: Control, Marriage, and the Church What happens when a marriage isn't a partnership, but a proving ground for patriarchal power? In this episode, psychotherapist Bethany Jantzi (Free From Control) joins us to expose a dark reality within high-control religious circles: the idea that a wife is a "training ground" for a man’s leadership. We discuss how the domestic sphere is often used as a laboratory for men to practice "authority" and "dominion," effectively turning women’s lives into stepping stones for male ego and spiritual status. We explore the psychological toll of being a "helpmate" used for a man’s development, and how to break free from the cycle of religious grooming. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/40220650

Remedial Theology Episode 2: Josh thinks Paul is a "gender-based guy" 02/20/2026

Remedial Theology Episode 2: Josh thinks Paul is a "gender-based guy" Welcome to Remedial Theology: Mattie Mae and Meghan Take TheoBros Back 2 School. The TheoBros have been loud, confident, and very wrong—and Mattie Mae and Meghan are handing out syllabi. In this episode, we take on Josh, who argues that Paul is the most "gender-based guy ever" (whatever that means) and tries to make the point that naturally women should stay home and men should provide. Spoiler: the theology and science doesn’t hold up. Class is in session. Egos will be bruised. Homework is mandatory. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/40177525

The Purity Culture to Limerence Pipeline 02/17/2026

The Purity Culture to Limerence Pipeline In this episode, we sit down with author Amanda McCracken to explore the "purity to limerence pipeline"—where religious expectations of "the one" collide with the addictive rush of romantic obsession. We discuss how waiting for a soulmate can inadvertently prime us for a life of chronic longing rather than real connection. Join us as we deconstruct the spiritual and feminist implications of choosing fantasy over the grounded, messy reality of being known. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/40140340

Maybe God is a Midwife 02/10/2026

Maybe God is a Midwife Today's episode with Halley Kim explores the intersection of birth, power, and the Divine. Moving away from the "God in control" narrative, we dive into feminist theology, spiritual trauma, and the midwifery model of "power with." It’s time to stop waiting to be saved and start realizing that the power to bring forth new life—and a new world—has been within us all along. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/40058440

REMEDIAL THEOLOGY EP. 1: DALE THINKS WOMEN SHOULDN’T VOTE 02/05/2026

REMEDIAL THEOLOGY EP. 1: DALE THINKS WOMEN SHOULDN’T VOTE Welcome to Remedial Theology: Mattie Mae and Meghan Take TheoBros Back 2 School. The TheoBros have been loud, confident, and very wrong—and Mattie Mae and Meghan are handing out syllabi. In this episode, we take on Dale, who argues that women shouldn’t vote and tries to use the Bible to defend his position. Spoiler: the theology doesn’t hold up. Class is in session. Egos will be bruised. Homework is mandatory. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/40012940

Beyond Facts: Why MAGA Women Choose Alternate Realities 01/27/2026

Beyond Facts: Why MAGA Women Choose Alternate Realities Wellness, faith, and “just asking questions” have become gateways to extremism. In this episode, The Conspiracists author Noelle Cook breaks down why some women are being radicalized in plain sight—and why shame, facts, and debunking keep failing. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39901795

Love Your Neighbor Is a Threat: Why Empathy Undermines Christian Nationalism 01/21/2026

Love Your Neighbor Is a Threat: Why Empathy Undermines Christian Nationalism In this episode, I interview Katherine Douglass and Brittany Tausen of Love Your Neighbor about how psychology helps explain why so many churches struggle with empathy, accountability, and actual love—especially in times of political polarization and social harm. We talk about trauma, reactivity, power, and why unexamined theology often protects institutions instead of people. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39812790

When Everything Feels On Fire: Faith, Anxiety, and the Politics of the Nervous System 01/13/2026

When Everything Feels On Fire: Faith, Anxiety, and the Politics of the Nervous System In this episode, we speak with Sara Billups the author of Nervous Systems about anxiety as an embodied, collective experience shaping our bodies, churches, and politics. We explore spiritual and somatic practices that calm chronic stress and help us move toward grounded, compassionate, and faithful engagement with the world. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39716860

Christian “Charity” That Trafficked Children 01/06/2026

Christian “Charity” That Trafficked Children Explore a deep dive into adoption fraud and human trafficking with whistleblower Lauren Farrell. Learn how to identify red flags in nonprofits and churches, and understand the intersection of faith, exploitation, and the fight for justice. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39631025

Suicide and the Communion of Saints 12/09/2025

Suicide and the Communion of Saints Content warning: discussion of suicide Rhonda Mawhood Lee is a priest, spiritual director, and daughter whose mother died by suicide. She knows about complicated grief. Having grown up in a family haunted by self-inflicted death for multiple generations, Rhonda has asked and re-asked the questions for which there are no easy answers. With clarity and candor, she reflects on the unintended consequences of many traditional Christian teachings around suicide. In search of a better way, Lee turns to the communion of saints—a theologically rich concept that Christians can draw on to reframe their relationships with people who have died by suicide, and with those who are at risk of ending their own lives. /episode/index/show/faithandfeminism/id/39339540

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

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