Faith and Feminism

Chelsea Kim Long talks to us about the radical role Mary Magdalene played for Christ during Holy Week.

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.

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.

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.

Khristi Laurens Adams introduces a new branch of theological thought Adams calls womanish , as a play on the womanist tradition (the theology of Black womanhood).  This episode was slated to be released in August, but got pushed back to be release in Black History Month (February) so it is a little dated.

Marla Taviano, of  White Girl Learning  and author of poetry books  Unbelieve  and more, talks with me about how to resist Trump in a new era without losing our minds. Explicit language warning.

Many of those who deconstruct and leave the Church are said to "follow Jesus right out the door." On today's podcast with Scot McKnight and Tommy Phillips we discuss why those who leave the church do, and how churches can listen to their critiques.

We are living in an era of climate collapse. We feel it in small ways: when the snow falls less or the cherry blossoms bloom too early. And in large ways: when our streets flood and entire towns burn to the ground. Lydia Wylie-Kellermann helps us walk forward.

Liz Charlotte Grant and I talk about the things you didn't know about Genesis and her new book Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis after Losing Faith in the Bible.

I was hopeful we would be celebrating the election of our first woman president, instead, we are grieving the election of a fascist. I am devastated and this podcast with Rev. Elizabeth Riley on rage prayers seems a way forward.

Dr. Miranda Zapor Cruz guides us in forming a vision of citizenship that brings Christian convictions into political engagement while avoiding common pitfalls.

Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski, founder of Re:Masculine, talks to us about the growing political gender gap between young men and women.

Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski, founder of Re:Masculine, talks to us about the growing political gender gap between young men and women.

In  The Mary We Forgot , award-winning church historian and theologian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and history to reveal the real Mary Magdalene: the first apostle of the good news and a model of discipleship for both men and women today.

Drawing on historical and psychological research, her own personal experience, and therapy case studies, Dr. Camden Morgante tackles what comes next in reclaiming our sexuality from the harmful teachings so many evangelical Christians grew up believing.

Dr. Nicole Bedera reveals the profound failures of the Title IX system and identifies concrete, surprisingly simple steps we can take to protect students. This is an extra-long episode, promise it's worth it.  

Pastor Caleb Campbell has watched as Christian nationalism has taken over large swaths of the United States and he's showing us the only way he knows to move forward in today's episode.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture, and I are back deconstructing harmful Evangelical Narratives. Today, we are covering "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and how it relates to our current political moment.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture, and I are back deconstructing harmful Evangelical Narratives. Today, we are covering "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and how it relates to our current political moment.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture, and I are back deconstructing harmful Evangelical Narratives. Today, we are covering "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and how it relates to our current political moment.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I are back deconstructing harmful Evangelical Narratives. Today, we are covering "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and how it relates to our current political moment.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I are back deconstructing harmful Evangelical Narratives. Today, we are covering "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and how it relates to our current political moment.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I are back deconstructing harmful Evangelical Narratives. Today, we are covering "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss and how it relates to our current political moment.

In today's episode, journalist Bekah McNeel analyzes the narratives surrounding six hot-button issues—immigration, COVID, abortion, critical race theory, gun violence, and climate change. For each topic, she exposes how "us versus them" thinking leads us to turn a blind eye to injustice. She also offers an alternative perspective on each issue, based on a sensitive reading of the gospel. 

In Consent,  Donna Freitas delivers a forensic examination of the years she spent stalked by her professor, and uses her nightmarish experience to examine the ways in which we stigmatize, debate, and attempt to understand consent today.