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.

This is an old episode that couldn't be more pressing today, as we face a democracy being eroded by Christian Nationalism. In this episode, Kristen Stewart makes a probing examination demands that Christian nationalism be taken seriously as a significant threat to the American republic and our democratic freedoms.

Elizabeth Felicetti disputes the idea that motherhood is the highest calling for Christian women, holding up biblical figures, monastics, reformers, civil rights figures and more. 

Diet culture permeates American society--even in our safest of places. It lurks in schools, playground conversations, medical offices, and even in our places of worship. Leslie Schilling, busts the myths around diet culture and tells us how to recover.

Dr. Verena Brown talks to us about the research on teens and porn.

Throughout these weeks leading up to Christmas, Chelsea Kim Long will guide us through a series of 4 meditations, looking at Luke chapter 1, which focuses on the months leading up to the birth of Jesus, solidifying that from the beginning of his life women played a prominent role. Find them each Friday right here on the podcast feed!

Throughout these weeks leading up to Christmas, Chelsea Kim Long will guide us through a series of 4 meditations, looking at Luke chapter 1, which focuses on the months leading up to the birth of Jesus, solidifying that from the beginning of his life women played a prominent role. Find them each Friday right here on the podcast feed!

Throughout these weeks leading up to Christmas, Chelsea Kim Long will guide us through a series of 4 meditations, looking at Luke chapter 1, which focuses on the months leading up to the birth of Jesus, solidifying that from the beginning of his life women played a prominent role. Find them each Friday right here on the podcast feed!

Throughout these weeks leading up to Christmas, Chelsea Kim Long will guide us through a series of 4 meditations, looking at Luke chapter 1, which focuses on the months leading up to the birth of Jesus, solidifying that from the beginning of his life women played a prominent role. Find them each Friday right here on the podcast feed!

You asked for it and we're back reading terrible Evangelical Relationship Books so you don't have to. After popular vote, Sarah Lacour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I go over "For Women Only" and talk about just how harmful this book is.

You asked for it and we're back reading terrible Evangelical Relationship Books so you don't have to. After popular vote, Sarah Lacour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I go over "For Women Only" and talk about just how harmful this book is.

You asked for it and we're back reading terrible Evangelical Relationship Books so you don't have to. After popular vote, Sarah Lacour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I go over "For Women Only" and talk about just how harmful this book is.

You asked for it and we're back reading terrible Evangelical Relationship Books so you don't have to. After popular vote, Sarah Lacour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I go over "For Women Only" and talk about just how harmful this book is.

Sammy Witness is a sex educator passionate about making sexual education accessible as possible, in this episode, she talks to us about p*rn literacy. You can get 10% off Sammy's classes with code FAITHFEM10. 

Parenting on its own can be extremely difficult, parenting while deconstructing can be extremely disorienting. Bekah McNeel talks to us about how to raise children in the midst of an evolving faith.  

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I talk about the importance of deconstructing Evangelical women’s books, specifically “Every Woman’s Battle.”

Parenting on its own can be extremely difficult, parenting while deconstructing can be extremely disorienting. Bekah McNeel talks to us about how to raise children in the midst of an evolving faith.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I talk about the importance of deconstructing Evangelical women’s books, specifically “Every Woman’s Battle.”

Did you know the US doesn’t protect explicitly protect women in the constitution? It’s a major reason why the US lags so far behind other wealthy countries on gender justice. Please contact your senators today to support SJ-res and finally grant women the rights they deserve. It goes to vote likely on Thursday of this week!!

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I talk about the importance of deconstructing Evangelical women’s books, specifically “Every Woman’s Battle.”

Armed with data from an all-new survey of over 7,000 women, the authors of The Great Sex Rescue reveal how experiences in church as teens affect women's self-esteem and relationships today.

Sarah LaCour of Deconstructing Purity Culture and I talk about the importance of deconstructing Evangelical women's books, specifically "Every Woman's Battle."

Brendan Kwiatkowtsi talks to us about his research that spans multiple disciplines (psychology, sociology, and education) investigating Canadian teenage boys’ emotions, masculinities, and schooling experiences. 

Many have asked so here it is, the ladies at Woman Being interview about my birth and journey into motherhood. Content warning: miscarriage, c-section, postpartum anxiety

When words fail, when we cry out in longing and loneliness, when God feels impossibly far away, Kendall talks to us about the tangible expression of God’s presence and provision for us in the form of bread.

Lindsey Sampson talks to us about exploring the divine feminine in her music and she pursues her MDIV.

Lora Smothers talks to us about why she started Joy Village School in Athens, GA to center the joy and thriving of Black youth.

A quick update as I come back from maternity leave.

When Breonna Taylor was killed, her police report was virtually blank. Feeling as if she was suffocating in the initial silence and lack of public outcry, anti-racism educator and activist Faitth Brooks wondered, “Would the world care about and remember me if I was killed?”   In Remember Me Now, Faitth grapples with the answer, charting the story of her activist grandparents and ancestors, as well as chronicling her own journey as the first-generation suburbs kid who becomes an activist and organizer herself. Part manifesto, part love letter to Black women, Remember Me Now shows us how we learn to celebrate the fullness of ourselves—a holy, defiant, and necessary move in a world determined to silence us. 

Amy Kenny, a disabled Christian, educates us on the ableism that saturates American society-- most especially the Church.

Catherine McNeil talks to us about her new book "Fearing Bravely" which is an essential read on why the fear-mongering in the Church many of us grew up with is not only not necessary, it is anti-gospel. This has been one of my favorite reads as of late and I know you will love it too.

The Rev. Ben Cremer (one of my favorite tweeters of all time) talks to us about the version of "biblical" masculinity he was taught and how it doesn't reflect Christ.

Melody Zhang, Climate Justice Campaign Coordinator at Sojourners, talks to us about the importance of pursuing climate justice, and how it's one of the best ways to love our neighbors.

Cherries don't get popped, and hymens don't tear. Today on the podcast I interview Dr. Verena Brown about the myth of physical virginity and why it is so important that we dismantle it.

Dr. Nicole Bedera talks about her research on college campuses and shows how many perpetrators of sexual violence face little to no consequences for their actions-- and some of them even use allegations to their benefit.

When a child came to Maureen Garcia and told her she was being sexually abused by her husband, her world was destroyed. Now she educates others on how to look out for abusive grooming.

In Gaslighted by God, Tiffany Brooks eloquently gives a voice to those of us who through seeking God have found ourselves in the midst of deconstruction. With in-depth Biblical study, modern-day narratives of people of faith, and an understanding of cultural evangelical conditioning, those who deconstruct will feel seen and validated, perhaps deconstruction is not the end, but the beginning of living authentically in our relationship with God

Kat Armas's Abuelita Faith tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians in society and in the Bible--mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and daughters--whose survival, strength, resistance, and persistence teach us the true power of faith and love. 

Raised in a conservative Christian family, Christina Dent never thought twice about criminalizing drugs until she met an addicted mother who made her question how our justice system handles addiction. Now she's leading people in conversation in how to best treat people with addiction-- and it's not incarceration.

Mark Charles talks to us about official church edicts that gave Christian explorers the right to claim territories they "discovered," leading to the enslavement, genocide, and dehumanization of minority communities.

Dr. Laura, co-founder of the Religious Trauma Institute, talks to us about how to heal from religious trauma.  This episode is broken into two parts, the first focuses on the problem, the second focuses on the healing.

Dr. Laura, co-founder of the Religious Trauma Institute, talks to us about how to heal from religious trauma.  This episode is broken into two parts, the first focuses on the problem, the second focuses on the healing.

Many of us grew up in purity culture, and were disappointed, angry, or afraid when we began to have sex and it wasn't as promised. In this episode, Dr. Celeste Holbrook talks about recovering from purity culture and reclaiming our sex lives

Derek Myers, half of the duo at "Your Favorite Heretics," talks us through the three Christian views of Hell. 

Katherine Stewart is an investigative reporter and author who has covered religious liberty, politics, policy, and education for over a decade. Her latest book, THE POWER WORSHIPPERS: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, is a rare look inside the machinery of the movement that brought Donald Trump to power.

Taylor Schumann, gun violence survivor, and author of "When Thoughts and Prayers Aren't Enough" talks to us about the impact of gun violence on her world-- and the US at large.

Claudia Allen, writer and international speaker passionate about faith, culture, and justice, talks to us about expanding our horizons as a faith practice and learning from the experiences of others. Also, why CRT is important for us as Christians.

Cole Arthur Riley, the creator of Black Liturgies, talks to us about the importance of implementing dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation in our faith practice.

Rose J. Percy-- educator, writer, poet-- talks to use about the concept of the Ruler's Church vs the People's Church. This is a must listen to understand how the Church can be both an institution of liberation and suppression.

Rose J. Percy-- educator, writer, poet-- talks to use about the concept of the Ruler's Church vs the People's Church. This is a must listen to understand how the Church can be both an institution of liberation and suppression. Apologies: on this episode, it appears that Rose's mic is rustling against her shirt, I've tried to edit it out, but was unsuccessful.   

Dr. Beth Allison Barr, professor of History at Baylor University, talks to us about her new book "The Making of Biblical Womanhood" and shares how gender role theology is not Biblical, it's historical.

Bonnie Kristian, an experienced journalist, editor, and author, talks to us about the QAnon Conspiracy theories and why your loved ones may be buying into them.

My dear friend, Tara Teng, an Asian Christian Feminist who has worked for years with women who have been sex-trafficked, talks to us about the fetishization of Asian women, purity culture, unhealthy sexual ethics, and male entitlement that led to the murder of Asian-American women in Atlanta last night. If you, like me, was not knowing how to process the events of last night, this episode is for you. Content Warning: Racism, violence misogyny

Keonnie Igwe, faith and policy advocate, talks to us about the Capitol Riots and what our response as a faith community should be.

TL Henness, a transracial adoptee, talks to us about her experience of realizing the trauma she inherently held as an adoptee and about the need to center adoptee's voices when discussing adoption. *note: there is some thumping on my audio track, not Tiffany's, I edited it out the best that I could but it will be evident to listeners. So sorry!

TL Henness, a transracial adoptee, talks to us about her experience of realizing the trauma she inherently held as an adoptee and about the need to center adoptee's voices when discussing adoption.

D.L. Mayfield author of "The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety, and Power" talks to us about her experience protesting in the "Wall of Moms" in Portland and the need for Church Folks to examine their own complicity in injustice.

In June 2020, I had the incredible opportunity to interview Kristin Kobes DuMez about her book "Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation." Today you get to listen to it!

Sheila Gregoire, blogger and author of several relationship and sex books, talks to us about the problematic elements of the popular evangelical book Love and Respect by Emmerson Eggerichs.

Sheila Wray Gregoire comes on the podcast to talk to us about the new book she co-wrote called "The Great Sex Rescue" in which she surveyed over 20k women to uncover the problematic things evangelical women have been taught about sex-- and how to recover.

We've all heard about "Biblical manhood." There are different iterations of it, but in our culture manhood seems to center around being a tough leader who protects and provides. But is that the kind of masculinity that Jesus demonstrated? And exactly what did God have in mind when he created men? On this episode of Faith and Feminism, I get the opportunity to interview Carolyn Custis James on her book, Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Current of a Changing World. "Biblical Manhood" as you've been taught may not be what God intended.

We've all heard about "Biblical manhood." There are different iterations of it, but in our culture manhood seems to center around being a tough leader who protects and provides. But is that the kind of masculinity that Jesus demonstrated? And exactly what did God have in mind when he created men? On this episode of Faith and Feminism, I get the opportunity to interview Carolyn Custis James on her book, Malestrom: Manhood Swept into the Current of a Changing World. "Biblical Manhood" as you've been taught may not be what God intended.

A lot of us have deconstructed the Purity movement, but we're unsure of what sex looks like now. How do we honor God, ourselves, and others in our sex lives? What is sexual immorality? And what does it look like to live sexually moral lives? We explore all this and more in today's podcast.

So many of us were raised in purity culture and taught that sex and sexuality are shameful. As some of us begin to become parents, we are wondering how exactly to navigate this area of life with our children. Dr. Sellers shares with us about her new book "Shameless Parenting" and how we can reparent ourselves, and our children, to have a healthy sexual ethic.

Dr. Tina Sellers talks about her book, "Sex, God, and the Conservative Church." In it, she reclaims a healthy sexuality for the church.

Recently there's been some news surrounding the Billy Graham Rule. Politicians, clergy, and even civil servants are claiming the rule and citing the Bible in order not to be alone with female colleagues, but does this even have a Biblical base? Today on the podcast, New Testament scholar Laura Robinson talks about the rule and whether or not it's protecting or harming women.

Amy Moses is back and answering all of your questions about your bodies and sex that you haven't been able to find answers for.

Amy Moses talks to us about all of the questions we were too afraid to ask about our bodies and sex.

Aundi Kolber, therapist and friend of mine, shares why she wrote "Try Softer" and how we can learn to be soft with ourselves in our own process of healing.

Author of Pure, Linda Kay Klein, discusses the Purity Movement: an evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women-- and how we can all break free.

Author of Pure, Linda Kay Klein, discusses the Purity Movement: an evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women-- and how we can all break free.

Zanah Thirus, documentary filmmaker, talks to us about Daughters of Eve, a documentary film that analyzes and aims to dismantle misogyny and gender hierarchy within the Christian faith. 

Dr. Susan Harris Howell talks about how men and women have been socialized differently, within the church and without. She shares fascinating research that reveals that gender differences might be more about socialization than biological disposition.

Dr. Camden Morgante talks to us about the transition into parenthood and post-partum depression.

In a society that expects us to endlessly give to our careers, our children and our partnerships, it’s easy to feel under water. Laura Danger of thatdarnchat talks to us about mental load and division of domestic labor, and how we can fight for a more equal partnership and a more just world.

Sarah LaCour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I discuss the problematic elements of the best-selling book "Captivating." Prepare yourself for a much less formal interview than normal.

Sarah* tells us the story of how John Crist began to pursue her in high school-- and why it is so problematic that Evangelical institutions continue to platform abusers.

Sarah LaCour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I discuss the problematic elements of the best-selling book "Captivating." Prepare yourself for a much less formal interview than normal.

Sarah LaCour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I discuss the problematic elements of the best-selling book "Captivating." Prepare yourself for a much less formal interview than normal.

Sarah LaCour of "Deconstructing Purity Culture" and I discuss the problematic elements of the best-selling book "Captivating." Prepare yourself for a much less formal interview than normal.

Marla Taviano and I discuss our frustration with the white evangelical response to yet another mass shooting, tensions with family, and our own deconstruction process, and end with a bit of hope on how we can act to make the world better.

Jessica Fore is a musician and anti-abuse advocate. After surviving an abusive marriage she confronted the church for its contribution to the abuse. She is currently running for District 10 in Georgia, hoping to swing a Republican district.

Hattie Thomas Whitehead is a first-descendent of the historic Athens black neighborhood 'Linnentown' that was erased in the name of urban renewal in order to expand UGA's campus. She tells the story of Linnentown and how she and a small group of seniors were able to pass the first act of reparations in the state of Georgia.

Amanda Waldron, faith deconstruction and reconstruction coach and licensed therapist, coaches us on how to deconstruct and reconstruct in a healthy way.

Erin Watts was being continually sexually harrassed by a coworker at YoungLife and when she brought it to the attention of YoungLife they told her they would take it seriously-- and did the exact opposite. Now she and a group of other women are filing a lawsuit.

In his new book, Christians Against Christianity, best-selling author and religious scholar Obery M. Hendricks Jr. challenges right-wing evangelicals on the terrain of their own religious claims, exposing the falsehoods, contradictions, and misuses of the Bible that are embedded in their rabid homophobia, their poorly veiled racism and demonizing of immigrants and Muslims, and their ungodly alliance with big business against the interests of American workers.

Dr. Leah Gunning Francis talks to us about her book "Faith and Ferguson" and how the protests after Michael Brown's murder led to the #BLM summer of 2020-- and what we can all do to promote racial equity where we are.

In June 2020, I had the incredible opportunity to interview Kristin Kobes DuMez about her book "Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation." A year later and she is re-releasing on paperback if you haven't read it yet. You want to.

Denise Peñacerrada Kruse of the Asian American Christian Collaborative talks to us about Asian American and Pacific Islander racism, and what we can all do to fight it.

My dear friend, Tara Teng, an Asian Christian Feminist who has worked for years with women who have been sex-trafficked, talks to us about the fetishization of Asian women, purity culture, unhealthy sexual ethics, and male entitlement that led to the murder of Asian-American women in Atlanta last night. If you, like me, was not knowing how to process the events of last night, this episode is for you. Content Warning: Racism, violence misogyny

With all of the shopping choices out there, how does one begin to shop ethically? How do we know our purchase is helping not hurting? In this replay from 2018, I talk to my friend Rachel about how to shop ethically and how she started a company to make this simple.

I needed the reminder about ethical shopping this holiday season and I figured you may too. In this episode recorded in 2018, Anika talks us to about the harms of fast fashion.

Talking about heavy material on this podcast means we need to take care of our mental health, one way to do this is through meditation.   Every Monday Kayla Carnes, trauma-certified yoga instructor, takes us through a guided mediation.

Talking about heavy material on this podcast means we need to take care of our mental health, one way to do this is through meditation. Every Monday Kayla Carnes, trauma-certified yoga instructor, takes us through a guided mediation to rid our body of pent up anxiety.

Talking about heavy material on this podcast means we need to take care of our mental health, one way to do this is through meditation. Every Monday Kayla Carnes, trauma-certified yoga instructor, takes us through a guided mediation to promote peace.

Instead of posting a new episode this week, I think it is important to revisit the conversations we've had about racism over the last year and a half. Here's one of them. This episode covers Womanist Theology (black woman's theology) with Dr. Gafney.  

Instead of posting a new episode this week, I think it is important to revisit the conversations we've had about racism over the last year and a half. Here's one of them.   This episode covers black history month and how we should be educating ourselves with Faitth Brooks.

Instead of posting a new episode this week, I think it is important to revisit the conversations we've had about racism over the last year and a half. Here's one of them.   This episode covers how to important it is to have diverse workplaces with Bethaney Wilkinson.

Instead of posting a new episode this week, I think it is important to revisit the conversations we've had about racism over the last year and a half. Here's one of them.   This episode covers how to be anti-racist with black activist Ally Henny.

Instead of posting a new episode this week, I think it is important to revisit the conversations we've had about racism over the last year and a half. Here's one of them.   This episode covers Intersectional Feminism with Faitth Brooks.

In this episode, I interview Stephanie Tait, an author that writes at the intersection of ableism and faith, about what it's like for her as an immunocompromised person during the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can all do to help.

I hopped on this podcast expecting to talk about Christy Bauman's new book, Theology of the Womb. But when she asked me how I was doing, I told her I was very overwhelmed with this Superbowl Halftime Show controversy.  She probably heard that I was at the edge of tears and suggested that we talk about that instead. So we did. And let me tell you, as a licensed therapist, Christy had the words I needed to hear. I hope you listen and are able to process all that's going on, and perhaps find some healing too.

Kayla Carnes, a dear friend of mine, guides us in a wonderful Christmas Liturgy for Christmas Eve. You can look forward to more of these in the future :)

Stephanie Tait, author of "The View From Rock Bottom" and I talk about living with lyme disease and how women are often not believed in the healthcare system. It turns out that this has some surprising roots with Freud's theory that many of the ills that befall women stems from the fact that they don't have a penis.

Jenny Rae Armstrong's book "From Risk to Resilience: How Empowering Young Girls Changes Everything" releases today, and to celebrate we're giving you this bonus episode.

Jessica Hubner, a therapist, and Jamin Hubner, a professor, talk about their journey from fundamentalist to egalitarian, discussing egalitarian theology, hierarchical relationships, and what it practically looks like for their marriage. This is episode is amazing, but 2 hours long, so that is why I made it a bonus :)

Meghan and her husband, Dustin, along with another couple, Michael and Kayla discuss life in an Egalitarian marriage.

Blythe Hill shares how she started Dressember and her thoughts on gender roles.