Faith and Feminism

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.

Dr. Holly Oxhandler talks to us about how our faith spaces can be both a place of trauma and healing, how our faith evolves over time, and how we can incorporate mental health practices into our daily life.

Karie Charlton talks to us about how she got dubbed the "Period Pastor" and helps us look at the Bible through a new lens.

Jennifer Taylor Wagner went through significant weight loss, and at the end of it still struggled to accept her body. It led her to reevaluate her relationship with her body, what culture tells us-- and ultimately to remember that her body is good, at every stage.

Melody Winderweedle thought she had seen the end of patriarchy at a Church where women's leadership was allowed, she was wrong. Today on the podcast we talk about how benevolent patriarchy is still patriarchy.

Kaitlyn Schiess, the author of The Liturgy of Politics, shows us how getting political is an important aspect of faith for many Christians --just not in the way we were likely taught.

Kaitlyn Schiess, the author of The Liturgy of Politics, shows us how getting political is an important aspect of faith for many Christians --just not in the way we were likely taught.

Dr. Laura Anderson recently completed her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine with her research focusing on the experience of living in a healing body after sexualized violence and trauma, today on the podcast she talks to us about how to heal.

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.

Amber Cantorna, the daughter of a focus on the family executive, came out to her family it cost her nearly everything. Since then she's been on a mission to create a coming-out guide for LGBTQIA people of faith.