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The Recovering God Podcast is for people who want to think more about the issues affecting Christian women. Each month, we interview people from a range of backgrounds to ask about Christian faith, feminism and what the implications are for today. If you have any comments, let us know at RecoveringGodPodcast@gmail.com. You can follow us on Twitter @RecoveringGod or Instagram at RecoveringGod. Please remember to rate, subscribe and tell others who you think will be interested. Music written and performed by Dan Lawrence and produced by Lawrence Dinh

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The Recovering God Podcast is for people who want to think more about the issues affecting Christian women. Each month, we interview people from a range of backgrounds to ask about Christian faith, feminism and what the implications are for today. If you have any comments, let us know at RecoveringGodPodcast@gmail.com. You can follow us on Twitter @RecoveringGod or Instagram at RecoveringGod. Please remember to rate, subscribe and tell others who you think will be interested. Music written and performed by Dan Lawrence and produced by Lawrence Dinh

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Episodes

Disability, Faith and Feminity with Kirsi Cobb

3/6/2023
In this episode, our guest speaker, Kirsi Cobb , and our very own Sarah M-H, talk to Vicky about being a disabled Christian woman. Kirsi Cobb is a lecturer in biblical studies at Cliff College and a co-investigator in the AHRC funded project Abusing God: Reading Bible in the #MeToo Age. The Abusing God Network provides a platform to connect academics, church, and charity practitioners, in order to develop new research into the intersection between Scripture and the lived experience of...

Duration:00:48:37

The Limitations of Feminism with Dr Selina Stone

2/5/2023
Dr Selina Stone is a scholar-activist, holding together her academic work with the desire to stay connected to her community and create change in the world. She currently works at Durham University as a researcher trying to improve inclusion and belonging in theological education. In this episode we chat with Selina about the limitations of feminism and what we can learn from womanism. Selina recommends the following books: Sisters in the WildernessWhite Women’s Christ and Black Women’s...

Duration:00:47:14

Hope for 2023 with the RGP Team

1/3/2023
Happy New Year In this short episode, the current team members talk about our hopes for 2023. Follow the Recovering God Podcast: Twitter: @RecoveringGod Instagram: Recovering_God If you have any comments, please let us know at: RecoveringGodPodcast@gmail.com Please remember to rate, subscribe and tell others who you think will be interested. Music written and performed by Dan Lawrence and produced by Lawrence Dinh RGP History Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer...

Duration:00:15:17

Romans 16 Women with Marg Mowczko

12/14/2022
Marg Mowczko describes herself as an ordinary person who loves God and loves the Bible. She hosts a website exploring the biblical theology of Christian egalitarianism. She believes that God’s ideal is for complete affinity, unity, and mutuality between men and women, especially between husband and wife. In this episode, Marg talks to Sarah M-H & Amy about her experience and faith. She looks particularly at some of the women mentioned in the Bible in Romans chapter 16. Follow...

Duration:00:39:53

Attachment Theory & Spiritual Growth with Amie Aitken

11/10/2022
Rev. Amie Aitken is the second woman in the history of the Baptist Union of Scotland to appointed sole pastor of a church. She was adopted at the age of three, has grown up in the church and that is where her interest in the intersection of faith and attachment comes from. She has been a foster parent and speaks openly about adoption in her advocacy work with 'Home For Good', which aims to place every vulnerable child into fostering or adoption by working with Christian churches. Through...

Duration:00:54:38

Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church. Interview with Katie Gaddini

9/5/2022
In this episode, Sarah P & Amy interview Dr Katie Gaddini about the findings of her new book: The Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church (2022). Katie is a sociologist and scholar of Christianity, gender, race, and politics. She is a Lecturer at UCL and currently a UKRI research fellow based at Stanford University in California. You can get copies of Katie's book at bookshops and online. Katie's Book The Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women Are...

Duration:00:46:44

Then There Were 6 - New Team, Same Great Podcast

7/26/2022
In this unusual episode, Alison asks the fabulous, new team the set questions that we ask all of the people who we interview. It's an opportunity for you to get to know a bit more about who they are ready for when they start interviewing. We are so excited about the new team with their fabulous breadth of experience and skills. We hope that you enjoy this episode. Follow the Recovering God Podcast: Twitter: @RecoveringGod Instagram: RecoveringGod If you have any comments, please let us...

Duration:00:26:44

Breaking New Ground with Cham Kaur-Mann

6/7/2022
Rev. Cham Kaur-Mann has over 25 years of leadership experience in the church, charity and voluntary sectors. She mentors and supports leaders from a variety of sectors, backgrounds and communities and is the first (and currently only) Asian woman minister within the Baptist Union of Great Britain. Cham is co-director of Next Leadership and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). She has a unique and compelling ability to ‘story a story’, writes blogs and is the author of ‘Images of...

Duration:00:48:10

Apologetics: Being Ready to Give an Answer with Clare Williams

5/14/2022
Clare Williams is the founder of GET REAL, which endeavours to engage with big questions about the Christian faith. It is an organisation that tackles issues concerning identity, race and religion. Clare is a Christian who is passionate about the intersection of race, faith and apologetics. In this episode, Clare talks about apologetics and the positives of questioning our faith. Book Mentions in the Episode · Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as...

Duration:00:37:35

Reproductive Loss with Karen O'Donnell

4/3/2022
Dr Karen O’Donnell has published a new book: The Dark Womb: Re-Conceiving Theology through Reproductive Loss. Amazingly, the book is the first academic theological investigation into the impact the experience of reproductive loss has on the way that we think about God and faith. She wrote the book in response to her own personal losses as a young woman and the growing awareness that there were no deep explorations of the issues that she was addressing. In this episode, we reflect on the...

Duration:00:54:22

How the Subjugation of Women Became the Gospel Truth with Beth Allison Barr

3/4/2022
Beth Allison Barr is Professor of History and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University in the US. She’s also a pastor’s wife, a mum and an author. In 2021, her book exploring the history of Christianity and patriarchy was published. It’s entitled: The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became the Gospel Truth and that is primarily what the interview is about. Her knowledge and understanding of history challenges our thinking and helps us to...

Duration:00:48:10

Proverbs 31: The Capable Wife, really? with Esther Zarifi

2/6/2022
Proverbs 31 talks about a ‘capable wife’. In this episode, Esther Zarifi talks to us about her findings when she analysed how the passage has been used to impact on Christian women today. Esther is a former RE teacher, who works for an education charity as leader in Religious Studies, focusing on GCSE and A level courses. She a member of her local Methodist church, and describes herself as ‘social justice advocate and active LGBT+ ally’. Esther has a keen interest in Biblical Studies since...

Duration:01:00:01

The Benefits of Silence with Alison Woolley

1/10/2022
Alison is a lay woman who set up the Seeds of Silence project in 2016. Seeds of Silence exists to support and encourage Christians and others in developing a practice of silence-based prayer through on line and face-to-face workshops, discussion groups, training and a signposting website. The project was established as a response to Alison’s PhD research into contemporary Christian women’s intentional engagement in silence as a spiritual discipline. Her book about this is available as Women...

Duration:00:44:02

The Language of Divorce with Valerie Hobbs

12/5/2021
Valerie Hobbs has been a Christian for most of her life and said that she was brought up in a series of abusive church communities. She grew up around men who dehumanised and abused women, and also weaponised certain women against each other. Because of this, for a significant portion of her life, she was unable to read the Bible because she heard only the voices of these hateful men and women. She has spent the last 25-30 years deconstructing all the many layers of her upbringing. But she...

Duration:00:41:11

Ancestors Arise with Eve Pitts

11/5/2021
Revd Canon Eve Pitts is a Church of England vicar who, for the past six years, has been holding an “Ancestors Arise” ceremony in honour of those killed through the slavery and imperialism known as the African holocaust, or the Maafa. In this episode, she talks about honouring, remembering and celebrating her ancestors. She says that is takes courage to have a revolution. She has a husband, three children and two grandchildren. She loves music and poetry, and grew up in Nottingham. She...

Duration:00:34:44

The Great Sex Rescue with Sheila Wray Gregoire

10/3/2021
Sheila Wray Gregoire is the face behind ToLoveHonorandVacuum.com, the largest single-blogger marriage blog. A sought-after speaker, she’s also an award-winning author of nine books, including The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex. Sheila has a Masters in Public Administration and Master of Arts in Sociology both from Queen’s University. Her podcast, Bare Marriage, has more than 5,000 downloads each week. Her latest book, “The Great Sex Rescue”, which she wrote with Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach...

Duration:00:52:06

New Team for RGP - The Three AAAs

9/5/2021
This month, we are excited to introduce the new RGP team to you. We now have Alex & Amy who have joined Alison. In this shortened episode, Alex & Amy tell us why they wanted to join the RGP team and answer the set questions that we ask all of our guests. Buckle up and get ready for the new team, with some changes coming in the format and no doubt other changes on the way. We hope you enjoy listening to us and please remember to give us feedback. Follow the Recovering God Podcast: ·...

Duration:00:20:24

Tricky Bible Passages about Women with Janey Lawry-White

8/2/2021
In this episode, Janey tells us about a study pack that she has written about Lucy Peppiatt’s book: Rediscovering Scriptures Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts. She gives us an overview of Lucy’s approach to the Biblical passages that have often been used to put women in second place of importance to men. You can access the study pack by signing up to WTC’s free resources: www.wtctheology.org.uk She also talks about her work as the Chief Operating Officer of...

Duration:00:47:36

Shame and the Bible with Judith Rossall

7/6/2021
Judith Rossall is a tutor in preaching and church history at the Queen’s Foundation which trains people for ordained ministry. She is also a Methodist minister and describes herself as being happily single with a keen interest in gardening. Judith has recently had a book published called ‘Forbidden Fruit and Fig Leaves: Reading the Bible with the Shamed’ and shame in the Bible is primarily what the interview is about. Books mentioned in the interview: · Linda Radzik, Making Amends :...

Duration:00:47:58

Women Preaching with Liz Shercliff

6/3/2021
In this episode, Liz shares her passion for women preachers to preach differently and talks about her new book, written with Kate Bruce: Out of the Shadows: Preaching the Women of the Bible . Liz describes herself as a feminist theologian currently working on doctoral research about women’s preaching. She is on the committee for Women and the Church (WATCH), which I ask her about in the interview. Her job is Director of Studies for the Church of England in Chester Diocese. Liz’s book...

Duration:00:27:44

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