Former Recovering God Podcast Host, Sarah Pritchard, joins us for this episode based on her dissertation for her MA in Spirituality entitled: To What Extent can the Church Facilitate Post-Trauma Spiritual Growth if ‘the Body of Christ is a Traumatised Body’?
If you or anyone you are in contact with are affected by the issues raised in this episode and want support please see the following places:
https://safespacesenglandandwales.org.uk/
https://www.replenished.life/support-and-practical-advice
Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors:
Meet our new host Lex!
Revd Dr Sally Nash joins Sarah and Vicky to talk about shame and the impacts it has on women in and around church.
Sally is a theological educator, doctoral supervisor spiritual accompanier, author, researcherand consultant. After 20 years working in an Anglican theological college she now is freelance. She is also a self supporting priest in a church in Birmingham having been ordained in 2012.
You can find her:
Email: Sally@markerpostslr.com
X: rdsallynash
Instagram: rdsallynash
Facebook: Sally Nash Learning and Research
LinkedIn: Revd Dr Sally Nash
Blog: https://markerpostsandshelters.wordpress.com/
You can purchase Sally's book:
https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334058847/shame-and-the-church
This episode we interview our very own Amy (@AEMarriott1) about her dissertation: Female Embodiment in Paul's letter to the Romans. We discuss how Amy came about to her dissertation and why she decided on that topic. Amy also reads out a part of her dissertation where she got to write some historical fiction. So if you struggle with St. Paul give this a listen. Also you can read Amy's full dissertation here: link to follow.
*We apologise for some audio interference when Amy is speaking.
This Month's interview is with Natalie Grace.
Follower of Jesus. Wife and mother. Conspirator for nonviolence. Guns into garden tools. Radical grace.
*Book coming soon*
Find on X at @natgrace79
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
Join us for this thought provoking discussion with Dr Katie Cross.
In this episode we discuss the unique challenges of being a woman in academia, why women especially suffer from imposter syndrome and many other topics too!
We're delighted that Katie could join us for this conversation - Katie is a lecturer in Pratical Theology at Aberdeen university, she describes herself as a feminist who is intersectional, keen to un-learn the systematic bias and privilege she encounters.
Katie can be contacted here:
X: @drkatiecross
Bluesky: @drkatiecross.bsky.social
Amy works as an Action Researcher for The Salvation Army and ia in her second year of a part time PhD funded by the University of Leeds and The Salvation Army exploring domestic violence and abuse within The Salvation Army. Amy is a Christian, a feminist and mum to a thoughtful, curious 27 month old who she is still breastfeeding.
Amy can be found on the following social media sites:
Twitter: @amyegraham_89
Instagram: @amyquinngraham
Or contacted via email: praqg@leeds.ac.uk
Jo Ibbott -
Jo Ibbott is a Christian and part of the leadership team of her local church
www.freedomchurch.uk. She is married has has three adult daughters all very well
informed about perimenopause and menopause! Jo studied theology at London
Bible College (now LST) back in the early 90’s. For 7 years she led the
community work in her church, and has just stepped down from that to focus on her
menopause coaching and training business. She wouldn’t label herself a feminist
but that’s just because she don’t like labels, but Jo is passionate about women’s
rights and justice in society for women. She get's angry at discrimination in
churches, the workplace and women’s health particularly.
Jo can be found on the following social media platforms:
Instagram: @_whatthefog
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoCourageCoaching
Facebook: What the Fog? Facebook Group
www.facebook.com/groups/740710540001100/
Some links Jo wanted to share:
https://courage-coaching.co.uk/wtfog-menopause-hub
Karen Markiewicz -
Karen is a Chaplain and has recently completed her MA
in Spiritual Formation at Waverley Abbey College. Her studies focussed
on the spiritual impact of the menopause and is now working on a book
on this subject. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and has two
grown sons.
Karen can be found on the following social media platforms:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/karen-markiewicz
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
Rachel Noël, affectionately known by the local press as the Pink Vicar, is vicar at St James Church, Pokesdown, Bournemouth.
Rachel had a particularly formational journey through curacy, during which she was diagnosed with Bipolar, ADHD and Sensory Processing Disorder, and subsequently Autism. Her gifts and symptoms include high energy, enthusiasm, creativity and love of colour (especially pink!), she loves exploring her faith and spirituality through creativity, stitch, paint and contemplation and is a member of the Community of Hopeweavers.
Rachel can be found on the following social media platforms:
Twitter: @ThePinkVicar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachelnnoel
Website: https://www.thepinkvicar.com/
Some links and news Rachel wanted to share:
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
Shannon K Evans lives beside a conserved prairie in the U.S. Midwest with her spouse and their 5 children. Her day job is as the spirituality & culture editor at the National Catholic Reporter newspaper, an independent, progressive paper that centres the intersection of faith and justice.
Shannon is the author of 'Rewilding Motherhood' and her most recent release which we discuss in this episode, 'Feminist Prayers for my Daughter.' This book is a fantastic resource so please do not be put off if you do not have daughters, you will discover as you listen that there is something for everyone!
Shannon can be found on the following social media platforms:
Twitter: @shannonkayevans
Instagram: @shannonkevans
Facebook: www.facebook.com/shannonkevans.writer
Substack: https://shannonkevans.substack.com/
Shannon has also put together a 30-day body acceptance guided journal for women, called Luminous. You can find it here in the US: https://shop.franciscanmedia.org/products/luminous-a-30-day-journal-for-accepting-your-body-honoring-your-soul-and-finding-your-joy
UK listeners can find it on amazon.
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
In this epidote we discuss how we approach Biblical narratives, and then hone in on the story of Sarah and Hagar.
We're joined by Dr Jayme Reaves from Sarum College, Salisbury. Jayme serves as the Director of Academic Development and is also a Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Theology.
Jayme is the author of Safeguarding the Stranger and the co-editor of When Did We See you Naked? Jayme is a public theologian and is available for lectures, retreats, workshops and one to one theological discussion.
Jayme's website: www.jaymereaves.com
Twitter: @jaymereaves
Instagram: @jaymereaves
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JaymeRReaves
Sarum College profile: https://www.sarum.ac.uk/about/our-people/dr-jayme-reaves/
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
In this episode we interview our very own Alison before she waves a fond farewell to the Recovering God team.
We are so very thankful for all that Alison has given to the podcast over the years and for her passion and vision to set it up in the first place. It is with much sadness we say goodbye.
If you would like to pass on your own messages of thanks to Alison please do so using the podcast email address: recoveringgodpodcast@gmail.com
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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 Christian survivors. Kirsi’s current research focuses on women in the Hebrew Bible with a special interest in biblical interpretation including feminist, deconstructive and trauma studies. Her recent projects include a reading of Lot’s daughters in Genesis 19 in light of trauma theory and revenge, as well as a study on gender and violence in Hosea 2.
The Abusing God Network will have a second colloquium on the topic of hypermasculinity both in person and on Zoom on the 22nd of April. https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/abusinggodnetwork/2023/01/19/abusing-god-reading-the-bible-in-the-metoo-age-second-colloquium-on-hypermasculinity/
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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:
Selina hosts her own podcast – ‘Sunday School for Misfits’ which we also chat about in this episode. Please do give it a listen! https://open.spotify.com/show/1JqJflcsFV3F67FZci8hPJ?si=hpFMq05YQqSjKCZMR8RJLg
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Happy New Year
In this short episode, the current team members talk about our hopes for 2023.
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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.
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If you are in Australia and want to hear more from Marg, she is speaking at a conference in February 2023. It is a symposium for women interested in what the Bible teaches about women: https://bwpacific.org/bwp-theological-symposium-2023/
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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 her work she is seeking to help churches become trauma-informed places of care both in general and specifically for care-experienced families.
Any views or opinions given by Amie are her own and not necessarily representative of her congregation.
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Her Patreon page (On Being Human) is a space to share longer thoughts on anything from deconstruction to attachment: www.patreon.com/amieaitken
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Music written and performed by Dan Lawrence and produced by Lawrence Dinh
RGP History
Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer of 2019 about podcasts and they weren't aware of any at the time that spoke to their context, so they decided to set one up. You can hear more about their thinking about the podcast in the Introductions episode.
Grace & Alison worked on the podcast together for the first year but Grace had other commitments that meant she had to give the podcast up, so from February - August 2021 Alison carried on without her.
In August 2021, Alex & Amy joined Alison and they became the three AAAs.
Alex moved to a new, exciting job and now there is a new team. Listen to the episode 'Then There Were 6 - New Team, Same Great Episode' for more information about the team.
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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 Leaving the Church (2022)
For more information about Katie:
Email: k.gaddini@ucl.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrKatieGaddini
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkatiegaddini/
Website: https://katiegaddini.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrKatieGaddini
Linkdin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-gaddini-phd-79025629/
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RGP History
Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer of 2019 about podcasts and they weren't aware of any at the time that spoke to their context, so they decided to set one up. You can hear more about their thinking about the podcast in the Introductions episode.
Grace & Alison worked on the podcast together for the first year but Grace had other commitments that meant she had to give the podcast up, so from February - August 2021 Alison carried on without her.
In August 2021, Alex & Amy joined Alison and they became the three AAAs.
Alex moved to a new, exciting job and now there is a new team. Listen to the episode 'Then There Were 6 - New Team, SameGreat Episode' for more information about the team.
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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.
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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!
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 Jesus’ and ‘Are there traditional “women’s ministries”?’
Cham’s passion is to encourage, empower and develop leaders to reach their full potential, wherever they may serve. She is writing a companion book to 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership written by Kate Coleman, who we interviewed in an earlier episode.
Contact Details for Cham:
Email: hello@nextleadership.co.uk
You can find more contact information at: https://www.nextleadership.co.uk/about-us
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RGP History
Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer of 2019 about podcasts and they weren't aware of any at the time that spoke to their context, so they decided to set one up. You can hear more about their thinking about the podcast in the Introductions episode.
Grace & Alison worked on the podcast together for the first year but Grace had other commitments that meant she had to give the podcast up, so from February - August 2021 Alison carried on without her.
In August 2021, Alex & Amy joined Alison and they became the three AAAs.
Sadly, Alex has had to move on to a new, exciting job are now building a new team. So watch this space!
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