Recovering God: The Conversations 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.
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Talking about shame with Revd Dr Sally Nash
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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 chu…
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Female embodiment in Paul's letter to the Romans with Amy
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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 t…
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Natalie Grace - Christian/wife/mother/trans/pacifist
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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 Follow the Recovering God Podcast: Twitter: @RecoveringGod Instagram: RecoveringGod If you have any comments, please let us know at: RecoveringGodPodcast@gm…
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Women in Academia with Dr Katie Cross
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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 universi…
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Breastfeeding with Amy Quinn-Graham
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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 …
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Menopause, Perimenopause & Faith
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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 …
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Mental Health and Neurodiversity with Rachel Noel
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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,…
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Feminist Prayers for my Daughter with Shannon K Evans
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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…
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Sarah and Hagar with Dr Jayme Reaves
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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-edi…
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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 th…
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Disability, Faith and Feminity with Kirsi Cobb
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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 academi…
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The Limitations of Feminism with Dr Selina Stone
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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 feminis…
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Hope for 2023 with the RGP Team
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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 …
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Romans 16 Women with Marg Mowczko
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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 & A…
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Attachment Theory & Spiritual Growth with Amie Aitken
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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 advocac…
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Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church. Interview with Katie Gaddini
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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 …
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Then There Were 6 - New Team, Same Great Podcast
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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 enj…
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Breaking New Ground with Cham Kaur-Mann
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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…
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Apologetics: Being Ready to Give an Answer with Clare Williams
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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 pos…
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Reproductive Loss with Karen O'Donnell
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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 w…
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How the Subjugation of Women Became the Gospel Truth with Beth Allison Barr
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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 Tru…
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Proverbs 31: The Capable Wife, really? with Esther Zarifi
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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 …
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The Benefits of Silence with Alison Woolley
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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 re…
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The Language of Divorce with Valerie Hobbs
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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 …
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Ancestors Arise with Eve Pitts
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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 courag…
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The Great Sex Rescue with Sheila Wray Gregoire
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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, B…
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New Team for RGP - The Three AAAs
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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 o…
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Tricky Bible Passages about Women with Janey Lawry-White
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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 stud…
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Shame and the Bible with Judith Rossall
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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 S…
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Women Preaching with Liz Shercliff
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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 Churc…
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God is Not a White Man with Chine McDonald
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Chine McDonald is a writer, author, former journalist and head of public engagement at international development charity Christian Aid. She also sits on the boards of a few Christian charities: Greenbelt Festival, Christians in Media and Christians Against Poverty. Prior to Christian Aid, she worked at World Vision and before that as director of co…
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Women Studying Women in the Bible with Charlotte Gibson
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This month, Alison speaks to Charlotte Gibson. Charlotte is the host of The Women’s Theology Speakeasy Podcast and co-founder of The Women’s Theology Network. Her passion is in bringing academic theology to all women and helping them to engage in Bible Study which reflects their experience. At the Women’s Theology Network her aim is to resource Wom…
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Being Interrupted with Ruth Harley
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In this episode Ruth Harley talks about the need for us to consider where our power is and how we use it as individuals and as churches. She is the co-author (with Al Barrett) of “Being Interrupted: Reimagining the Church’s Mission from the Outside, In”, which challenges the status quo and encourages us to reconsider how we do church. Previously, s…
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Women Working Together with Gabby Thomas
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Gabby Thomas talks to Alison about her research with small groups of women across different denominations and what she learnt from it. Gabby is a lecturer in Early Christianity and Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School. She is ordained in the CofE but has moved the US for a few years. She says that she loves teaching at Yale: the students are fa…
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Chronic Illness and Disability with Laura Neale from YouBelong
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Laura Neale talks to Grace. Laura is passionate about community, specifically an inclusive, loving and accessible church community for all with chronic illness and disability. Laura established YouBelong which aims to provide: · an online support network of people who share the struggles and questions that arise from living as a christian with chro…
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A Feminist Mum's Dilemma with Rosie Hart
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Rosie Hart talks to Grace about her decision not to work as a new mum. Until recently, she was CEO of Kairos Women Working Together, a charity in Coventry supporting women at risk of sexual exploitation and she also talks about that. You can follow the Recovering God Podcast · Twitter: @RecoveringGod · Instagram: Recovering_God Please remember to r…
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Sabbath Rest with Nicola Slee
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In this episode, Alison interviews Nicola Slee about sabbath as a feminist issue. Nicola is a prolific writer on Christian feminist issues and a poet. She is a lay Anglican who has been involved in adult theological education and feminist groups and movements all her working life. Her latest book, Sabbath: The Hidden Heartbeat of Our Lives encourag…
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What we Call God with Rhiannon Grant
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Rhiannon Grant talks to Alison about the language that we use for God in this episode. There is some background hissing during the interview that we haven’t been able to get rid of – many apologies! Rhiannon is a Quaker, an academic, and passionate about equality and integrity. She is an author and works for Woodbrooke, the Quaker study centre in B…
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Sanjee Perera on Race and the Church of England
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Grace talks to Dr Sanjee Perera who is a specialist in the field of church and how we think about it and has recently been researching how the Church of England navigates race through the 'Minority Anglicanism Project'. Follow this link some of the findings on the research: https://anglicanism.org/beyond-the-lych-gate-a-strategic-diagnostic-of-chur…
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Women in a Patriarchal World with Elaine Storkey
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In this episode, Alison talks to Elaine Storkey about her latest book ‘Women in a Patriarchal World’ which identifies 25 passages about women in the Bible and how they acted and changed their society at the time. The book also challenges us to reflect on similarities with our lives today. Elaine is a prolific writer, theologian, former President of…
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Mental Health and Charismatics with Joy Allan
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In our June edition, Grace interviewed Joy Allan, who is Lecturer in Practical Theology at Belfast Bible College. She has carried out extensive research in the area of mental health in Charismatic congregations. She talks to Grace about mental health, the importance of lament and the issue of shame (among other things). She discusses some of the pr…
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'Saints of Colour' with Sharon Prentis
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Sharon Prentis talks to Alison about a book that she has recently edited called 'Every Tribe: Stories of Diverse Saints Serving a Diverse World'. The book celebrates the true diversity of the saints and encourages, what the book describes as, "the rainbow people of God". Apologies for the quality of sound. We are working on this. Sharon says: "I be…
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The Book of Ruth with Rachel Starr
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In this episode, Rachel Starr talks to Grace about the book of Ruth. We dig deep into the characters and discover that it is not the classic love story that some of us had originally thought! As well as answering our usual podcast questions, Rachel offers some practical advice to help us all to uncover hidden truths in these biblical texts. Resourc…
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Women in Leadership with Kate Coleman
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Rev Dr Kate Coleman talks to Alison about women in leadership in this episode. Kate is a pastor, theologian, mentor and coach. She is passionate about leadership and about women’s leadership in particular, and is the author of ‘7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership’. Ten years on from writing the book, she tells us about inspiring women to be leader…
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Judges 19 with Helen Paynter
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In this episode, Helen Paynter talks about the passage from the book of Judges, chapter 19. It's a story about the awful treatment of a wife and Helen talks to Grace about why it is in the Bible and what we can learn from it, as well as answering our usual podcast questions. Helen is a Baptist minister and the Director of the Centre for the Study o…
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Natalie Collins extra material - dangers of pornography
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Warning: Some of the information in this extra material from the original interview is of a graphic nature about pornography. We have separated it from the original edit so that you can choose whether to listen to this material. Natalie Collins is a Gender Justice Specialist. She set up Spark (www.sparkequip.org) and works to enable individuals and…
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Domestic Violence with Natalie Collins
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Natalie Collins is a Gender Justice Specialist. In this episode, Alison interviews Natalie who talks about her experience of working experience of working to support women and shares some challenging insights. She set up Spark (www.sparkequip.org) and works to enable individuals and organisations to prevent and respond to male violence against wome…
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Feminist First? with Katy Lockey
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Katy talks about her experiences as a feminist who became a Christian. She is a breastfeeding consultant, teaches antenatal classes, runs a feminist apparel and jewellery line called Milk & Moon, is involved with leading the Christian Feminist Network, Folkestone Women's Forum and the local International Women's Day Festival. Here are some links - …
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In this episode Alison & Grace introduce themselves, talk about how the Recovering God Podcast came into being and what their aims are for the podcast. If you have any comments, please let us know at RecoveringGodPodcast@gmail.com You can follow us on Twitter @RecoveringGod Please remember to rate, subscribe and tell others who you think will be in…
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