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Reclaiming Feminism for Christianity

Meghan Tschanz


    • May 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 6m AVG DURATION
    • 376 EPISODES

    4.8 from 318 ratings Listeners of Faith and Feminism that love the show mention: meghan and her guests, thank you meghan, justice and truth, everything is presented, christians need, intersect, patriarchal, feminism, hard conversations, purity, equality, feminists, patriarchy, empowering women, shy away, bravery, transformational, christianity, m so glad i found, taboo.


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    The Faith and Feminism podcast is a refreshing and insightful show hosted by Meghan Tschanz. As someone who has been deconstructing their faith and questioning societal norms, I have found this podcast to be an invaluable resource. Meghan covers a wide range of topics, from feminism to Christianity, and brings on knowledgeable guests who provide thought-provoking discussions.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the diverse range of topics that Meghan covers. She explores issues such as women in the church, domestic labor, biblical masculinity, LGBTQ+ rights, systemic racism, and more. The variety of subjects keeps the podcast engaging and educational. Additionally, Meghan's guests bring their expertise and personal experiences to the table, which adds depth and perspective to each discussion. It is evident that Meghan thoroughly researches each topic and chooses her guests carefully to provide listeners with valuable insights.

    Another positive aspect of Faith and Feminism is Meghan's ability to ask challenging questions. She approaches these discussions with an open mind and encourages critical thinking among her listeners. This enables me, as a listener, to examine my own beliefs and consider different perspectives on important issues.

    While there are many great aspects to this podcast, it can be overwhelming at times due to the sheer amount of information presented. The episodes cover complex topics that require careful consideration and reflection. It would be helpful if some episodes were broken down into smaller segments or if there were additional resources available for further exploration of certain subjects.

    In conclusion, The Faith and Feminism podcast is a powerful platform for those exploring intersections between faith and social justice issues. Meghan Tschanz creates a safe space for meaningful conversations while offering valuable insights into feminist theology and activism. I highly recommend this podcast for anyone seeking guidance on navigating faith in an evolving world.



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    Her Son Died From Subtance Use Disorder, Now She is Fighting to Change the Way We Treat the Disease

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 65:10


    Jane Clair's journey into advocacy began after losing her son Asa to substance use disorder, which led her to rethink addiction, drug policy, and how we can better support families. She is determined to prevent other families from experiencing the same devastation and is passionate in advocating for approaches to addiction that reduce harm and save lives.

    Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 61:52


    Two of the world's greatest crises, systemic racism and environmental destruction, share the same origin story. The two are rooted in economic forces that exploit and oppress both people and land. Pastor David Swanson shows how we have failed our God-given duty as caretakers of creation and how that failure has resulted in the exploitation of people and the extraction of natural resources.

    How an Ancient Saint Shows Us How to Resist Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 74:58


    She was known as a whore and a saint. On today's episode, Amy Frykholm talks to us about the elusive Saint Mary of Egypt, and how she can teach women to reclaim their autonomy today.

    The radicalization of young white men in America.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 65:18


    Rev. Angela Denker talks to us about the rise in radicalization among young white men in America, especially focused on the role of right-wing Christianity in the increase of religious-based hatred and violence, and how we can combat it by helping men heal.

    Saving Face: Finding My Self, God, and One Another Outside a Defaced Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 60:12


    Aimee Byrd, author or Recovering From Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, talks to us the trauma she experienced through daring to question evangelical teachings on gender, and how she is healing as she finds a way forward walking in authenticity and integrity.

    Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women's Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 66:48


    Dr. Wylin D. Wilson talks to us about the disparity of healthcare when it comes to Black Women's bodies and how womanist theology can show us a way forward.

    Can play save us?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 58:55


    Dr. Lakisha Lockhart-Rusch talks to us about the power of play, womanism, and how to survive an era when powers that be seek to erase minoritized identities.

    Safe Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 49:09


    Dr. Andrew Bauman shines a light on the pervasive nature of the sexism on the church and how to fight back. Spoiler: we need to treat it like a men's issue, not a women's issue

    Fundamentalists Played the Long-Game, This is How We Fight Back.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 58:09


    Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape From Christian Patriarchy, talks to us about fundamentalists played the long-game to build the government we have now-- and more importantly a hopeful message on how to fight back.

    A Lenten Look into the Radical Life of Mary Magdalene

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 73:02


    Chelsea Kim Long talks to us about the radical role Mary Magdalene played for Christ during Holy Week.

    How to Make the Right Decisions in Difficult Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 59:48


    Just about every day, there is something new and urgent that needs my attention in this administration; it is easy to feel overwhelmed and apathetic. That's why this conversation with Dr. Angela Gorrell is more relevant than ever. She talks us about how to make the right decisions, even in the midst of intense difficulty.

    When Faith and Politics Bends Families to their Breaking Points

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 57:40


    Danielle Hensley examines the seemingly universal and growing chasm between the right and the left through the lens of a single family and within the context of the Episcopal Church, she talks to us about where she has found hope and the next right steps.

    Money, Lies, and God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 50:58


    Why have so many Americans turned against democracy? Katherine Stewart talks to us about conferences of conspiracy-mongers, backroom strategy gatherings, and services at extremist churches, and profiles the people who want to tear it all down. Stewart analyzes the moral collapse of conservatism in America and points the way forward toward a democratic future.

    Womanish Theology

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 61:36


    Khristi Laurens Adams introduces a new branch of theological thought Adams calls womanish, as a play on the womanist tradition (the theology of Black womanhood).  This episode was slated to be released in August, but got pushed back to be release in Black History Month (February) so it is a little dated.

    Resisting Trump in a New Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 79:23


    Marla Taviano, of White Girl Learning and author of poetry books Unbelieve and more, talks with me about how to resist Trump in a new era without losing our minds. Explicit language warning.

    Invisible Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 67:05


    Many of those who deconstruct and leave the Church are said to "follow Jesus right out the door." On today's podcast with Scot McKnight and Tommy Phillips we discuss why those who leave the church do, and how churches can listen to their critiques.

    Walking with Our Children (and ourselves) in the Age of Climate Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 63:22


    We are living in an era of climate collapse. We feel it in small ways: when the snow falls less or the cherry blossoms bloom too early. And in large ways: when our streets flood and entire towns burn to the ground. Lydia Wylie-Kellermann helps us walk forward.

    What You Didn't Know About Genesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 69:33


    Liz Charlotte Grant and I talk about the things you didn't know about Genesis and her new book Knock at the Sky: Seeking God in Genesis after Losing Faith in the Bible.

    Rage Prayers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 63:42


    I was hopeful we would be celebrating the election of our first woman president, instead, we are grieving the election of a fascist. I am devastated and this podcast with Rev. Elizabeth Riley on rage prayers seems a way forward.

    Faithful Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 74:12


    Dr. Miranda Zapor Cruz guides us in forming a vision of citizenship that brings Christian convictions into political engagement while avoiding common pitfalls.

    The Growing Gender Gap: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 65:10


    Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski, founder of Re:Masculine, talks to us about the growing political gender gap between young men and women.

    The Growing Gender Gap: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 81:16


    Dr. Brendan Kwiatkowski, founder of Re:Masculine, talks to us about the growing political gender gap between young men and women.

    The Mary we Forgot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 61:37


    In The Mary We Forgot, award-winning church historian and theologian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and history to reveal the real Mary Magdalene: the first apostle of the good news and a model of discipleship for both men and women today.

    Recovering From Purity Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 55:54


    Drawing on historical and psychological research, her own personal experience, and therapy case studies, Dr. Camden Morgante tackles what comes next in reclaiming our sexuality from the harmful teachings so many evangelical Christians grew up believing.

    How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 151:03


    Dr. Nicole Bedera reveals the profound failures of the Title IX system and identifies concrete, surprisingly simple steps we can take to protect students. This is an extra-long episode, promise it's worth it.  

    How to love your Christian Nationalist neighbor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 71:48


    Pastor Caleb Campbell has watched as Christian nationalism has taken over large swaths of the United States and he's showing us the only way he knows to move forward in today's episode.

    Deconstructing Harmful Evangelical Narratives: Lies Women Believe Part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 89:19


    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.

    Deconstructing Harmful Evangelical Narratives: Lies Women Believe Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 72:27


    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.

    Deconstructing Harmful Evangelical Narratives: Lies Women Believe Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 92:24


    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.

    Deconstructing Harmful Evangelical Narratives: Lies Women Believe Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 99:42


    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.

    Deconstructing Harmful Evangelical Narratives: Lies Women Believe Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 96:21


    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.

    Deconstructing Harmful Evangelical Narratives: Lies Women Believe Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 97:06


    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.

    How to Talk About Polarizing Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 75:32


    In today's episode, journalist Bekah McNeel analyzes the narratives surrounding six hot-button issues—immigration, COVID, abortion, critical race theory, gun violence, and climate change. For each topic, she exposes how “us versus them” thinking leads us to turn a blind eye to injustice. She also offers an alternative perspective on each issue, based on a sensitive reading of the gospel. 

    Consent: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 61:42


    In Consent, Donna Freitas delivers a forensic examination of the years she spent stalked by her professor, and uses her nightmarish experience to examine the ways in which we stigmatize, debate, and attempt to understand consent today.

    Consent: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 63:06


    In Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention, Donna Freitas delivers a forensic examination of the years she spent stalked by her professor, and uses her nightmarish experience to examine the ways in which we stigmatize, debate, and attempt to understand consent today.

    Important Replay: The Power Worshippers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 56:33


    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.

    Othered

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 65:02


    For anyone who has felt left out or pushed out of the church, Jenai Auman invites you to find spiritual rest and belonging in a God who loves, restores, and blesses the outcast and the marginalized. *note: there is something weird with the audio on my track where certain words cut out. Rather than rerecord the whole episode, I just went with it

    Getting Unstuck and Embracing Imperfection

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 52:48


    Dr. Meredith Estevez guides artists at all levels and in all disciplines to build a creative life that resonates deeply with their core values, and to cultivate an artistic practice that is joyful and sustainable. 

    A Progressive Christian Ethic of Flourishing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 55:58


    Amanda Udis-Kessler talks to us progressive Christian beliefs, feminism, true equality, justice, and inclusivity. We also completely rethink what salvation means in a Christian context.

    The Fruitful Lives of Women Without Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 35:36


    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. 

    Finding God After Disillusionment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 63:41


    Aimee Byrd shares her journey of holding onto her faith through extreme online harassment and personal attacks after she began advocating for women's equality within her denomination.

    How to Spot a Cult

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 76:54


    Kristian A Smith talks to us about how to spot a cult and how to live in beloved community.

    Forgiveness After Trauma

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 48:22


    The church's teachings on forgiveness often fail victims and survivors of abuse. Susannah Griffith reclaims forgiveness by centering and empowering survivors.

    Constructive Conversations: How to Speak Among Disagreement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 57:30


    Ashlee Eiland talks to us about the power of intentional language and a discernment framework in navigating conflicts in a constructive way.

    Wishful Thinking: Finding Faith After You've Lost It

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 66:14


    Donna Freitas wants to believe. Raised Catholic, she sang songs about Jesus as a child and lived in a house where nuns and priests were regular guests, yet she found herself questioning the faith of her family, examining the reasons none of it added up, and distancing herself from the God of Christianity-- now she is trying to find her faith again.

    Speaking of Rape

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 63:08


    Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen speaks to us about how rape survivors need speech to recover, but the words available to them often fail to describe their experience of the violation, which isolates and silences them, enables future perpetration, and lets rape remain unacknowledged. Tumminio Hansen steps into this space of the seemingly unspeakable and responds to the linguistic crisis by offering fresh ways of speaking and listening that reframe how we can describe, discuss, and address rape.

    Holy Ghosted

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 70:24


    Tiffany Yecke Brooks us to understand and name tactics of spiritual abuse and manipulation. We go over methods of control found in toxic religious communities—including legalism, indoctrination, praise, and fear—and how to identify and respond to it in a healthy way.

    The Exvangelicals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 63:52


    Sarah McCammon shares about her New York Times bestselling book The Exvangelicals-- Part memoir, part investigative journalism, Sarah names and describes the post-evangelical movement.

    The Spiritual Lives of Incarcerated Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 54:38


    Sarah F. Farmer amplifies the voices of women who are or have been incarcerated to learn what supports their flourishing.

    The Lies of Diet Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 65:17


    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.

    Deconstructing Your Faith Without Losing Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 67:53


    Angela Harrington, a faith deconstruction coach and host of the Deconstructing Faith Summit, sheds light on the challenges of leaving conservative religious circles, navigating deconstruction's impact on relationships, and advocating for personal healing and justice.

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