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In this episode, we are talking about the bad theology that has led to incredible harm and for women, the LGBTQ community and scores of young people around sexual purity. We will share stories about our own experiences where it was often not okay to be our true selves within religious institutions. Together, we wonder we might hold the tension, and what do we do with the stories we grew up with.
About my Guests
All of my guest are students at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology
- Kenna Height pursuing a Master’s of Divinity
- Mary Pauline Diaz-Frasene: pursuing a Master’s in Theology & Culture
- Sonja Lund: pursuing a Master’s of Divinity
In the Podcast
00:00 Introductions & stories
12:00 Avoidance of the body
15:15 Mistrusting self
20:15 The harms of denying desire
24:00 Women supporting women
38:09 Original sin & the problem of the creation story
Resources mentioned in the show
- Institutional Betrayal
- Rachel Held Evans
- Grammar of God by Aviya Kushner
- Hebrew Bible by Robert Alter
- Whole-Body Sex: Somatic Sex Therapy and the Lost Language of the Erotic Body by Melissa Walker
- Freyd, J.J (1997) Violations of Power, Adaptive Blindness and Betrayal Trauma Theory. Feminism & Psychology. 7(1):22-32. 29.
- Lorde, Audre. “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.” In the Sisters Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Berkeley: Crossing Press, 1984
DARE TO KNOW, where truth is treated as a pursuit, and not a destination This is my attempt to flex my brain, play with ideas and move away from the group think I experienced in religious circles that just about killed me. Here we will follow our curiosity and celebrate using our own reason as a way to fully experience the divine in ourselves and in each other in more meaningful ways. It's about the messy process of growth and the bravery it can take, especially if you have come out of authoritative or fundamentalist spaces where asking questions was not encouraged. We will mess up, get it wrong and adjust when needed.
