Feminists Talk Religion
Welcome to “Feminists Talk Religion” where feminist voice, religion-talk, and honest conversation intersect. “Feminists Talk Religion” is a project of the CoLaboratory branch of Feminist Studies in Religion. The Lab fosters community through digital and in-person opportunities to connect with others navigating the complicated world of religious studies, identity, and activism. "Feminists Talk Religion” is a platform for feminist discussions about all things related to religion. It is an opportunity to hear from new and old voices, to be challenged to learn about and from the scholastic world of another, and to have discussions we might not have otherwise. It is a space where the historically marginalized, especially women, are taken seriously.
Episodes
24 episodes
Trans Studies in Religion and Feminism, Pt. 1 with Dr. Melissa M. Wilcox
In this first episode of our “Trans Studies in Religion and Feminism” series, Dr. Melissa M. Wilcox talks to us about blazing trails and creating space for queer and trans voices in the study of religion.Dr. Wilcox is Professor and Hols...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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30:40
Book Review: Desert as a Borderland with Dr. Peter Mena
Listen to our conversation with Dr. Peter Mena, author of a book on Late Antique Christian Lives read through Borderland Theory. We discuss the hagiographical desert as a metaphor for identities, Latinex theories in Religious Studies, writing a...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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44:41
SBL/AAR 2022 Panel: Feminist Studies in Religion and Anti-Asian Racism
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of violence and hate against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Even so, anti-Asian racism remains largely invisible in academic, religious, and public spaces. On November 18, 2022, panelist...
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1:14:04
International Students and Scholars: An honest conversation - Part 2
What do we wish we'd known before starting a Ph.D. as an international student? In what ways can higher-education institutions better support international students and scholars? In Part 2 of this conversation, Esther Parajuli, a Nā...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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28:10
International Students and Scholars: An honest conversation - Part 1
Listen to Part 1 of a vulnerable and sincere conversation about the ambivalences of being an international student or scholar: the joys and the pains, the language and cultural barriers, the fragmentation of our identities, and the wisdom that ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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42:49
AAR 2020 Roundtable: Decolonizing our Fields – Women of Color on Transforming the Guild With Sailaja Krishnamurti, Merin Shobhana Xavier, Natalie Avalos, Oluwatomisin Oredein, Shana Sippy, and Deborah Rogers
What does decolonization or even postcolonialism and anticolonialism mean for WOC in our respective fields? How can these concepts be used to explore shared goals or possibilities for solidarity and collective liberation? This episode debates h...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:45:22
AAR 2020 Panel - The Importance of Engaged Feminist Scholarship: A Cross-Disciplinary Discussion of Juliane Hammer's recent book, “Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence.” With Kayla Wheeler, Saadia Yacoob, Traci West, and m
What is the purpose of a feminist scholarship? Is it possible to write about gender-based violence without being an activist against it? How can feminist scholarship produce socially engaged works?Departing from Hammer`s book, this group...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:35:35
"Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | An Invitation to Transformation/"New Skin": Interview with storäe
In this episode, black queer femme performer, storäe michele (they/she), reflects on themes of uncomfortable truth-telling and intergenerational healing in their "practice in black femme freedom-making" through film. Learn more at
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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18:53
Feminism, Religion, and Mental Health Mini-series: Pursuing wellness, building resilience, and combatting stigma through the utilization of religious texts, rituals, and traditions: Interview with Dr. Celene Ibrahim by Susan Woolever
In this episode, Dr. Celene Ibrahim reflects on her experience as a chaplain, educator, and scholar. Ibrahim challenges us to combat stigma around mental health and pursue wellness through authentic and curious relationships--with religious tex...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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35:02
Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | An Invitation to Ancestral Healing: Interview with Isabel Mareş by Dr. Elyse Ambrose
In this episode, Isabel Mareş shares her passion for the arts, community engagement, religion, and storytelling with attentiveness to accessibility and grounding in nature.
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Season 3
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18:11
Healing Work: The Work of Integration: Interview with Brittany Powell by Susan Woolever
In this episode, Reverend Brittany Powell shares her journey and insights into holistic being through empowered spirituality. Reverend Brittany helps us think about how family, faith, and culture are essential to facing our traumas and developi...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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41:06
Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | An Invitation to 'Re-Wilding'
In this episode, Monét Noelle Marshall-- director, playwright, actor, curator, cultural organizer, producer, filmmaker, and consultant-- shares her commitment to her art in connection with her spiritual and black feminist lineage. Learn more at...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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18:10
Feminism, Religion, and Mental Health Mini-series: Empowering spiritual well being
For the first episode of our “Feminism, Religion, and Mental Health:” Mini-series, Chaplains Lynne Faust and Ilisia Kissner discuss their journey of becoming mental health chaplains and how identifying as feminist and womanist shapes their reli...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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35:36
Feminism, Religion & Art Mini-Series | Vessel of Mystery: Interview with Autumn Brown by Dr. Elyse Ambrose
For the first episode of our "Feminism, Religion, and Art" mini-series, Autumn Brown, self-described "mother, organizer, theologian, artist, and facilitator" discusses the intersection of her many identities, her storytelling process, and how f...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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16:24
Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Dr. Nikky Singh on Sikh Sacred Texts and Academic Culture
Dr. Nikky Singh describes her experience growing up in the academic world, moving from India to the United States, attending her first AAR conference, and reclaiming the liberative spirit of Sikh sacred texts.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:00:06
Immigration, work and faith in the Midwest: Interview with Kristy Nabhan-Warren
Working at a meatpacking plant can be dangerous and exhausting. That is the reality of Latino and refugee workers in this industry, who turn to their faith to cope with the difficulties of the workplace. In this episode, Kristy Nabhan-Warren di...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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35:38
COVID-19 and the Academy: Interview with Susan Woolever, Amy Derogatis, and Mary Foskett
Research, Teaching, Service: this is the quintessential academic triad. But what happens when we add COVID-19 to one's academic activity? From the personal to the political, three religion scholars—Susan Woolever (ABD), Dr. Amy Derogatis, and D...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:15:56
White Institutional Fragility: A Raw Protest!
Three New Testament Scholars, A Womanist, A White Feminist, and an Indian Postcolonial Feminist, discuss the issues of our time and what it means to build a multi racial coalition within the academy to begin to dismantle the whiteness within ou...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:01:10
2018 AAR Panel “Sharing Knowledge/Feminist Collaboration” with Mary Churchill, Sarah Emanuel, Jackie Hildago, Mary Hunt, Kwok Pui Lan, and Oluwatomisin “Tomi” Oredein (Moderator: Kate Ott)
This podcast features a FSR-sponsored American Academy of Religion panel from 2018 where panelists reflect on what they wish they’d know as students and early career scholars.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:15:29
Bonus Episode: Evangelicalism, Homeschool, and Coming Into One’s Own with Tori Paquette
In this honest and deeply human podcast episode, Colby College senior, Tori Paquette, tells the story of how and why she left evangelicalism. For more on the subject, in Tori's own words, see the following blog:
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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46:00
Racing the Pandemic: Anti-Asian Sentiment in the COVID-19 Era with Peace Lee and Lisa Beyeler-Yvarra
This week's bonus episode interrogates the social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially towards the Asian and Asian American population in the United States. Within the U.S. the coronavirus disease has not only uncovered how human system...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:48
Liberationist Hermeneutics: Interview with Cynthia Chapman & Traci West
This podcast opens up space to talk about liberationist hermeneutics within the field of Religious Studies and the subfield of Biblical Studies. Some questions we ask include: what are liberationist hermeneutics? What are its lineages (within y...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:56
Feminist Profile: Interview with Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones
This podcast introduces narrative as crucial to the knowledge and support of feminist voices in the field of religious studies. This episode focuses on a scholar’s story including how who they are has shaped and/or helped determine their intere...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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36:52
Introduction: What is Feminists Talk Religion?
Feminists Talk Religion is a podcast elevating the stories, scholarship, conversations, and impact of feminists, especially women, in the field of religious studies and beyond. This introduction offers a conversational glimpse into the imaginat...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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35:51