The Shiloh Podcast

the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

The Shiloh Project and its podcast shine a light on the stories and practices of religion that either contribute to or resist rape culture. Through conversations with scholars and practitioners, the podcast invites us all to think about ways that we can challenge and dismantle rape culture in our own communities. The Shiloh project is a collaboration between the universities of Sheffield, Leeds and Auckland and funded by AHRC.

  1. All the Susannas

    10/12/2025

    All the Susannas

    Artist Kate Howe talks to Rosie about a collection of paintings called All the Susannas. They're a response to Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Susanna and the Elders. The story itself is told in Daniel chapter 13. Kate's work aims to centre the experience of victims and survivors of sexual abuse - including Gentileschi, Kate and countless others. You can find out more about Kate's work and view the Susannas here..... https://www.katehowe.com/kate-howe-selected-works Please be aware that this podcast references sexual violence.

    22 min

  2. 17/11/2025

    On Not Fixing the Biblical God

    What happens when we stop making excuses for the violent tyrannical god we encounter in the Bible? Rabbi Dr Barbara Thiede from the University of North Carolina talks to Rosie Dawson

    25 min
  3. Towards mandatory reporting

    06/05/2025

    Towards mandatory reporting

    This is a recording from a webinar hosted by the AHRC funded Abuse in Religious Settings project in which solicitor Richard Scorer talks to Professor Gordon Lynch about his work on the need for the mandatory reporting of abuse in religious organisations.

    40 min
  4. Revolt-ing women; highlighting abuse in Jewish communities

    09/08/2024

    Revolt-ing women; highlighting abuse in Jewish communities

    Yehudis Fletcher and Rabbi Robyn Ashworth-Steen talk to Rosie about their friendship, the need to highlight abuse in Jewish contexts and the painful study of Scriptures. Warning - you may find some of the content of this conversation distressing.

    45 min

  5. 23/05/2024

    Students talk spiritual abuse.

    This guest episode of the Shiloh podcast comes from four University of Leeds students as part of a project called ‘Investigating Spiritual Abuse in Church Settings’. The project aims to destigmatise and spread awareness of spiritual abuse through its engagement with the local community and campus.

    30 min
  6. Silence isn't Golden: Addressing abuse in religious contexts through partnership working.

    23/03/2024

    Silence isn't Golden: Addressing abuse in religious contexts through partnership working.

    Rosie's guest on this episode is Professor Lisa Oakley, one of the country's leading experts on spiritual abuse. What is spiritual abuse? Why is it important to recognise it as a distinct category of abuse? And how does she ensure that the research she carries out is trauma informed and survivor-focused? Lisa was talking to Rosie as she prepared to give her inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Chester.

    31 min
  7. "Would the Buddha have believed you?"

    08/01/2024

    "Would the Buddha have believed you?"

    The Abuse in Religious Contexts project looks at the peculiar factors which allow abuse to take place within religious settings. In this episode Amy Langenberg, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd college Florida, and Ann Gleig, Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at University of Central Florida, discuss their work on abuse in convert Buddhist communities.

    53 min
  8. Abuse in Religious Contexts: working with Muslim survivors of abuse.

    09/11/2023

    Abuse in Religious Contexts: working with Muslim survivors of abuse.

    The Abuse in Religious Contexts project looks at the peculiar factors which allow abuse to take place within religious settings. Rosie's guests in this episode are Dr Rahmanara Chowdhury, senior lecturer in forensic psychology at Nottingham Trent University and Farooq Mullah, chaplain for Nottingham health trust. Please be aware that this episode contains disclosures of sexual abuse, The AIRC project has an information and resource service which you can contact on airs@kent.ac.uk

    37 min
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The Shiloh Project and its podcast shine a light on the stories and practices of religion that either contribute to or resist rape culture. Through conversations with scholars and practitioners, the podcast invites us all to think about ways that we can challenge and dismantle rape culture in our own communities. The Shiloh project is a collaboration between the universities of Sheffield, Leeds and Auckland and funded by AHRC.

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  • Creator
    the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    30
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