Religion Unmuted

Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP)
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Religion Unmuted Podcast

Religion Unmuted is the podcast that brings women’s voices to the table. We explore how religion impacts public discourse around important social issues, like racism, politics, immigration, health, and the body. Join us for research-driven dialogue that amplifies women's voices in conversation about religion and public life.

  1. 17/03/2023

    A Historical Look at Patriarchy Within Christianity

    In this episode, Religion Unmuted takes a historical look at Christianity and in particular how patriarchy was fundamental in the religion’s founding. Our guest April DeConick also brings attention to the ways in which women did have specific roles in early Christianity and how that can be honored today.

    25 min

  2. 03/02/2023

    Gender, Religion, and Conservative Politics

    The 2016 election shone a bright light on the entanglement of politics and faith for white evangelical Christians. Historian and author Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks the past, present, and future of evangelicalism in America as well as the role of women in this cultural and religious movement that is here to stay.

    30 min

  3. 18/11/2022

    Seeing the Whole Person and the Whole Pain

    The work of a chaplain involves providing spiritual care to individuals outside of a congregational setting, work that can be difficult and varied. According to our guest, sociologist Wendy Cadge, a chaplain can be witness to a person’s whole pain as well as recognize and discuss death, all in ways that can be difficult for family, healthcare workers, and even society at large to do. In this episode she tells some of the stories of chaplains gleaned from her years of research, including the ways that politics, gender, and a global pandemic can affect a chaplain’s work.

    25 min

  4. 28/10/2022

    Reproductive Justice and Religion

    Elaina Ramsey provides a practitioner’s perspective on reproductive justice and religion in this episode of Religion Unmuted. As director of Faith Choice Ohio, she works to promote and advance reproductive justice as a holistic movement, and she explains why her faith is so integral to her fight for reproductive justice.

    29 min

  5. 30/09/2022

    Using the “F” Word in Religion: Bringing Feminism to the Conversation

    Let’s start with the definition: Xochitl Alvizo has not one but two favorite definitions of feminism. We ask the religious studies scholar first to define the term in this episode of Religion Unmuted; then we move to unpacking the many layers behind feminism and feminist thought, including the importance of context, intersectionality, and in particular interactions with theology, religious practice, and religious trauma.

    34 min

  6. 16/09/2022

    The Power of Listening

    Juanita Rasmus is an author, speaker, spiritual director, and co-pastor of a large Methodist church in downtown Houston. She joins Religion Unmuted to share her personal mental health journey as well as how listening and noticing can lead to spiritual and emotional healing.

    37 min

  7. 27/08/2021

    Why Religion Is Still Relevant

    Following the last two presidential elections, Rabbi Dr. Andrea Weiss solicited letters from religious studies scholars to speak directly to our nation’s politicians. Why should we listen to what scholars of religion have to say about today’s most pressing problems? In this episode, Weiss shares her explanation for why these viewpoints matter, as well as the importance of expanding the diversity of religious voices coming to the table to speak about contemporary issues.

    22 min

  8. 30/07/2021

    From Self-Care to Collective Care

    Amid an unrelenting year, a year in which suffering has pervaded social life, “self-care” has become a buzz word. Ads and articles about self-care abound on social media and in everyday discourse, but discussions about self-care have been disconnected from thinking about community care. In this episode of Religion Unmuted, Pamela talks with Rev. Jennifer Bailey about caring for ourselves, particularly as women, and how self-care links to loving others, across differences in race or faith.

    33 min
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Religion Unmuted is the podcast that brings women’s voices to the table. We explore how religion impacts public discourse around important social issues, like racism, politics, immigration, health, and the body. Join us for research-driven dialogue that amplifies women's voices in conversation about religion and public life.

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  • Creator
    Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP)
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved by Rice University's Religion and Public Life Program.
  • Show Website
    Religion Unmuted

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