Loudmouth Theology Duncan Vickers

Introduction to a Theology of the Body in light of reproductive loss. This episode introduces the focus of the next series, namely, looking at the experience of miscarriage, stillbirth, and infertility and how it challenges us to change our theological and philosophical understanding of the body.

Our theology surrounding miscarriage, stillbirth and infertility is effected by a number of different factors. This series will unpack the different factors and the way we can mitigate the unnecessary suffering caused by a our problematic theological understanding. Hopefully it will provide some solace and a way of speaking about this experience of loss.

I highly recommend the following charities if you wish to find support for miscarriage, stillbirth or infertility.

-https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/

-https://www.mariposatrust.org/

-https://resolve.org/support/managing-infertility-stress/coping-techniques/

-https://www.sands.org.uk/about-sands/our-work/supporting-parents

I would also highly recommend the following books (I don't earn anything from these links):

-Reconceiving Infertility: Biblical Perspectives on Procreation and Childlessness by Candida Moss and Joel S. Baden https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reconceiving-Infertility-Perspectives-Procreation-Childlessness/dp/0691164835

-The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America by Lara Freidenfelds https://www.amazon.co.uk/Myth-Perfect-Pregnancy-History-Miscarriage/dp/019086981X

-The Baby Loss Guide: Practical and compassionate support with a day-by-day resource to navigate the path of grief https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Loss-Guide-day-day/dp/1409185435

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Reproductive loss has been spoken about throughout history and each era has interpreted it in different ways. This episode investigates four different historical approaches and the implications that their interpretation has on women and their bodies. As reproductive loss is a modern conception, I have organised each cultural response to first address infertility and subsequently address miscarriage and stillbirth. The four different approaches that we will be investigating are the Hebrew Bible, the rabbinic tradition, the New Testament and early-Christian tradition and, finally, modernity. These different investigations will demonstrate that the interpretation of reproductive loss is not monolithic but is multifaceted and diverse.

I highly recommend the following charities if you wish to find support for miscarriage, stillbirth or infertility.

-https://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/

-https://www.mariposatrust.org/

-https://resolve.org/support/managing-infertility-stress/coping-techniques/

-https://www.sands.org.uk/about-sands/our-work/supporting-parents

I would also highly recommend the following books (I don't earn anything from these links):

-Reconceiving Infertility: Biblical Perspectives on Procreation and Childlessness by Candida Moss and Joel S. Baden https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reconceiving-Infertility-Perspectives-Procreation-Childlessness/dp/0691164835

-The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America by Lara Freidenfelds https://www.amazon.co.uk/Myth-Perfect-Pregnancy-History-Miscarriage/dp/019086981X

-The Baby Loss Guide: Practical and compassionate support with a day-by-day resource to navigate the path of grief https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Loss-Guide-day-day/dp/1409185435

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Episode Notes
In this episode, we look at the similarities and differences in the Infancy narratives in Matthew and Luke, then go on to look at the first two Quests for the Historical Jesus. We will cover key people and ideas of both the Old Quest and the Period of No Quest, talking about Reimarus' role in instigating the quest to Rudolph Bultmann.

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Episode: In this episode, we look at the two most recent quests for the historical Jesus, the New Quest and the Third quest. Discussing the main scholars and elements of each quest (2012)

These two podcasts are based on Helen Bond's excellent work The Historical Jesus: a Guide for the perplexed https://amzn.to/3tkpVFJ

The authors discussed and their main works on the historical Jesus:

Ernst Kaseman

Gunther Bornkamm: Jesus of Nazareth https://amzn.to/3ayKjdF

Joachim Jeremias

Geza Vermes: Jesus the Jew (1973) https://amzn.to/2YscDZs

E. P. Sanders: Jesus and Judaism (1985) https://amzn.to/39ymcfw and The historical figure of Jesus (1993) https://amzn.to/39yIeyT

Richard Horsley: Jesus in Context: Power, People, and Performance (2008) https://amzn.to/3pzD8YP

Jesus Seminar: The Five Gospels (1993) https://amzn.to/3tbForg

J.D. Crossan: The historical Jesus: The life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991) https://amzn.to/3oDCQie and Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994) https://amzn.to/36vqbHQ

David Flusser: The Sage from Galilee: Rediscovering Jesus' Genius (2001) https://amzn.to/3pBndJB

J. P. Meir: Jesus the Marginal Jew https://amzn.to/3oGgTPO

N. T. Wright: Available Works https://amzn.to/3ayNcev , particular to the Historical Jesus is his work Jesus and the victory of God (1996)https://amzn.to/3oDW33b and The Resurrection of the Son of God (2017) https://amzn.to/39wKlTK

J. D. G. Dunn

Dale Allison

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza: In memory of her (1983) https://amzn.to/3crT0sD

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Introduction to the Loudmouth Theology Podcast and its aims.