Best The Shiloh Project With Rosie Dawson Podcasts (2025)

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On Not Fixing the Biblical God 24:57

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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

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Towards mandatory reporting 39:32

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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.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Revolt-ing women; highlighting abuse in Jewish communities 44:46

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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.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Students talk spiritual abuse. 30:11

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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.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Silence isn't Golden: Addressing abuse in religious contexts through partnership working. 30:37

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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…

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"Would the Buddha have believed you?" 52:56

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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…

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Abuse in Religious Contexts: working with Muslim survivors of abuse. 36:45

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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 c…

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Abuse in Religious Contexts: the story of Yogi Bhajan 48:23

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The Abuse in Religious Contexts project looks at the peculiar factors which allow abuse to take place within religious settings. Today we hear about one such setting – the 3H0( Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) founded by Yogi Bhajan who introduced Kundalini yoga to the United States. After his death in 2004 scores of his female followers came for…

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Abuse in Religious Contexts: Reporting, Secrecy, and Silencing 52:48

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This is the third webinar-podcast from “Abuse in Religious Contexts,” an AHRC-funded research project, which explores the ways cultures and structures of a wide variety of faith communities cause, facilitate, legitimate, justify, and hide abuse. Speakers in this episode include; - Richard Scorer, a lawyer specialising in child and vulnerable adult …

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"I Lord" - a theatre director's response to spiritual and other forms of abuse. 26:02

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The Abuse in Religious Contexts project is happy to be engaging with Nell Hardy, an actor and theatre director, who has written a play which tackles issues around spiritual and other intersectional faith-based abuses. It will be premiered in London on October 30th - listen for details! Over the summer Nell has been holding a series of workshops wit…

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Abusing God; Hypermasculinity 8:01

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Abusing God; Reading the bible in the #MeToo age is an AHRC funded project which held its second colloquium in Manchester on the topic of hypermasculinity. Rosie Dawson gathered some reflections from participants Abi, Jo, Charlotte Thomas, Sarah Molyneux-Hetherington, Andy Boyake and Will Moore.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Abuse in Religious Contexts: the role of Scripture. 56:48

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This is the second webinar-podcast from “Abuse in Religious Contexts,” an AHRC-funded research project, which explores the ways cultures and structures of a wide variety of faith communities cause, facilitate, legitimate, justify, and hide abuse. In this episode - about the role of Scripture in justifying or challenging abuse - Dr Rahmanara Chowdhu…

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Abusing God: Reading the Bible in the #MeToo age. 22:34

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Dr Kirsi Cobb, lecturer in Biblical studies at Cliff College in Derbyshire and Dr Holly Morse, senior lecturer in Bible, Gender and culture at the University of Manchester talk to Rosie about their AHRC funded project Abusing God: Reading the Bible in the #MeToo age.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Abuse in Buddhist contexts 17:33

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This documentary offers audio snapshots of a recent workshop at the University of Leeds, hosted by Shiloh Project co-director Johanna Stiebert. Activities were led by Ann Gleig (Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies, University of Central Florida) and Amy Langenberg (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd College, Florida).…

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Abuse in Religious Contexts and the Intersections of Power - with Gordon Lynch and Linda Woodhead 56:12

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“Abuse in Religious Contexts” is an AHRC-funded research project, which explores the ways cultures and structures of a wide variety of faith communities cause, facilitate, legitimate, justify, and hide abuse. This webinar-podcast features Professor Gordon Lynch and Professor Linda Woodhead, two of the project's key investigators, as they discuss ho…

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Why the US gun epidemic is also a scriptural pandemic. 22:43

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Richard Newton , Assistant Professor of Religious studies at the University of Alabama, took part in the recent Bible and Activism day in Leeds. In this conversation with Rosie he suggests that the language of pandemic and disease can help us understand the different contexts which inform people's reading of Scripture.…

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What you always wanted to know about the Bible but were afraid to ask… 16:03

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Here is just a taste of what happened when local Otley residents and fourteen international biblical scholars came together to discuss biblical texts, events and history, and why they matter. The event was the brainchild of Professor Johanna Stiebert and generously hosted by Rev Jason McCullagh and Otley United Reformed Church.…

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The rape of Daughter Zion 29:35

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Emily Colgan and Rosie discuss Jeremiah’s representation of the land as female, and the violence perpetrated against her.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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An Indecent Theology. 28:23

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Eve Parker and Rosie discuss the experience and hybrid religiosity of South Indian Devadasi women.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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One Night with the King. 34:09

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Ericka Dunbar talks to Rosie about sex trafficking, collective trauma and horror in the book of Esther.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse. 34:42

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David Tombs tells Rosie how engaging with Liberation Theology and the experience of tortured people in Central America led him to consider the evidence that Jesus was a victim of sexual abuse.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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We need to talk about Mary. 28:30

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Karen O'Donnell argues that Mary’s response to the trauma of unexpected pregnancy can provide comfort and a model for other trauma survivors. Karen’s book Broken Bodies is available – with a 20% discount – from https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/ until 17thDecemberBy the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Rape culture, purity culture and Teen Bibles. 33:03

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Caroline Blyth and Rosie discuss how Teen Bibles cast God in the role of a Coercive Abuser who humiliates, demeans and gaslights teenage girls.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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The Bible and Sexual Violence Against Men. 21:12

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Chris Greenough tells Rosie how silence about sexual violence in the Bible both leads to a denial of the problem and perpetuates homophobia.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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The Fearless One – naming the rape victim in Judges 19 23:16

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Helen Paynter and Rosie discuss two harrowing stories of rape and murder - from Delhi in 21st century and from Ancient Israel in the time of the Judges. Please be aware of disturbing content.By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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A woman of courage – who can find? 13:22

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Mmapula Kebaneilwe talks to Rosie about the rise of Gender Based Violence in Botswana, the Bible as a tool of oppression or liberation and why the Proverbial “woman of virtue” is actually a “woman of courage.”By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Rape Myths, the Bible and #MeToo 18:23

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Johanna Stiebert talks to Rosie about rape myths, the Bible and #MeToo. If there is no actual Hebrew word for “rape,” is it right to use it in modern translations of the Bible? How do the prophetic images of Israel as a harlot feed into contemporary attitudes to women sometimes seen in rape trials?By the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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The Shiloh Project: how it began 19:10

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Katie Edwards talks to Rosie about why it’s important to study rape culture and the Bible, the early days of the Shiloh Project and its collaborations with theologians in Ghana and Botswana. https://shiloh-project.group.shef.ac.ukBy the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson

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Trailer: Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible 1:42

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Podcast shining a light on the stories and practices of religion that contribute to or help resist rape culture. https://shiloh-project.group.shef.ac.uk Funded by AHRCBy the Shiloh Project with Rosie Dawson