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This Week In Heresy

This Week In Heresy is no longer doing new episodes, but please enjoy our archive of interviews!

Aug 29, 2014

This week we have the first of two episodes with Rev. Philip Tanner, the Greek Geek, about the “gotcha verses” in the Bible that are used for condemning LGBTQIA people. We begin these episodes by talking about the verses themselves, and why they may not mean what you have been told they mean. 

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Aug 22, 2014

This week our guest is Ragen Chastain of the Dances with Fat blog. In this episode, we talk about how body policing and body shaming in a religious setting can do spiritual damage. Where does the religious body shaming come from? What is the responsibility of clergy when it comes to the health of their members? What are...


Aug 20, 2014

Sometimes, you just have to speak about the injustice that you witness…

 

 

This episode starts with a reading from “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran (Amazon)


Aug 15, 2014

Sarah Thompson returns in this episode to talk about navigating pagan traditions and an asexual, especially when many traditions follow a fertility cycle based on the sexual union of a God and Goddess. How do we adapt and redact rituals and traditions in order to include those who don't fit into the narrative? What is a...


Aug 13, 2014

I’ve heard it said so many times in so many circles: You can’t be a proper X if you don’t do Y. What do we mean by that? If we’re narrowly defining what is proper, especially in spiritual circles, can … Continue reading