Ericka Dunbar talks to Rosie about sex trafficking, collective trauma and horror in the book of Esther.

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.

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 17thDecember

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

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

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.

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.” 

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?

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.uk

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 AHRC