In this epsidoe Brandi is joined by Angie Hong of Kinship Commons to talk about race, white supremacy, and coloniality in purity culture. They talk about the ways that race and racism are woven into how Christians define purity and about ways to move forward as we reclaim our theology. You can find Angie on all things internet at @angiekayhong and angiekayhong.com. You can find the article that she wrote for The Atlantic, The Flaw at the Center of Purity Culture . You can support the work of Rec...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Patricia Taylor to talk about the unique ways that Christian spaces create, uphold, and perpetuate rape culture. Note: This conversation is generally inexplicit and shys away from descriptions of violence beyond general facts. But even so, they talk about issues that many of us have been impacted by and thus we invite folks to listen and hold themselves with caution and tenderness. You can find Patty online: Instagram You can find the legacy trip she mentions...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Karla Mendoza to unpack from of the culture tenants of purity culture. They discuss how music, community formation, media, and so much more make up the extra-biblical culture of purity culture. You can find Karla's work at: El Cafecito w/ Karla Podcast You can find her writing here . And you can find her recommended podcast Dear Soft Black Woman here . If you like and want to support the work of Reclaiming My Theology, can follow, review/rate, or share w...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Jazzy Johnson to take a look not just what the bible says about sex, but also how that question fundamentally shapes how we approach the bible in our search for a sexual ethic. If you like what you hear, please rate, review, shoot us a 5-star review, share with a friend or join us on patreon at patreon.com/reclaimingmytheology. Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited, and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is by Sanchez Fair. Taking our theology back fro...
Sep 27, 2022•2 hr 36 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back and welcome to a new season of Reclaiming My Theology. This week we are kicking off our series with a primer on purity culture. In this episode, Brandi is joined by Jo Luehmann to start us off on what will inevitably be a long journey into all of this. They talk about the racialized implications of purity culture, how some core scriptures are used, and how the intersection of purity culture and bible create the mess that we currently live in. If you like what you hear please follow,...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode before we take a break for the summer, Brandi is joined by Jonathan Martin (@jonathanamartin) to talk about how we encounter God, ourselves, and genuine community as we walk away from ideas, communities, and structures that formed us. You can find his new book The Road Away From God where ever books are sold. If you want to support RMT you can do so by continuing to listen, sharing, rating, reviewing or supporting us financially on patreon at patreon.com/reclaimingmytheology. Rec...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast In this foretaste of what is to come in the upcoming season on purity culture, Brandi and joined by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine to talk about what purity is in Jewish life and though and where Christians go wrong in thinking about both purity and purity culture. If you like what you here or just want to support, you can do so are patreon.com/reclaimingmytheology or simply keep listening, sharing, rating, and reviewing. Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, produced, and edited by Brandi Miller, our music ...
Jun 21, 2022•51 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by the prolific women of truths table to talk all things their new book, whole life discipleship, and how learning with and from Black women might make us all more free. If you haven't listened to Truths Table, you can find it anywhere you listen to podcasts and you can find their book Trutht Table: Black Women's Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation wherever book are sold! If you like what you hear please leave us a review, share with a friend, or joi...
Jun 07, 2022•53 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Benita Ki of Civic Roasters, to talk about submission and how a theology of resistance might align us more with the way of Jesus and put us in solidarity with our neighbors and our greater collective well-being. You can support Benita and her work on the ground by joining their crowdfunding campaign or by buying their coffee https://www.civicroasters.com/crowdfunding. You can find them online at @civicroasters. If you like what you hear, you can follow, rate,...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by musician, produced, and all around dope human Latifah Alattas to talk about divorce. They discuss the culture in Christian spaces that often keeps people in marriages without understanding the full human impact of our often disembodied theology. You can find Latifah's album Divorce where ever you stream or buy your music and can find the podcast that accompanies the album here and her podcast with friends Fun Parts here. If you want to help RMT grow, you...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi and Mako tackle some of the foundational logics, histories, and theologies about abortion in the U.S. In a social and political environment where things are often considered simple or straight forward, especially on this issue, they seek to bring depth, integrity, and compassion in this conversation. You can find Makos work at https://www.anastasiscenter.org/ or purchase and read his book Abortion Policy and Christian Social Ethics in the United States wherever books are ...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Barnabas Lin to talk about men, emotions, and the ways that patriarchy robs men of their ability to not only be fully themselves, but fully loved, seen, and known by others. if you like what you hear you can follow, rate, review, or join us on patreon at patreon.com/reclaimingmytheology Reclaiming My Theology was recorded, edited and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is by Sanchez Fair. Taking our theology back from ideas and systems that oppress. @reclaim...
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast In the episode, Brandi is join my Dr. Brian Bantum to talk about the foundations and formation of patriarchy, particularly in Christianity. They discuss how mens sense of self is form, how it plays out, and how more artistic and open readings of the scriptures allow men a path to freedom and the rest of us a glimpse of what life could look like if men were lessmediocre. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, leave a review and tell you friends about the show. you can also support us financ...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Dr. Amy Kenny, author of the forthcoming book My Body is Not a Prayer Request, to talk about the intersection of patriarchy and ableism. They discuss the ways that patriarchy shapes the "ideal" body as a non-disabled one and how the ideology and its implications harm us all. If you like you what you hear you can subscribe, rate, and review or join us on patreon at patreon.com/brandinico Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, written, and produced by Br...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode Brandi and is joined by Dante Stewart to interrogate some of the problems with progressive masculinity and what it might take to move us forward into a more faithful and good way. You can find Dant and his work at https://www.dantecstewart.com/about, or on socials at @stewartdantec. Snag out Lent 2022 Devotional at shopRMT.com Join us on Patreon at patreon.com/brandinico Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited, and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is by Sanchez Fair. Takin...
Mar 08, 2022•46 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast This week Brandi is joined by Roxy Hornbeck to talk about the formation, impact and future of white women in church/ theological spaces. They talk about the common traps and pitfalls that happen in white women's theological development, the ways that women of color are encouraged to perform white womanhood, and how to pursue justice outside of all of that more deeply. You can find our Lent devotional at shopRMT.com If you want to support our work, leave a review, subscribe, or join us finan...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast In this epsidoe Brandi is joined by creator of Black Liturgies (@blackliturgies) and author of the now out (TODAY) book This Here Flesh, Cole Arthur Riley. They talk about how Black contemplative practices can help us from from outside of our bodies to having greater relationship with ourselves and our connection to the divine. You can find her book where ever books are sold (ITS MAD GOOD, Y'ALL). Our lent devotional has just dropped for this year (the e-book will be up at the end of the we...
Feb 22, 2022•53 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is once again joined by Erna Kim Hackett to talk about the idea of "the one" and how this emphasis on a mystical figure who will fulfill all your needs embeds itself in our theology, our desires, as well as our systems and structures. Happy Valentines Day...I guess. If you like what you hear, subscribe, rate, review and tell your friends about us. You can join our patreon at patreon.com/brandinico. Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited, and produced by Bran...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Sarah Le, a birth doula, to talk about how we can liberate our theology and become more embodied and free through more deeply understanding the experiences of birthing people. They talk about how birthing has been used to build empires and buttress oppression and what can be learned from considering our own births as a pathway to deeper embodiment whether we will ever ourselves give birth or not. You can find Sarah at sarahlebirthwork.com or on instagram at @...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Dr. Sarah Moon (@thequeerkoreanpsychologist) to talk about the ways that queerness and queer people are impacted by patriarchal worldviews and theology. They talk about the potential for queerness to free all of us, Queer or not, by creating room for expansiveness, exploration, and more freedom. You can support our work on patreon at patreon.com/brandinico Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is by Sanchez Fair. ...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi talks with spiritual director and embodiment coach Hailey Mitsui about disassociation. Neither Brandi nor Hailey are psychologists, and approach this conversation from the colloquial conversation happening in culture at large. They talk about the impacts of trauma on our bodies, the ways we distance ourselves to cope, and some ways that we can come back into our bodies for the sake of our health and our relationship with God. You can find Hailey at haileymitsui.com and on...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by Arielle Estoria to talk about bodies- what they are, how we are shaped, the things that our theology takes from us, and how to reclaim a better relationship with our body, each other, and God. You can find Arielle on Instagram at @arielleestoria Her website is arielleestoria.com The opening poem, This Body, can be found in its video form here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Fpw47MMq4 If you want to join us in making Reclaiming My Theology a reality each we...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi talks with Cassandra Chee as they expand the frames of how we thing and talk about women in ministry. They talk about the logical fallacies or things that you have to believe about God and scripture to be practice complementarian theology as well as ways to shift our approaches, honor our ancestors, and pave the way for others. If you want to support reclaiming my theology, you can subscribe, rate, and review, and if you are interested in supporting us financially, you ca...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi talks with Tori Douglass about misogyny, the bible, and how we can unlearn the hatred of women through shifting away from dehumanizing (implicitly and explicitly) people who are not cis-men. You can find Tori at: Toriglass.com @ToriGlass https://www.patreon.com/toriglass If you want to help out RMT, you can subscribe, follow, rate, and review, check us out on instagram, or join us on patreon at patreon.com/brandinico Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, produced, and edite...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi sits down with Myles Markham to talk about toxic masculinity and the ways that it shapes how we approach our theology, God, and ourselves. They also make space to consider the ways that reclaiming our theology might look a lot more gentle and more like friendship and practicing presence than we might think. Please subscribe, rate, review and join us on patreon at patreon.com/brandinico. Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi talks with Jenny Hall about what is lost when we lose or avoid the idea of God as mother. They dive into the theology of God as mother, thinking through the healing we need to do, and offer some ways of being more fully...with the fullness of God. If you like what you hear, subscribe rate and review where ever you listen to podcast and if you want to help keep this thing going you can join us on patreon at patreon.com/brandinico. Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast In this foundational episode for this season, Brandi and Erna talk about how Christian patriarchy uniquely damages our sense of God, self, and others as well as ways that we might pivot toward health and wholeness. If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate, and review or join us financially at patreon.com/brandinico Reclaiming My Theology is recorded, edited, and produced by Brandi Miller, our music is by Sanchez Fair. Taking our theology back from ideas and systems that oppress. @reclai...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Brandi is joined by spiritual director Ellen Hoffman to discuss the ways that patriarchal assumptions and assertions about God pull us away from ourselves and consequently from God. She offers windows into how to pursue authenticity and healing as well as new frameworks to understand the divine! You can find our advent book now at shopRMT.com You can join us on patreon at patreon.com/brandinico Reclaiming My Theology is produced, edited, and recorded by Brandi Miller, our music ...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast We are back! In this season launch, Brandi starts our new season on patriarchy and purity culture talking about the many problems of patriarchy. They talk about the problems with centering couples and families, the brutality of masculinity, problems in theology, and more. We have also launched the *NEW* 2021 Advent devotional, and it is available for purchase at shopRMT.com. If you like what you hear and want to support the work of Reclaiming My Theology, you can join on patreon at patreon.com/b...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast We did it! After 40+ episodes on White supremacy culture, we are closing out with a little Q and A/ space for advice. Brandi is joined (safely and in person) by Erna Hackett and Sean Watkins to dialogue about your questions. Special thanks to patrons for making this all happen and to everyone who has listened and shared, it means the world. We will be back after a short hiatus to start our next long form series on patriarchy and purity culture. It'll be a doozy. Reclaiming My Theology is re...
Sep 04, 2021•2 hr 39 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast 
