Episode 197: Religious Formation for Children – The Christian Feminist Podcast
Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Katie Grubbs, and Sara Klooster talk about how to teach children about the faith.
Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Alexis Neal discuss the healing of the woman in the crowd in Mark 5.
Knowing
- Our experiences with this story
- Description of the story and its context
- Interpretation history
Reading
- Summary of Candida R. Moss’s argument about gender and bodies in the Markan text in “The Man with the Flow of Power: Porous Bodies in Mark 5: 25-34”
- Comments on Moss’s argument
- Other issues raised by this story
- Discussion: how do we approach miraculous healing stories in relation to disability?
Passing On
A Brief Theology of Periods (Yes, Really), by Rachel Jones
My Body is Not a Prayer Request, by Amy Kenny
Carole R. Fontaine, “Disabilities and Illness in the Bible: A Feminist Perspective” in A Feminist Companion to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament
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