A Tennessee Expulsion, a Texas Pardon, a Tibet Outrage

KTF Weekly Newsletter

Hi everyone,

We’re planning Season three of Shake the Dust, and we would love to hear from you! Some of our most popular episodes started with guest or topic suggestions from listeners, so please write in to shakethedust@ktfpress.com with your ideas for our upcoming episodes! And without further ado, on to our highlights for the week!

Sy’s Recommendations:

• There was an difficult but important conversation this week on the intersection of purity culture and intimate partner violence on Brandi Miller’s Reclaiming My Theology podcast. The guest was Tamice Spencer-Helms, who is of course the author of our newest book here at KTF Press. In the conversation, Tamice uses experiences she writes about in the book to clearly state how theologies infused with white supremacy create and enable abuse within marriage. It’s a sharp and empathetic conversation (like any conversation involving Tamice or Brandi). And one intention behind the episode is to help people trapped in cycles of abuse by their church or theology know that, despite what so many people have told them, Jesus understands  their pain and will be with them if they leave.