By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2025-08-25T19:52:59-04:00April 15th, 2025|Tags: Demons, Eve, Genesis, Manichaeism, Sex|
All religions find ways to explain evil. The Manichaeans’ story led to an unusual and unique sexual ethic, but this important story had an enormous and lingering impact in world thought. An interview with Dr. Paul Dilley
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-07-24T05:36:56-04:00July 24th, 2024|Tags: Ancient Writings, Apostles, Gender Issues, Sex, Women|
We will consider how early Christian narratives emphasized standards of sexual abstinence as a means of spiritual flourishing for others, particularly for the apostles of Jesus, and how women’s bodies drive these narratives. Presenter: Mallory Challis with host Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2024-07-08T18:09:04-04:00May 1st, 2024|Tags: Ancient Writings, Apocryphal Texts, Gospel of Mark, Sex, Tony Burke|
After Smith's death, it [the claim of forgery] accelerated in part because now you can't sue people for libel. People can make whatever charge they want against them. And there's a certain animosity toward Smith. An interview with Dr. Tony Burke.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-11-01T07:05:02-04:00November 1st, 2023|Tags: 1 Timothy, Gender Issues, Paul, Sex, Women|
Along the way, Paul also makes quite a telling statement about his and probably these early communities’ views of conjugal rights – that they are mutual! Marriage partners have authority over one another’s bodies. An Interview with Dr. Susan (Elli) Elliott.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-08-30T06:31:17-04:00August 30th, 2023|Tags: Early Church, Sex, Women|
Understanding Augustine’s teaching about human sexuality more accurately uncovers his capability of genuinely interrogating our modern cultural assumptions. As we reassess the criticisms, we can understand his cultural assumptions better too. Presenters: Dr. Sarah Morice-Brubaker and Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-08-01T05:46:57-04:00April 6th, 2022|Tags: Apocryphal Texts, Christian Heresies, Empowerment, Sex, Theology|
From then on, illness is associated with heresy, mostly because of the way it spreads. Diseases spread [when] you talk to somebody, and the ancients were aware of that type of dissemination. An interview with Dr. Jennifer Barry.
By Elli Elliott|2023-08-01T05:46:49-04:00October 3rd, 2019|Tags: Elli Elliott, Extracanonical Texts, Sex, Shepherd of Hermas|
His thoughts are not private. God sees into his mind. His mind has become a stage for the performance of his virtue. God is the audience for the performance on the stage of his mind.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-08-01T05:46:42-04:00August 26th, 2019|Tags: Acts of Paul and Thecla, Paul, Sex, Thecla|
This discussion concentrates on Thecla's freedom and leadership, especially the ways her gender and sexuality is far more than what has often been considered “virginity” and/or “celibacy.” Presenter: Dr. Hal Taussig (with host Dr. Shirley Paulson) Includes transcript!
