Proverbs 31: The Capable Wife, really? with Esther Zarifi

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Proverbs 31 talks about a ‘capable wife’. In this episode, Esther Zarifi talks to us about her findings when she analysed how the passage has been used to impact on Christian women today.
Esther is a former RE teacher, who works for an education charity as leader in Religious Studies, focusing on GCSE and A level courses. She a member of her local Methodist church, and describes herself as ‘social justice advocate and active LGBT+ ally’. Esther has a keen interest in Biblical Studies since completing her MA in 2020.
In the episode, Esther mentions:

• Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
• Heidi Campbell, Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority (Media, Religion and Culture)
• Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood
• Madipoane Masenya, How Worthy Is the Woman of Worth?: Rereading Proverbs 31: 10-31 in African-South Africa: 4 (Bible and Theology in Africa)
• Christine Yoder, “The Woman of Substance: A Socioeconomic Reading of Proverbs 31:10-31.” Journal of Biblical Literature 122 (2003): 427-447., 2003, Journal

You can contact Esther on:

• Twitter: @MissZarifi
• Instagram: @estie83
• LinkedIn – Esther Zarifi

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RGP History

Alison & Grace were having a conversation in the summer of 2019 about podcasts and they weren't aware of any at the time that spoke to their context, so they decided to set one up. You can hear more about their thinking about the podcast on the Introductions episode.

Grace & Alison worked on the podcast together for the first year but Grace had other commitments that meant she had to give the podcast up, so from February - August 2021 Alison carried on without her.

In August 2021, Alex & Amy joined Alison and they became the three AAAs.
Theme Tune
With thanks to Dan Lawrence who wrote and performed our tune & Lawrence Dinh who produced it.

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The Recovering God Podcast has been in existence since the summer of 2019. The team has changed over those years but we're delighted to still be offering relevant discussions covering the broad topics of feminism and the Christian faith!