Can Women Save Religion?

Released August 13, 2026 · With Mac, The Rev and Amanda Adamson

Can women save religion? Big question. Probably the wrong one.

Mac and The Rev are joined this week by Amanda Adamson, a ministerial candidate. Their take is that women alone won’t fix religion, but women can help move it from hierarchy toward collaboration.

They look at patriarchal traditions and make a case for women’s leadership, and for the rest of us doing more listening.

Mac and The Rev, it should be said, listen more than usual.

In this episode

• Why women alone won’t fix religion

• Shifting from hierarchy toward collaboration

• A critique of patriarchal traditions

• Women’s leadership, and learning to listen

This one is for you if

“My faith community chewed me up.”

Questions to take to your table

1. Whose voices are missing from the leadership in your community?

2. When was the last time you changed your mind because you listened?

3. What would collaboration look like where you are, instead of hierarchy?

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Also available on Apple Podcasts.