Dungeons & Dialectics

Ep. 13 The Satanic Panic part 1: A "Christian" response to Dungeons & Dragons


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The 80s. With rampant homophobia, the war on drugs looming imminent on the horizon, and a rising neoliberal world order, a brave few have the courage to stand up to the greatest threat to the youth of the U.S of A: Dungeons, Dragons, and Satan. Join a generation of sh*tty parents in their crusade to deflect all blame onto a game, and listen as the church, the police, and the news media joins the fight.

CW: suicide

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Chick, Jack. Dark Dungeons. 1984.

Christoyannopoulos, Alexandre. "A Christian Anarchist Critique of Violence: From Turning the Other Cheek to a Rejection of the State". 2010.

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Laycock, Joseph. Dangerous Games What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds. 2015.

Leithart and Grant. "A Christian Response to Dungeons & Dragons: The Catechism of the New Age". 1987.

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