In this episode, we're joined by Chris Stedman – a writer, activist, and professor who teaches in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of IRL: Finding Our Real Selves in a Digital World and the writer and host of Unread, named one of the best podcasts of 2021. The full episode is available now on patreon.com/ineedgod.

Topics we cover:

Sylvia Plath

Chris’s nonreligious upbringing

Homophobia in church

The 4 categories of belief in God

How to be a good Atheist

Teaching religion to college students 

Humanism

Chris’s books Faithiest and IRL

Authenticity and the internet

Praise for I NEED GOD

Teaching religion to Gen Z

Chris’s amazing grandma

Astrology

Chris’s Unread podcast

Listen to full episodes at patreon.com/ineedgod

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