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In this episode of Sacred Tension I'm joined by Jane Essex, spokesperson for the Reproductive Rights Campaign of The Satanic Temple, to discuss TST's controversial new abortion ritual. Learn more about the abortion ritual at https://announcement.thesatanictemple.com/rrr-campaign41280784

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I talk to philosopher Philip Goff about Panpsychism, which posits that consciousness is a fundamental feature of the universe. Find Philip Goff at https://www.philipgoffphilosophy.com/

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I'm joined once again by my favorite Evangelical John Morehead to discuss the psychology of evangelicals and why they do what they do. John details his research into the emotions that drive toxic evangelical behavior.

 

Pew Research Center - "How Americans Feel About Religious Groups," July 16, 201
https://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/
 
Pew Research Center - "Americans Express Increasingly Warm Feelings Toward Religious Groups," February 15, 2017
https://www.pewforum.org/2017/02/15/americans-express-increasingly-warm-feelings-toward-religious-groups/
 
Pew Research Center - "US Evangelical Christians are Chilly Toward Atheists, and the Feeling is Mutual," July 16, 2014
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/16/u-s-evangelical-christians-are-chilly-toward-atheists-and-the-feeling-is-mutual/
 
Ryan S. Ritter and Jesse Lee Preston, "Gross gods and icky atheism: Disgust responses to rejected religious beliefs." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 47 (2011): 1225-1230
http://labs.psychology.illinois.edu/pramlab/Papers/Ritter_Preston%282011%29.pdf
 
Ryan S. Ritter, Jesse Lee Preston, Erika Salomon, and Daniel Relihan-Johnson, "Imagine no religion: Heretical disgust, anger and the symbolic purity of mind." Cognition and Emotion 30, no. 4 (October 2016): 778-796
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275362856_Imagine_no_religion_Heretical_disgust_anger_and_the_symbolic_purity_of_mind
 
Pew Research Center, "Faith: Few strong links to national identity," February 1, 2017, ("Most white evangelical Protestants say it is very important to be Christian to be truly American")
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/02/01/faith-few-strong-links-to-national-identity/
 

Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, and Joseph O. Baker, "Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election." Sociology of Religion 70, Iss. 2 (Summer 2018): 147-171
https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article/79/2/147/4825283
 
Allyson F. Shortle and Ronald Keith Gaddie, "Religious Nationalism and Perceptions of Muslims and Islam." Politics and Religion 8, Iss. 3 (September 2015): 435-457
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-religion/article/religious-nationalism-and-perceptions-of-muslims-and-islam/8FD27C85AEDE0B861040FC06E3DA2248

Eric Leon McDaniel, Irfan Nooruddin, and Allyson Faith Shortle, "Divine Boundaries: How Religion Shapes Citizens' Attitudes Toward Immigrants." American Politics Research 39. mp/ 1 (2011): 205-233 
http://www.allysonshortle.com/uploads/4/0/5/6/40561995/mcdanielnooruddinshortle.apr2011.pdf
 


Richard Cimino, "'No God in Common:" American Evangelical Discourse After 9/11." Review of Religious Research 47. no. 2 (November 2005): 162-174
Abstract: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3512048?seq=1
Full Text: https://www.ezus.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2015/10/Cimino_Evangelicals-Islam-after-9-11_05.pdf
 
Holly A. McGregor, et al., "Terror Management and Aggression: Evidence that Mortality Salience Motivates Aggression Against Worldview-Threatening Others." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 74, no. 3 (590-605)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232558848_Terror_Management_and_Aggression_Evidence_That_Mortality_Salience_Motivates_Aggression_Against_Worldview-Threatening_Others

Enny Das, et. al., "How Terrorism News Reports Increase Prejudice against Outgroups: A Terror Management Account." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 45, no. 3 (April 2009): 453-459
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222826181_How_Terrorism_News_Reports_Increase_Prejudice_against_Outgroups_A_Terror_Management_Account

Joanna Goplena nd E. Ashby Plant, "A Religious Worldview: Protecting One's Meaning System Through Prejudice." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (2015), 1-14
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281261002_A_Religious_Worldview
 

Why We Hate documentary, Discovery Channel, 2019 (Produced by Alex Gibney and Steven Spielberg)
About: https://www.discovery.com/shows/why-we-hate
 

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In this episode of Sacred Tension Ally Henny gives an intro on how to be good allies to the black community. She defines basic terms and gives white people some hard, probing questions. If you are new to conversations about race, this episode is for you.

 

Ally has been writing about race, identity, culture, and racial conciliation on Twitter, her personal Facebook profile, and on her blog, The Armchair Commentary, since 2014. She is a regular contributor for The Witness: A Black Christian Collective, where she writes about black motherhood and other topics related to the black experience from a faith-based perspective. Ally has participated in several panels and facilitated discussions on America’s race issue and has conducted numerous personal education and coaching sessions for individuals seeking to participate in racial conciliation.

 

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by religious studies professor Megan Goodwin to discuss abuse within religious communities, Satanic Panic, New Religious Movements, QAnon, her new book Abusing Religion, and more. Find Professor Goodwin here. 

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I'm joined by actor, quaker, and LGBTQ/climate activist Peterson Toscano to discuss his show Bubble&Squeak. We talk about formative queer experiences, the importance of storytelling, our awkward gay sex experiences, and more. Listen to Bubble&Squeak here.

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I'm joined by the hosts of Black Mass Appeal -- the largest Satanic podcast on the planet -- to discuss Satanism, cats, conspiracy theories, theism, and so much more. Find Black Mass Appeal at blackmassappeal.com.

Note: this episode was recorded prior to the BLM protests.

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This episode of Sacred Tension is from my patrons-only podcast House of Heretics. My cohost Timothy and I discuss the recent protests, misguided liberal narratives about "violence," how we as white people can elevate black voices, the Satanic Temple's response to the protests, and much more.

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In this cross-over episode I'm joined by Will and Joe from the Common Creatives podcast to discuss the brilliant horror movie House of the Devil. We talk about religious horror, Satanism, The Satanic Panic, growing up Evangelical, and much more. If you love this show, please go check out their other episodes and subscribe to them on your favorite podcast app.

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In this unedited, stripped episode of Sacred Tension I talk to Shiva Honey, author of The Devil's Tome: A Book of Modern Satanic Ritual. We discuss her liberation from an abusive religious setting, the fusion of nontheism and ritual, how ritual can bring empowerment and catharsis into an individual's life, and much more.

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