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Religion on the Mind
Hosted by Dan Koch · EN
Interviews with experts, writers, psychologists and more on the intersection between psychology, religion and spirituality… with a little bit of cussing.
dan@religiononthemind.com
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Dan Passed the Exam! & a Timely Rebroadcast
2d ago01:41:41Summary readyEpisode #370 | Trusting Yourself After Religious Change *Original Description * To Trust Your Experience (Dustin Kensrue) (#38) Is experience potentially a direct pathway to the God of the universe? Or is it simply “the heart [being] deceitful above all things”? Can we trust our spiritual experience, and if so, which experiences are trustworthy? This topic was recommended by my guest Dustin Kensrue (singer/songwriter of the band Thrice, former worship director at Mars Hill Church in Seattle), and I jumped at it. In today’s episode, we go through Dustin’s own story, from young Christian punk rocker, to prominent Neo-Calvinist, to church scandal whistleblower (sort of), to reconstructed liberal Christian, all the while considering the role of experience in that journey. ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryA Jewish Sex Educator Reads the Gospel of Matthew (#411)
1w ago01:21:39Summary ready**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study** Guest: Jenn Mason (WinkWink Boutique) Topics: Growing up Jewish in a small rural town and rediscovering Judaism as an adult (1:43) National media attention, antisemitic harassment, and finding a spiritual framework (6:26) Why read the Gospels: side-eye toward Christianity and swimming in a Christian culture (10:57) Softness, disability, and getting "off template" (24:53) First impressions of Matthew: the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus at the center (34:23) Anti-Pharisee texts, the Great Commission, and the religion of Jesus vs. Christianity (43:32) Jenn on Instagram | @jenniferidamason ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Summary“Conspirituality” & Wellness Culture (#410)
2w ago00:40:12Summary ready**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study** Guest: Valerie Martin (Gaia Center / But For Real Podcast) Topics: Tarot, astrology, and Valerie's path into new age spirituality (4:57) Wellness coaching, MLM culture, and spiritual bypassing (10:53) Cialdini's Influence: social proof and identity enmeshment (24:03) Money, ethics, and the "Wild West" of spiritual coaching (31:24) Patron Break The Telepathy Tapes: facilitated communication and the case for and against (43:51) Near-death experiences, psi phenomena, and the limits of a materialist brain (1:00:53) Follow Valerie / the Gaia Center: Gaiacenter.co But For Real podcast: But For Real___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryChristianity Vs. Existentialism | Part 3 (#409)
3w ago01:07:06Summary ready**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study** Guest: Daryl Van Tongeren Returns! (Hope College / "Done") Topics: What is existentialism and existential psychology? (5:25) Does life have a predetermined purpose, or do we make our own? (19:00) Faith and uncertainty (42:21) Objective morality, self-sacrifice, and the doormat problem (54:02) ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryPsychology & Religion at the World Cup (#408)
Jul 601:07:00Summary ready**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study** Guests: Victoria Jackson & Terry Shoemaker Topics: Religion, sport, and the sacred — evangelical baggage and finite vs. eternal stakes (7:00) Maradona's "Hand of God" and sport as modern mythology (13:42) Victoria's World Cup travel plans and fan culture on the road (20:36) FIFA corruption, Infantino, and Trump's soccer obsession (36:13) Masculinity, grace, and violence across sports (44:45) Promotion, relegation, and why an MLS club costs more than Bournemouth (56:29) Final predictions: teams to watch (58:00) ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryGGCH: World Cup, Down Syndrome and Have US Men Stopped Reading? (#407)
Jun 2900:50:36Summary readyGuests: Tony Jones & Josh Gilbert (Generation Gap Culture Hour returns!) Topics: Culture roundup: All the Pretty Horses, Dave on Hulu, The Strokes (3:28) Streaming piracy & the ethics of stealing (19:58) Dude lit & the book club (30:53) Men and reading (Tony's Substack crossover moment) (36:27) Patron Half Begins (46:55) World Cup (46:30) Down Syndrome screening, disability & ethics of life (1:01:40) Jesus and the just world hypothesis (1:14:54) ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryChristianity Vs. Existentialism | Part 2 (#406)
Jun 2201:06:54Summary readyGuest: Daryl Van Tongeren Returns! (Hope College / "Done") Topics: Are most people living in a kind of illusion? (0:00) How people spend their time (17:14) What makes humans special: Christianity and existentialism agree (27:37) The five givens of existence and how Christianity responds to them (32:23) Religious certainty and the road to violence (45:14) It's never too late (48:14) ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryChristianity Vs. Existentialism | Part 1 (#405)
Jun 1501:07:28Summary readyGuest: Daryl Van Tongeren Returns! (Hope College / "Done") Topics: What is existentialism and existential psychology? (5:25) Does life have a predetermined purpose, or do we make our own? (19:00) Faith and uncertainty (42:21) Objective morality, self-sacrifice, and the doormat problem (54:02) ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryWhy Tribalism is So Natural (#404)
Jun 801:25:03Summary readyGuest: Barrabas! (Tim Burnette returns) Topics: • Religion after religion (7:04) • In-group Religion (10:58) • Is there moral and spiritual progress? (25:04) • Haidt's Rider & Elephant (32:51) • Collective effervescence & human bonding (38:37) • Out-groups & non-duality (42:27) • Moral foundations theory (1:05:33) • Christian nationalism & the remnant (1:17:34) Previous Episode with Tim: Self-aware Christianity with Tim Bunette (#383) ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SummaryStudy Hall: Sex, Aging & Purity Culture (#403)
Jun 100:40:06Summary readySex drive, religious formation, and the stubborn residue of purity culture — welcome back to Study Hall, where I bring you along as I cram for my licensure exam and connect to the psychology of religion along the way. Today we're staying in developmental psychology but moving into territory that, let's just say, came up a lot in my Christian high school years. Religious adolescents start later — but skip contraception The gender gap in sexual activity widens with age Purity culture hits women harder, and the shame sticks longer Religious residue shapes your sex life even after you leave the faith Gay couples have the most sex. Lesbians the least. Straight couples, middle. Married religious couples report higher sexual satisfaction — here's why ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by Nickryanluevano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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