I am a professor of religion who teaches elements of popular culture, monstrosity, and medieval studies. Currently writing on contemporary American demonology.
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Pleased to announce that Devils of Democracy is available for pre-order! If you're interested in learning about how ideas of demons have always intersected with American politics and what can be done to minimize the effects of conspiratorial ideas of demons: this is that book!
Hexploitation (n) - media that attempts to make a quick buck by claiming to talk to ex-warlocks or ex-Satanists. Common among contemporary Christian influencers; originally responsible for the Satanic Panic.
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This is fascinating.
The Case: An Australian parliamentary inquiry into whether the leader of the Plymouth Brethren engaged in coordinated political action including intimidating and harassing volunteers and politicians in the May 2025 elections.
while simultaneously pretending that this is about something else. Specifically, the claim that this was about government questioning theology rather than trying to get to the bottom of election interference by asking how much power a leader might wield via theology.
I’m not sure how to interpret this as anything other than intense protection over group’s being able to minister politics from the pulpit, and the possibility that they might be held accountable for doing it in the public sphere.
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Woke up today to this thread by @TaylorPetrey. Admirable because it clearly weighs the responses of each poster, then selects which need to be shut down quickly, which should be engaged with as examples, and which are serious in their confusion or concern. Chef's kiss.
I get why the headline for this article was chosen, but the more newsworthy item in it is this:
The new survey also finds that an “empathy gap,” beliefs about the social importance of empathy, has become a major new political dividing line. While two-thirds of Americans —
including 84% of Democrats and 70% of independents — agree that “empathy is a foundational moral value that helps build a healthy society (68%), only 54% of Republicans and 48% of white evangelical Protestants agree. Notably, a majority of white evangelical Protestants (54%)
believe the opposite: that “empathy can become dangerous when it leads people away from building a society guided by God’s truth.”
This is 54% of white evangelicals concretely saying "we have to build God's kingdom regardless of who it hurts."
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Has American politics gotten more or less "demon-y" over the last two years?
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On the relationship between Christianity and conspiracy.
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"Snake oil will fix all your woes!" proclaims local snake oil salesman...
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Interested in learning a bit about the history of demons? In only a few hours, you've got a chance!
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1/ My new book, Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists, is out today.
It's a Bible-forward confrontation with Christian nationalism and the abuse of power in Jesus's name. In the book, I call it a "primal theological scream."
Oh... goodie.
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How to stop conspiracy theorists, part 2, with an example of Young Earth Creationism (YEC).
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