Religion on the Mind

Therapy vs. Coaching (#416)

Guests: Josh Gilbert and Kristen Tideman Topics: Therapy vs. coaching (3:48) Licensure and regulation (11:20) Scope of practice (20:47) Actionable plans (38:00)

Peak Youth Group Era with Tyler Huckabee (RELEVANT, Sojourners) (#415)

Guest: Tyler Huckabee | ⁠ Sojourners, RELEVANT Megazine⁠ Tyler's Article | ⁠Reckoning With the Youth Group That Raised Us⁠ Topics: • Adolescent development (8:36) •

Dan in the Hot Seat with Tripp Fuller (#414)

Guest: Tripp Fuller (Homebrewed Christianity) Topics: • Cognitive-existential therapy (11:56) • Self-deception & “ultimate concern” (27:06) • ADHD & embodiment (31:09

Is "Spirituality" the Best We Can Do? (#413)

**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study**⁠⁠ Guest: Jay Michaelson (Both/And) Topics: Why "spirituality" makes a bad communicator (3:07) Reb Zalman S

GGCH: Nolan’s Odyssey & Tony’s New Novel (#412)

Guests: Tony Jones & Josh Gilbert (Generation Gap Culture Hour returns!) Topics: Culture roundup: alliteration bios, Son of Helena, dude lit & Lonesome Dove (1:58) T

Dan Passed the Exam! & a Timely Rebroadcast

Episode #370 | Trusting Yourself After Religious Change *Original Description * To Trust Your Experience (Dustin Kensrue) (#38) Is experience potentially a direct path

A Jewish Sex Educator Reads the Gospel of Matthew (#411)

**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study**⁠ Guest: Jenn Mason (⁠WinkWink Boutique⁠) Topics: Growing up Jewish in a small rural town and rediscovering J

“Conspirituality” & Wellness Culture (#410)

**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

Christianity Vs. Existentialism | Part 3 (#409)

⁠**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study**⁠ Guest: Daryl Van Tongeren Returns! (⁠Hope College⁠ / ⁠"Done"⁠) Topics: What is existentialism and existent

Psychology & Religion at the World Cup (#408)

⁠**Participate in my next Spiritual Abuse Research Study**⁠ Guests: Victoria Jackson & Terry Shoemaker Topics: Religion, sport, and the sacred — evangelical baggage a

GGCH: World Cup, Down Syndrome and Have US Men Stopped Reading? (#407)

Guests: Tony Jones & Josh Gilbert (Generation Gap Culture Hour returns!) Topics: Culture roundup: All the Pretty Horses, Dave on Hulu, The Strokes (3:28) Streaming p

Christianity Vs. Existentialism | Part 2 (#406)

Guest: 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) Wha

Christianity Vs. Existentialism | Part 1 (#405)

Guest: Daryl Van Tongeren Returns! (Hope College / "Done") Topics: What is existentialism and existential psychology? (5:25) Does life have a predetermined purpose,

Why Tribalism is So Natural (#404)

Guest: Barrabas! (Tim Burnette returns) Topics: • Religion after religion (7:04) • In-group Religion (10:58) • Is there moral and spiritual progress? (25:04) • H

Study Hall: Sex, Aging & Purity Culture (#403)

Sex 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 conne

The Many Faces of Fundamentalism with Trauma Therapist Ryan Kuja (#402)

Licensed therapist and trauma specialist Ryan Kuja joins me to examine the surprising parallels between Christian fundamentalism and new age spirituality — particularly h

When Theater Kids go to Youth Group (#401)

In this episode, comedian and podcaster Jordan Morris describes growing up as a youth group kid in Orange County, and how those experiences informed his new graphic novel

Purpose & Calling After Religious Change (#400)

Psychologist Dr. Pamela Epstein King returns to explore how religious systems provide purpose, calling, and meaning — and what happens to those foundations when people go

The Jewish Renewal Movement with Rabbi Simcha Raphael (#399)

I sit down with Rabbi Dr. Simcha Raphael and learn about his remarkably wide-ranging spiritual journey. From a traditional Montreal Hebrew education through India, the Sa

Study Hall: Nature v. Nurture (#398)

The nature vs. nurture debate is largely settled (spoiler alert: it's both), but the implications for how and when religious identity forms are striking. The research poi