Religion on the Mind

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The Science of Meaning Making in a Disenchanted World (#421)

#18 trending · Religion

Guests: Myron Penner, Matthew Segall, and Sarah Lane Ritchie (Live at Theology Beer Camp) Sign up for the ⁠⁠Theology Beer Camp⁠⁠ email list to get announcements and earl

Oct 26
1 h 15 min

Medieval Religion in a Modern Universe (#420)

Guest: Ilia Delio (Center for Christogenesis) Sign up for the ⁠Theology Beer Camp⁠ email list to get announcements and early access tickets to TBC 2027! Topics: Medie

Oct 19
1 h 23 min

GGCH: Where Have All the Dinner Parties Gone? (#419)

Guests: Tony Jones, Josh Gilbert (Generation Gap Culture Hour Live from Theology Beer Camp) Sign up for the Theology Beer Camp email list to get announcements and early

Oct 12
38 min

Once Evangelical, Always Evangelical? (ROTM After Hours) (#419)

Returning guest: Lindsay Strannigan (Purity Culture Regrets, Martyrdom Expectations) Stranniganandsons.com/about Topics: Raised female in evangelicalism (6:13) Bio

Oct 5
41 min

Holy Misfits with John Van Deusen (#418)

Returning Guest: John Van Deusen (Bandcamp) Listen to this episode's playlist Topics: Genre-bending worship music (3:36) Holy misfits (13:15) Alternative Christi

Sep 28
1 h 33 min

From CCM to Existential Coaching (#417)

Guest: Brad Johnson (Paradox Coaching) Topics: Pastor's kid in Texas (3:07) Christian music career (11:15) Losing the church job (33:21) The tree of knowledge (3

Sep 21
1 h 45 min

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)

Sep 8
1 h 23 min

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) •

Aug 31
1 h 18 min

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

Aug 24
46 min

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

Aug 17
1 h 27 min

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

Aug 10
38 min

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

Aug 3
1 h 41 min

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

Jul 27
1 h 21 min

“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

Jul 20
40 min

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

Jul 13
1 h 07 min

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

Jul 6
1 h 07 min

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

Jun 29
50 min

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

Jun 22
1 h 06 min

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,

Jun 15
1 h 07 min

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

Jun 8
1 h 25 min

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What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Of all the deconstructionist podcasts I listen to, this one is the best. Dan has a thoughtful and wide-ranging choice of guests and topics and he is a gifted and compassionate host and interviewer. This podcast has really helped me in my deconstruction journey.

CharlotteDaSpider · Oct 2023

I recently found this podcast and I totally agree with a lot of the other reviews: interesting and helpful conversations, and I wish the host talked a bit less during the interviews. I can’t blame him because there’s so much to say about the topics. And I do enjoy his reflections as well. I’d suggest a longer debrief from him at the end instead of throughout the conversation. I haven’t listened to many of the later episodes so maybe he’s already taken the critiques to heart. Kudos if so.

Ail3ma · Sep 2022

I love this show, would give it more than 5 stars if I could! Thank you Dan for opening the door to conversations and thoughts that I needed to hear to make me own journey of de-constructing my Assemblies of God upbringing and re-constructing my own faith. That said, stop conflating people who voted for Trump with thoughtless religious and political right-wing robots. Some people voted for Trump because they saw him as the less of two unfavorable options for many reasons. They did not vote for him because they loved him or were caught up in some thoughtless cult of follower-ship. Also de-constructing doesn’t equal left wing liberal. De-constructing can be for all the registered independents like me who want to think and vote and have a faith of their own. It’s a beautiful albeit scary journey that anyone can take.

TribeJenkins · Jul 2022

I have listened to a large number of deconstruction/ exvangelical podcasts, and I find that this one tends to have a significant amount of research done before the dialogue, which is helpful because it means that the conversations will generally be constructive instead of simply bashing. Dan does a good job of connecting with guests that are well versed in their area of study. The criticisms of him interrupting are fair, though having been a part of this journey for a bit I can see the growth! I especially love that Dan has his own particular area of expertise with spiritual abuse, that generally always helps enhance the conversations. I am grateful for this podcast.

holding things lightly · Feb 2022

I want to like this show, great guests, but the interviewer interrupts often and uses his questions mostly as a springboard to discuss his own thoughts.

t1u2r3t4 · Jan 2026

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