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Weird ReligionWeird Religion: A podcast for people who think religion is weird, but love it anyway Author: Brian Doak and Leah Payne
Weird Religion is a podcast for people who think religion is weird but love it anyway. Your hosts, Leah Payne and Brian Doak, are both professors, authors, and pop culture aficionados, whose interests range from archaeology and history and linguistics to LARPing and The Walking Dead. Episodes tackle some piece of media highlighting the wonderful weirdness of religious experiencea documentary, a television show, a Twitter scandaland use that as a "thread" on which to hang reflections on a wide variety of topics. Cults. The perils of fame within the evangelical world. Church attendance. Atheism. Gamer communities. Millennials and avocado toast. It's all here. Language: en-us Genres: Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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120 THE DECHURCHING (the stunning story of why people have left church)
Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
One of the biggest religious storylines of 2023 has been: the huge number of people leaving their faith communities. Because Christianity is the #1 by volume religion in America, the loss has been felt heaviest there. Why has this been happening? And how many have left? A new book shares the latest research, and the data may shock you (= clickbait)!!! We review and comment and teach. The Great Dechurching (new book): https://www.amazon.com/Great-Dechurching-Leaving-Going-Bring/dp/0310147433 Ryan Burge, PhD: http://ryanburge.net/ Ryan Burge substack, “Graphs About Religion”: https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/ “Good Faith” podcast interview with Great Dechurching author Michael Graham: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-dechurching-with-david-french-and-michael-graham/id1594454747?i=1000631285992Peter’s Choi’s book on George Whitefield: https://www.amazon.com/George-Whitefield-Evangelist-Religious-Biography/dp/0802875491 Buck Williams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Williams
