Gary Laderman In other words, experiences with LSD and the publicity surrounding them gave shape and content to modern understandings of spirituality.
Derek Webb Beyond Belief
Phillip Luke Sinitiere If folk music historically has been an artform of creative social critique, then analysis of Webb’s musical art and artistic production more generally can serve as a collective lens through which to peer into the complex threads of contemporary religion, culture, and politics in the United States.
Trump and the Apocalypse: Or, the Ribald Religion of New Orleans’ Krewe du Vieux Parade
Edward E. Curtis IV and Andrea R. Jain This year’s theme was “Erection 2020.”
What if Satanists Want to Pray in Public Schools? 7 Questions for Joseph P. Laycock
Joseph P. Laycock We held a book release party where a Satanist gave the horns and yelled, “Hail Joe!” at me.
Drugs and Religion: Same Thing?
Gary Laderman So, does your chocolate or tobacco consumption “enchant” your world?
Religion (Whatever That Is) This Year
Gary Laderman Still, let’s pray #religiousliteracy keeps trending.
A Night on Drugs in Amsterdam
Gary Laderman It’s not what you think. Or maybe it is what you think. On the other hand, it doesn’t matter what you think…
Psychedelics for Mind, Body, and…Spirit?
Gary Laderman But it is in this more ambiguous, liminal conceptual space, between medicine and recreation, body and spirit, religion and science, that altered states of consciousness and mind altering substances do their best work.
Just Say Yes: In Drugs We Trust
Gary Laderman Anyone interested in the new frontiers of American religion should pay attention to how Americans love to say yes to their drugs.
Baptismal Fonts and Brew Halls: A Conversation With “The Church Brew Works” Founder Sean Casey
Madison Tarleton Over the course of our conversation, Sean continued to ask, “what do you mean by sacred?”