Dr. Joshua Knabb (author, researcher & clinician) joins me to talk widely about one's orientation and conception of God. With personal and clinical examples, Josh punctuates the conversation with topics like attachment, acceptance, and abstract psychology, as they relate to spiritual wellbeing. We also cover things like the ineffable nature of God, Buddhism (mindfulness and suffering), and Apophatic vs. Cataphatic theology. Josh’s website: https://joshuaknabb.com/ Josh’s Faith-Based ACT Book: https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Based-Christian-Clients-Joshua-Knabb/dp/1138942618/ref=sr_1_3?crid=UFLEMH1J2XTG&keywords=joshua+knabb&qid=1642026133&sprefix=joshua+knabb%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-3 The Act Made Simple Book: https://www.amazon.com/ACT-Made-Simple-Easy-Read/dp/1684033012/ref=asc_df_1684033012/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343252348283&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8883095716402495539&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019667&hvtargid=pla-752437653727&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=69758511580&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343252348283&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8883095716402495539&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019667&hvtargid=pla-752437653727 The Happiness Trap Book: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Trap-Struggling-Start-Living/dp/1590305841/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+happiness+trap&qid=1658123601&s=books&sprefix=the+happin%2Cstripbooks%2C113&sr=1-1 Krispin Mayfield’s Book Attached to God: https://www.amazon.com/Attached-God-Practical-Spiritual-Experience/dp/0310363799 Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/
One of my best friends' dads, Joe Bishop (pastor & therapist), is joining me today to discuss deconstruction for the boomer generation. Joe says, "There's a real lack of resources for people going through faith deconstruction in their 50s or older." We cover things like the ramifications of losing lifelong religious practice, awakening to agency later in life, and reckoning with one's complicity in creating systems of harm. Still Christian Episode (with Joe's son Ben): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000471323009 Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/
Today I'm re-joined by author Ryan Burge to discuss his new book "20 Myths About Religion and Politics in America." Ryan talks about how 'Born again' has become its own brand, ethos & style of thinking and how Evangelicalism is still the dominant form of Christianity in America. We also talk about cynicism, institutional trust, the role plausibility structures have played in American Evangelicalism, and more. Ep 109 with Ryan: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000513058453 Ryan's Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/ryanburge Ryan’s Author Page: http://ryanburge.net/ 20 Myths Book: https://www.amazon.com/Myths-about-Religion-Politics-America/dp/1506482015/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3QBD12BES2J4&keywords=the+nones+ryan+burge&qid=1655855785&s=books&sprefix=the+nones+ryan+burg%2Cstripbooks%2C82&sr=1-2 The Nones Book: https://www.amazon.com/Nones-Where-They-Came-Going/dp/1506465854/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QBD12BES2J4&keywords=the+nones+ryan+burge&qid=1655855756&s=b...
Today I'm joined by Dr. Jesse Fox (Stenson University) to discuss his“spiritual bypass” research in the growing field of religion and its relationship to health. Jesse says spiritual bypassing includes "[Spiritually] taking something out of context and misapplying it." We also touch on mindfulness, spiritual narcissism, and including/transcending. Jesse’s Faculty Page: https://www.stetson.edu/other/faculty/jesse-fox.php Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/
Today I'm rejoined by listener (and personal) favorite Heather Patton Griffin (Episode #123) to apply her conceptual framework to the recent abuse report issued by Guidepost Solutions about The Southern Baptist Convention. “Emotionalism," "Maturity Badges," and "Easy Knowledge" are concepts we cover that have often enabled abuse in church settings. We apply these and other concepts to the SBC scandal. *Correction* from Heather's report summary: https://twitter.com/hlgriffin/status/1531340223283712003?s=20&t=x2kckurbfpo4BYRPVG23ww Heather’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/hlgriffin Heather’s “Bible Truths”… Episode (#123): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000526264766 Spiritual Harm and Abuse Scale Handout: https://www.dankochwords.com/spiritual-abuse-screener.html Rob Downen Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/RobDownenChron/status/1529084743727325184?s=20&t=tEu4MgAVY4BqwsidISyYdA Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: tw...
Rejoining me today is my friend Oliver Crisp, principal of St. Mary's college and the head of the school of divinity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Oliver helps us wade through theologically dense waters, comparing terms like original guilt and original sin. We also look at specific theologians' views like Augustine, Calvin, etc., and address the implications of these beliefs in today's context. Oliver’s Book - Word Enfleshed: Exploring the Person and Work of Christ: https://www.amazon.com/Word-Enfleshed-Exploring-Person-Christ/dp/0801098092 Oliver’s YHP Episode - To Give Reformed Theology a Fair Hearing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000447230064 Tom McCall’s Book - Against God and Nature: https://www.perlego.com/book/1414191/against-god-and-nature-the-doctrine-of-sin-pdf?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&campaignid=15825112969&adgroupid=132780878595&gclid=Cj0KCQjwm6KUBhC3ARIsACIwxBgXy64YJXjR-pVZBBNo4n4yx9Eu7uNiuu4SDGvxnw04fuKJSLK43L0aApzIEALw_wcB NP Williams Book - The Ideas of the Fall and Orignal Sin: A Historical and Critical Study: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31042598152&searchurl=kn%3DWilliams%252C%2BThe%2Bideas%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bfall%2Band%2Bof%2Boriginal%2Bsin%2BA%2Bhistorical%2Band%2Bcritical%2Bstudy%26sortby%3D20&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1 Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/
Today I'm joined by Dr. Wade Mullen, researcher and author of Something's Not Right: Decoding the Hidden Tactics of Abuse--and Freeing Yourself from Its Power. Our conversation focuses specifically on "Impression Management," a sociology subfield that analyzes how organizations use different mechanisms to influence their public perceptions to cover up abuse scandals. We get into Mullens's different categories for Impression Management like Organizational Promotion, Opinion Conformity, Burrying, and more. Something’s Not Right Book: https://www.amazon.com/Somethings-Not-Right-Decoding-Abuse/dp/1496444701 Wade’s Substack: https://substack.com/profile/40073732-wade-mullen Wade’s Website: https://wadetmullen.com/ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/
Today I'm joined by pastor Tyler Burns (Pass the Mic Podcast & President at The Witness: A Black Christian Collective). Tyler offers insight into the process of black deconstruction as experienced more communally. He also sees doubt as an inherent component of faith for black Christians in America. We cover embodiment, white nationalism, and faith expressed cerebrally vs. experientially. Pass the Mic Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pass-the-mic/id1435500798 The Witness Website: https://thewitnessbcc.com/ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/
Today I’m joined by Kenneth I. Pargament (Professor at Bowling Green State University) and Julie J. Exline (Professor at Case Western Reserve University), two prominent researchers in psychology of religion, to talk about their research on “spiritual struggles.” Where does this research overlap with the “deconstruction” movement? With spiritual abuse and religious trauma? Are spiritual struggles part of a full and healthy life of faith? How common are they? Working with Spiritual Struggles in Psychotherapy Book: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Spiritual-Struggles-Psychotherapy-Research/dp/1462524311 Kenneth's Author Page: https://www.guilford.com/author/Kenneth-I-Pargament Julia's Author Page: https://www.guilford.com/author/Julie-J-Exline Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for ...
Today I'm joined by author and writer Fred Bahnson to discuss some of his work on Christian Contemplative Practice. Fred says, "Political life has replaced inner life as the arbiter of all things." We get into Thomas Merton, emotional recognition, oneness, and the political implications of contemplative practice amidst ecological crises. Fred’s Articles: “Keeping the World in Being”: https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/keeping-the-world-in-being/ “On The Road with Thomas Merton”: https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/on-the-road-with-thomas-merton/ “The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere” https://harpers.org/archive/2021/01/the-gate-of-heaven-is-everywhere-contemplative-christianity/ Books: “Altered Traits”: https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Traits-Science-Reveals-Meditation/dp/0399184384 “Into the Silent Land”: https://www.amazon.com/Into-Silent-Land-Martin-Laird-audiobook/dp/B00FPUHBD4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UJIEHGACGR4D&keywords=into+the+silent+land&qid=1650835368&s=books&sprefix=int...