A Religious Trip: Finding God on Psychedelic Drugs

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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This week on Jesuitical, Ashley and Zac chat with Bryan McCarthy, who teaches philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, and is the author of a new paper, “Christianity and Psychedelic Medicine: A Pastoral Approach.” They discuss: What the church teaches about drugs and intoxication How psychedelic drugs are being used in therapeutic settings, and how Christians should respond Bryan’s own religious experiences while using psychedelic drugs During Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac give initial reactions to the new working document for the Synod on Synodality and discuss a curious story involving a fake priest and serious labor violations out of California. Links from the show: Bryan’s paper Vatican releases Synod document calling for discussion of women, LGBT Catholics, church authority and more California restaurant had fake priest hear workers’ confessions, Labor Department says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you ready for a new journey this fall?
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0:15.2	spirituality. In this college level course dive into the depths of the Christian
0:19.9	spiritual life, discover how spirituality goes beyond religious practices and how it shapes how we live our faith every day.
0:28.6	Dr. Cooney Hathaway will guide you to understand God's presence in your life and equip you with tools
0:34.2	to deepen your relationship with God. Visit shm.S. edu slash online to learn more or enroll today. Hello and welcome to Jesuitical, a podcast by the Young Hip and Lay
0:59.4	editors of America Media. That lay part means we aren't Jesuits but we work with them.
1:04.0	Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture in the news, often over drinks.
1:08.9	I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
1:11.8	It's so good to be with you Ashley and we have a rad show coming up for you today.
1:15.8	We sure do.
1:16.8	We are talking to Brian McCarthy about psychedelics and what Catholics should think about them.
1:22.4	Brian teaches philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
1:25.8	and he's the president of the Pittsburgh Psychodelic Society.
1:30.0	Yep, and he's the author of a recent scholarly paper,
1:32.6	Christianity and Psychodelic Medicine, a pastoral approach.
1:36.4	Disclaimer, we're not necessarily advocating for taking
1:39.0	psychedelics, but this conversation is super important.
1:42.1	I was very impressed by Brian's writing and his work.
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