Bonus: Demons in QAnon & Beyond (w/Professor Jonathan O’Donnell)

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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For our inaugural bonus episode of Conspirituality Podcast, we feature a single interview: a deep dive into the demonology of QAnon and Xtian evangelicalism with Dublin-based Religious Studies scholar Jonathan O’Donnell (pronouns: they/them).O’Donnell took Matthew through a tour of modern demons: how they show up and how believers relate to them. They also explore the amazing world of “spiritual warfare handbooks,” which have a history in US evangelicalism, are bestsellers in Q-land, and in some ways resemble new-age self-help manuals. They discuss prophecy, speaking in tongues, and the impacts of demonology on marginalized identities. Professor O’Donnell specializes in American Religious and Cultural Studies, with a focus on the religious right and systems of dehumanization. They study Islamophobia, antisemitism, transphobia, and religious nationalism. Their current research analyses the relation between evangelical demonology, authoritarianism, and “post-truth politics” in Trump’s America. -- -- --Support us on PatreonPre-order Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat: America | Canada Follow us on Instagram | Twitter: Derek | Matthew | JulianOriginal music by EarthRise SoundSystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glassbox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the first of our bonus episode
0:14.7	Conspir spirituality podcast drops. The main episode podcasts usually run long
0:19.9	and we always have more data than we know what to do with.
0:23.0	So we're going to be spacing things out a little for breathing room.
0:26.0	And some of these mini episodes will be short and sweet and others will be more laid back and lengthy.
0:32.0	They'll all be hosted by us in. others will be more laid back and lengthy.
0:33.3	They'll all be hosted by us individually.
0:36.2	Today, I've got a deep dive into the demonology of QAnon
0:39.8	and Christian evangelicalism with Dublin-based religious study scholar Jonathan O'Donnell,
0:45.1	pronouns they-them. Professor O'Donnell takes me through a tour of modern demons and how they appear and how believers relate to them.
0:55.8	They also explore the amazing world of spiritual warfare handbooks, which have a history in
1:00.8	U.S. evangelicalism, and some overlaps with new age self-help manuals.
1:06.2	You'll hear about the fact that I have a demon story of my own but it's from my Catholic
1:11.7	childhood and somewhat different. I had the tools at the
1:14.8	time to interpret that experience in terms of my internal psychology and I was able to see that the
1:21.6	dream of the vampire was telling me something about my internal self.
1:25.0	So it was really amazing to spend time with someone who studies and understands the more
1:29.7	paranormal interpretations of demons and how these impact those who have them.
1:35.6	This is part of why I think this is a good extra segment to launch our short episodes with.
1:42.0	Professor O'Donnell goes slowly here and we cover the issue in depth and
1:45.1	as I remark at the end it feels really good to let the slow pace of scholarship
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