Bonus Sample: Julian Goes to Church

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.0 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Julian recently attended his first Catholic funeral and found himself equal parts supportive friend and atheist anthropologist. This week, Matthew draws on his Catholic upbringing and experience as church organist (for close to 1,000 funerals) to help unpack this experience. In hindsight, it turns out that the rote blandness of organized religion may serve communities more honestly than the monetized performative charisma of New Age ritual. The conversation touches on the mythological and social dimensions of religion, as well as both Julian and Matthew’s experience of corporal punishment at school, meted out by the same authority figures who donned ceremonial robes for church. -- -- --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.
0:11.0	Hello Conspirituality Podcast listeners.
0:13.0	Welcome to a sample of a Patreon bonus episode.
0:17.0	We release these every week for our subscribers.
0:20.0	They're usually solo essays from our team.
0:22.0	It costs $5 a month for access
0:25.0	and the support helps to keep us add free and editorially independent.
0:30.0	You can sign up at patreon.com-conspirituality.
0:35.0	Thank you.
0:37.0	But here we go with the, you know, for us Christians,
0:40.0	we know because we've taken this journey before
0:43.0	and we've watched the stone be rolled away from the tomb
0:46.0	and we know that Jesus was raised from the dead
0:49.0	and we know that we will meet Him and that
0:51.0	even though we grieve the very real loss of Robert,
0:55.0	we know that He's gone on to be with the Savior.
0:58.0	And I sort of, that was the moment
1:01.0	where I let out a little sigh
1:03.0	and I half-smile that I leaned forward
1:05.0	with my elbows on the pew
1:06.0	and my hand supporting the side of my face.
1:08.0	And I was like,
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