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Religion on the Mind

The Moral Language of Churches on the Left and Right (#240)

Religion on the Mind

Religion on the Mind

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

4.7542 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

My guest Karen Timbals shares my love of Jonathan Haidt and his Moral Foundations Theory, featured in his book The Righteous Mind. But what happens when use that framework as a lens through which to interpret commonly-used religious language? In what way do liberal and conservative churches make moral appeals to their congregants?  yourmorals.org _____________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia.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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3

My name is Dan Koch.

0:36.2

Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

0:41.0

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make liberal converts.

0:48.2

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious folks,

0:56.0

anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate, suffering,

1:05.4

evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions.

1:13.6

I want to say that you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

1:21.6

And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian spectrum, engaging hard questions

1:29.6

in a multitude of ways. Thanks for listening.

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