I'm a religious studies professor. I study new religious movements, exorcism, and satanic panic, among other topics. https://sites.google.com/view/joseph-p-laycock/
Joseph Laycock
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I have an article out in The Baffler today. It's about "the crank file" of messages I receive from people who want help with demons. It turned into cathartic piece about my own biography and the nature and purpose of education.
Before there was any effort to exit the car, the officer just shot John through the driver’s window in his back, and it went through his heart. According to the three young men, the officer immediately started making statements about how he messed up and made a mistake."
You---yes you---can watch me talk about lizard people for 90 minutes.
My book got some coverage in this article by a graduate student at Northwestern.
The archbishop of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday removed a longtime archdiocesan exorcist, saying his recent comments about UFOs being demons “gravely undermine” church teachings.
"This restructuring of faith codes has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans."
"Could there be beings from other planets, or even other dimensions? We do not know. But the important thing is that we should not judge ahead of time. There may be beings who are entirely peace-seeking and whom God may bring into our lives to help us."
Baffler no. 84, “Global Texas,” is online now, with work from Oliver Eagleton, Fred Turner, @josephlaycock.bsky.social, @samcowie84.bsky.social, Gabriel Antonio Solis, @dylanleviking.bsky.social, Natalia Mendoza, Lauren Fadiman, Joseph Bullington, Forrest Wilder, and more.
"Could it be that buried deep inside of decades of sensitive professional actions and complicated relationships related to St. Luke’s, the Cardinal has other beef with Msgr. Rossetti, and simply wants him out of his way?"
He didn’t realize his dream job would involve desperate strangers asking him to save them from demonic oppression.
Update as of 5:38, June 2 A university spokesperson provided a statement to The University Star regarding the June 1 shooting of Texas State student John Gabriel Mendoza Jr. “The Texas State Universit...
This talk traces the conspiracy theory from its origins in the stories of Texas writer Robert E. Howard
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After years of bending to President Donald Trump and his base, Sen. John Cornyn has a final opportunity to stand for something larger than political survival, the Editorial Board writes.
By Madison Roth Medill Reports A black-and-gray face with horns sprouting out of its head paints the upper arm of Minister Sharper’s right arm. Red flames poke out from the undone buttons of Sharper’...
A priest exorcist was removed after linking UFOs to demons. This reflection explores what exorcism is, the risk of misjudging others, and how faith approaches u...
Doth the Lone Star State protest too much? There might not be much daylight between the Texan ideal of self-sufficiency and the cliché held by outsiders that the once independent republic is…
