Author Joseph P. Laycock

Joseph P. Laycock

Joseph P Laycock is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University. He teaches courses on world religions, religion in America, new religious movements, and the intersection of religion and popular culture. He is the author of several books including Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic Over Role-Playing Games Says About Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds (University of California Press, 2015) and The Seer of Bayside: Veronica Lueken and the Struggle to Define Catholicism (Oxford University Press, 2014). He is also a blogger for Religion Dispatches.

Why So Many Americans Think They’re #Blessed

Joseph P. Laycock

Arts & Culture, Religion

Last month, my colleagues and I were moved by a beautiful and tragic New York Times editorial by Kate Bowler, a religion professor from Duke Divinity School who was recently diagnosed with stage 4...

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The Weight of the Presidency

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The importance of using relevant materials when studying for your nursing degree

Ripple Effect. Eco-Friendly Initiatives for Water Sustainability

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Author Joseph P. Laycock

Joseph P. Laycock

Why So Many Americans Think They’re #Blessed