A Religious Trip: Finding God on Psychedelic Drugs

This week on Jesuitical, Ashley and Zac chat with Bryan McCarthy,
who teaches philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg,
and is the author of a new paper, “Christianity and Psychedelic
Medicine: A Pastoral Approach.” They discuss:  What the church
teaches about drugs and intoxication How psychedelic drugs are
being used in therapeutic settings, and how Christians should
respond Bryan’s own religious experiences while using psychedelic
drugs  During Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac give initial
reactions to the new working document for the Synod on Synodality
and discuss a curious story involving a fake priest and serious
labor violations out of California.  Links from the
show:  Bryan’s paper Vatican releases Synod document calling
for discussion of women, LGBT Catholics, church authority and more
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