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Joseph Laycock

Joseph Laycock is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University. In addition to Speak of the Devil (Oxford University Press, 2020), his books include The Seer of Bayside: Veronica Lueken and the Struggle for Catholic Tradition (Oxford University Press, 2014) and Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic Over Role-Playing Games Says About Religion, Play, and Imagined Worlds (University of California Press, 2015).

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Religion Dispatches
Bonus points for why.
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Religion Dispatches
Are pop stars all Illuminati or are these outraged viewers just tabloid junkies?
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Religion Dispatches
Let’s not rush to blame a couple of recent murders on satanic activity.
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