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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
Do Italian hackers truly hold the Vatican responsible for events that look place 500 years ago?
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Religion Dispatches
Shockingly, the Catholic League’s Bill Donohue is angry about the Minaj’s Grammy performance; but why did she go with the “Roman Zolanski” bit?
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Religion Dispatches
Even when a religion deserves criticism how much is too much?
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