I love talking about drugs and Christianity. Typically, my discussions revolve around how the Church ought to engage those who struggle with dependency and addiction, but this is a nice side-step. In Psychedelics and Christian Faith, author Ron Cole-Turner looks at the history of psychedelic use throughout cultures, the emerging science around how psychedelics can be used in medical settings to treat mental illness, and how the Church can think about spiritual experiences from use of psychedelics.
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