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Despite Feeling Like It’s Over, We Need to Keep Trying to Answer This Question

February 5, 2025

Can Societies Fall Ill? Diagnosing Social Pathology, with Dr Fred Neuhouser, coming up Feb. 22, join us on the Maurin Academy Patreon for this important talk, or register on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-societies-fall-ill-diagnosing-social-pathology-with-neuhouser-tickets-1230572488439?aff=oddtdtcreator Be a patron of our speaker series and help us keep our sanity and yours! We need you there!

Direct Action vs. Liberal Charity (Gap in God’s Country Segment from Session5 )

January 26, 2025

Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. This session dealt with direct action vs. the charity model. Get the book: https://a.co/d/9sJwfDe Kindle: https://a.co/d/9m0zrg8 … More Direct Action vs. Liberal Charity (Gap in God’s Country Segment from Session5 )

Narcissistic Leaders in Church and State–Segments from Session 4 of The Gap in God’s Country series

January 18, 2025

These are segments of the fourth session in Dr. Laurie M Johnson’s 5-part series on her new book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars (Wipf & Stock, 2024).

Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. You can see all five full sessions of this series, and a lot more, by joining the Maurin Academy on Patreon. … More Narcissistic Leaders in Church and State–Segments from Session 4 of The Gap in God’s Country series

The Gap in God’s Country: Themes and Discussion With the Author, Coming Up

November 2, 2024

My book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars was recently published and sessions with the author are starting in November (Nov. 18, Dec. 2 & 9, Jan. 6 & 20). To attend, join the Maurin Academy Patreon at the $5 or $10 levels, or register on Eventbrite for $20 for all five sessions, … More The Gap in God’s Country: Themes and Discussion With the Author, Coming Up

The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars: Now in Paperback and Kindle

October 23, 2024

My latest book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars, published by Wipf & Stock/Cascade Books, was just published, and you can get it in paperback or electronic editions. I will be doing some live sessions through The Maurin Academy in November and December on themes from the book. I hope you get it now, and join us for these live sessions to discuss what’s going on in the US at a deeper “longer view” level. We need this discussion now more than ever. Here are the links you need to get the book and to get in on the sessions. … More The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View On Our Culture Wars: Now in Paperback and Kindle

Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)

September 15, 2024

Laurie discusses the phenomenon of generational trauma and repeating the same stupid mistakes, a syndrome caused by long-term generational poverty and exposure to prejudice, in the process of unpacking JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Chapters 3 and 4. She’ll respond to more questions from the last Hillbilly bookclub session as well as this one, in an upcoming video. … More Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)