323. Elle Hardy Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World

Published: Feb. 11, 2023, 8 a.m.

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Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy\\u2019s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) \\u2022 origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel \\u2022 the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches \\u2022 Seven Mountain Mandate \\u2022 how religions grow \\u2022 pentecostalism and politics \\u2022 the psychology of the believer \\u2022 dispensationalism and the Rapture \\u2022 prophecy \\u2022 glossolalia \\u2022 snake handling \\u2022 eschatology and end-times theology \\u2022 sin and redemption \\u2022 prostitution \\u2022 Jordan Peterson and secular religion.

Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.

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