About this episode

This episode explores the impact of purity culture on religion, politics, and identity while advocating for unitive centrism.

Why do we keep dividing the world into "us" and "them"? This episode explores purity culture as the hidden force shaping our religion, politics, and identity—offering certainty and belonging while quietly distorting reality. To move toward unitive centrism, we must first name the systems that keep us stuck.

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Cook

Topics covered

• purity culture
• unitive centrism
• religion
• politics
• identity
• spirituality

Keywords

• purity culture
• unitive centrism
• religion
• politics
• identity
• spirituality
• division
• certainty
• belonging

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