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

<p>Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.</p> <p>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 <em>GQ</em>, <em>Lonely Planet</em>, <em>Foreign Policy</em> and <em>Business Insider</em>, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is <em>Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World</em>.</p>