The Psychedelic Science of Good Friday

Modern Christianity and the imminent reckoning with drugs and violence.

Timothy McMahan King

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On Friday, April 20, 1962, Howard Thurman delivered a Good Friday sermon at Boston University’s Marsh Chapel. “He came to me with his eyes and asked for water,” Thurman began in a retelling of the Samaritan woman at the well, “stretched out his hand and spoke. His mind burned…

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Timothy McMahan King

Author of Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals About Us and Senior Fellow at Clergy for a New Drug Policy.