Ologies with Alie Ward · 2025-10-22 · 64 min · 12,506 words

Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick

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Oh hey, it's the dog toy under the couch that you won't find for another four months, Allie Ward, and it's evil. Let's talk about it, with a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba, who has written the book on it. It's titled Evil, a Critical Primer, and teaches the course Evil in World Religions. They have a bachelor in religious studies, a master's in critical theory and religion and feminist ethics, and a PhD in critical theory ethics. hermeneutics and psychoanalysis and who will deal with my questions such as what is evil?

Who is evil? What do we do about evil? Can we scream over turkey at grandma's house? We're gonna get into it. But first thank you so much to patrons who support the show and have from the beginning and y'all leave your questions.

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