Neurodiversity, Autism, Awe, and Religious Experience (with Jonathan Machnee)

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Read the full transcript here. • What does “neurodivergent” actually mean, and has the term become too broad to be useful? Why might people grouped under the same neurodivergent umbrella have conflicting needs? Is autism really a single spectrum, or would it make more sense to speak of multiple “autisms”? Why are autistic people somewhat less likely to be religious than their non-autistic peers? What is the “cognitive dissonance pressure cooker,” and why might it contribute to religious deconversion? Why do some autistic Christians migrate from evangelical churches toward highly ritualized traditions? Why do autistic communities develop distinctive linguistic norms, and what happens when…