Geoff W. Sutton
@geoffwsutton.bsky.social
Psychologist/ professor emeritus, author, grandad, and traveler interested in cultural psychology-especially the psychology of religion and spirituality. suttong.com
Affect, Emotion, and Mood: Untangling the Concepts suttonpsychology.blogspot.com/2021/02/affe...
Affect, Emotions, Mood in Psychology
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December 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Affect, Emotion, and Mood: Untangling the Concepts suttonpsychology.blogspot.com/2021/02/affe...
As the peace theme of advent week 2 ended, shootings continue to disrupt lives and others experience the horrors of war and arrests gone wild leave innocent citizens with trauma.
#peace
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#peace
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Peace of Advent Ends
Today ends the second week of advent known to Christians as peace.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As the peace theme of advent week 2 ended, shootings continue to disrupt lives and others experience the horrors of war and arrests gone wild leave innocent citizens with trauma.
#peace
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#peace
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people in committed romantic relationships manage the potential threat posed by potential attractive alternative partners by consciously rating them as less desirable.
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Devaluation Effect in Psychology
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December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
people in committed romantic relationships manage the potential threat posed by potential attractive alternative partners by consciously rating them as less desirable.
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Worldviews Apart
Five worldviews. Six components. One conversation between faith and science. Worldviews Apart
FREE to read (eBook version on Kindle Unlimited)
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Five worldviews. Six components. One conversation between faith and science. Worldviews Apart
FREE to read (eBook version on Kindle Unlimited)
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WORLDVIEWS APART Christianity and Psychology: An Exploration of Possibilities for Bridging the Divide Between Faith and Science (Irreconcilable Differences? Relating Christianity and Psychology)
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December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Worldviews Apart
Five worldviews. Six components. One conversation between faith and science. Worldviews Apart
FREE to read (eBook version on Kindle Unlimited)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV21CVRY
Five worldviews. Six components. One conversation between faith and science. Worldviews Apart
FREE to read (eBook version on Kindle Unlimited)
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Positive Interactions on Social Media Might Help Reduce Prejudice | SPSP spsp.org/news/charact...
Positive Interactions on Social Media Might Help Reduce Prejudice | SPSP
Social media is blamed for dividing people, but can it also help bring people together?
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December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Reasoning is rarely logical—it’s intuition, analysis, modular systems & social justifications. Psychology shows our reasons are complex stories we tell ourselves & others.
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The Psychology of Reasons and Reasoning
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December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reasoning is rarely logical—it’s intuition, analysis, modular systems & social justifications. Psychology shows our reasons are complex stories we tell ourselves & others.
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Done with religion?
Done with American Evangelicalism?
Daryl Van Tongeren shares his insights in the book, Done.
See my review on Substack
FREE to read.
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Done with American Evangelicalism?
Daryl Van Tongeren shares his insights in the book, Done.
See my review on Substack
FREE to read.
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Flourishing Beyond Faith: A Review of Daryl Van Tongeren’s Done
Exploring trauma, residue, and the search for identity outside faith
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November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Done with religion?
Done with American Evangelicalism?
Daryl Van Tongeren shares his insights in the book, Done.
See my review on Substack
FREE to read.
open.substack.com/pub/geoffrey...
Done with American Evangelicalism?
Daryl Van Tongeren shares his insights in the book, Done.
See my review on Substack
FREE to read.
open.substack.com/pub/geoffrey...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Several psychologists have books on sale at WIPFandSTOCK at up to 50% off with FREE shipping. Sale ends 30 November 2025.
Ev L. Worthington, Jr.
Richard Beck
Siang-Yang Tan
Mark McMinn
Geoffrey W. Sutton
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Ev L. Worthington, Jr.
Richard Beck
Siang-Yang Tan
Mark McMinn
Geoffrey W. Sutton
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Gratitude isn’t just a religious practice or a polite “thank you.” It’s a mindset that changes how we see the world, and science shows it can transform our lives.
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Grateful People: The Big 12 - Psychology of Gratitude
A blog about psychology & religion, spirituality & human nature: Apology, Hope, Forgiveness, Justice, Morality, Sex, Culture, Positive Psychology
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November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Gratitude isn’t just a religious practice or a polite “thank you.” It’s a mindset that changes how we see the world, and science shows it can transform our lives.
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📸 Cobblestone streets, vintage trams, and coal-fired bakeries—Beamish Museum is British Culture you can taste, touch, and ride. #BeamishMuseum #BritishCulture
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Beamish: A Living Window into British Culture
People, places, events, and sites I've visited on five continents with travel tips and comments.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📸 Cobblestone streets, vintage trams, and coal-fired bakeries—Beamish Museum is British Culture you can taste, touch, and ride. #BeamishMuseum #BritishCulture
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Mobbing – Collective Hostility - Toxic Cultures
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November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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From contraception to same-sex marriage, from divorce to forgiveness…
This book helps Christians talk across divides with grace and understanding.
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From contraception to same-sex marriage, from divorce to forgiveness…
This book helps Christians talk across divides with grace and understanding.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
50% OFF SALE at Pickwick Books FREE shipping
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From contraception to same-sex marriage, from divorce to forgiveness…
This book helps Christians talk across divides with grace and understanding.
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Use code CONFSHIP at checkout.
From contraception to same-sex marriage, from divorce to forgiveness…
This book helps Christians talk across divides with grace and understanding.
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Reflecting on Veterans Day
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The Psychology of Remembrance: Veterans Day, Remembrance Day, and the Bonds They Shape
At eleven o’clock on a gray November morning, the traffic in Whitehall halts.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reflecting on Veterans Day
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Transgender Decline and Language
Fiery comments on transgender survey data
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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
When sacred spaces are not safe places-
Clergy sex abuse in the news-
What might be enough to protect children and vulnerable adults?
Some ideas
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Clergy sex abuse in the news-
What might be enough to protect children and vulnerable adults?
Some ideas
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Clergy Sexual Abuse November 2025
A blog about psychology & religion, spirituality & human nature: Apology, Hope, Forgiveness, Justice, Morality, Sex, Culture, Positive Psychology
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November 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When sacred spaces are not safe places-
Clergy sex abuse in the news-
What might be enough to protect children and vulnerable adults?
Some ideas
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Clergy sex abuse in the news-
What might be enough to protect children and vulnerable adults?
Some ideas
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Psychological perspectives on Christian views about LGBTQIA+ rights.
A new chapter now available on my substack.
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A new chapter now available on my substack.
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CHAPTER 7: MINDS, MORALS, AND IDENTITIES:
PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO LGBTQIA+ INCLUSION
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November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Psychological perspectives on Christian views about LGBTQIA+ rights.
A new chapter now available on my substack.
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A new chapter now available on my substack.
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Changing Our Mind, Changing Our Lens
It is a transformative book that explores the author’s evolving views on LGBTQ inclusion within Christianity.
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It is a transformative book that explores the author’s evolving views on LGBTQ inclusion within Christianity.
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Changing Our Mind, Changing Our Lens
A Psychologist’s Take on Gushee’s Changing Our Mind
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November 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Changing Our Mind, Changing Our Lens
It is a transformative book that explores the author’s evolving views on LGBTQ inclusion within Christianity.
open.substack.com/pub/geoffrey...
It is a transformative book that explores the author’s evolving views on LGBTQ inclusion within Christianity.
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How do ancient texts influence transgender rights in the US today?
The story begins in Genesis... and does not end.
CHAPTER 6: IN HIS IMAGE
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The story begins in Genesis... and does not end.
CHAPTER 6: IN HIS IMAGE
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CHAPTER 6: IN HIS IMAGE
SEX AND GENDER DIVERSITY
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How do ancient texts influence transgender rights in the US today?
The story begins in Genesis... and does not end.
CHAPTER 6: IN HIS IMAGE
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The story begins in Genesis... and does not end.
CHAPTER 6: IN HIS IMAGE
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“Sometimes the scariest ghost is just your brain playing tricks on itself.”
Magicians remind us how easily our minds can be fooled. We’re quick to jump to supernatural explanations when something strange happens, but science often has a simpler answer.
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Magicians remind us how easily our minds can be fooled. We’re quick to jump to supernatural explanations when something strange happens, but science often has a simpler answer.
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The Scary Season
Psychology, Halloween & Mysterious Happenings
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October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Sometimes the scariest ghost is just your brain playing tricks on itself.”
Magicians remind us how easily our minds can be fooled. We’re quick to jump to supernatural explanations when something strange happens, but science often has a simpler answer.
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Magicians remind us how easily our minds can be fooled. We’re quick to jump to supernatural explanations when something strange happens, but science often has a simpler answer.
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The Scary Season
Some folks are scared as hell about Halloween.
Others are obsessed with evil
Most just want to have fun
Some thoughts on the Psychology of Halloween
--and a note about fear and anxiety
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Some folks are scared as hell about Halloween.
Others are obsessed with evil
Most just want to have fun
Some thoughts on the Psychology of Halloween
--and a note about fear and anxiety
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The Scary Season
Psychology, Halloween & Mysterious Happenings
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October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Scary Season
Some folks are scared as hell about Halloween.
Others are obsessed with evil
Most just want to have fun
Some thoughts on the Psychology of Halloween
--and a note about fear and anxiety
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Some folks are scared as hell about Halloween.
Others are obsessed with evil
Most just want to have fun
Some thoughts on the Psychology of Halloween
--and a note about fear and anxiety
open.substack.com/pub/geoffrey...
“Faith should nourish, not punish. My review of Fugelsang’s The Separation of Church and Hate unpacks a guide for reclaiming compassion.”
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“Thou Shalt Not Weaponize Faith: A Review of Fugelsang’s Cultural Counterpunch”
I’ve reached my limit with hate.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Faith should nourish, not punish. My review of Fugelsang’s The Separation of Church and Hate unpacks a guide for reclaiming compassion.”
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I'm posting chapters to a new book on #LGBTQIA+ inclusion/exclusion.
Join me on substack for a free read of this and other posts about psychology and culture.
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Join me on substack for a free read of this and other posts about psychology and culture.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm posting chapters to a new book on #LGBTQIA+ inclusion/exclusion.
Join me on substack for a free read of this and other posts about psychology and culture.
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Join me on substack for a free read of this and other posts about psychology and culture.
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Focus on the survivor's experience when defining spiritual harassment.
Focus on the survivor's experience when defining spiritual abuse.
Look for increased distress and spiritual struggles when in the continuum between spiritual harassment and abuse.
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Focus on the survivor's experience when defining spiritual abuse.
Look for increased distress and spiritual struggles when in the continuum between spiritual harassment and abuse.
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SPIRITUAL ABUSE: An Investigation
A blog about psychology & religion, spirituality & human nature: Apology, Hope, Forgiveness, Justice, Morality, Sex, Culture, Positive Psychology
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October 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Focus on the survivor's experience when defining spiritual harassment.
Focus on the survivor's experience when defining spiritual abuse.
Look for increased distress and spiritual struggles when in the continuum between spiritual harassment and abuse.
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Focus on the survivor's experience when defining spiritual abuse.
Look for increased distress and spiritual struggles when in the continuum between spiritual harassment and abuse.
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PAIN
Psychache is a horrible experience of mental pain.
Fortunately, researchers keep studying this recognized anguish.
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Psychache is a horrible experience of mental pain.
Fortunately, researchers keep studying this recognized anguish.
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Psychache Psychology of psychological pain and anguish
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October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
PAIN
Psychache is a horrible experience of mental pain.
Fortunately, researchers keep studying this recognized anguish.
suttonpsychology.blogspot.com/2020/01/psyc...
Psychache is a horrible experience of mental pain.
Fortunately, researchers keep studying this recognized anguish.
suttonpsychology.blogspot.com/2020/01/psyc...