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Back in action with Season 2, Klaus and Travis discuss the mysterious and often acerbic Justin Martyr, the 2nd century philosopher and Christian apologist, whose understanding of devils and demons fits in with a larger project of differentiating Christians from Romans and Jews. What could go wrong?

Sources discussed:

Justin Martyr's writings: https://archive.org/details/writingsofjustin00justuoft

Annette Yoshiko Reed, "The Trickery of Fallen Angels and the Demonic Mimesis of the Divine" https://muse.jhu.edu/article/169408/summary

Jennifer Knust, "Enslaved to Demons: Sex, Violence, and the Apologies of Justin Martyr": https://brill.com/view/book/9789047411260/Bej.9789004154476.i-582_015.xml