Religious works skewered by slam poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
odist
'poet' is the definition.
(someone who writes odes)
'religious works skewered by slam' is the wordplay.
'religious works' becomes 'ot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'skewered by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters skewer into others).
'slam' becomes 'dis' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ot' enclosing 'dis' is 'ODIST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for odist that I've seen is " Poet".)