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Dr. Chance Bonar

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Advisor, teacher, and writer Researching ancient Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, and the literature of the ancient Mashriq Cat dad | 🏳️‍🌈 http://chancebonar.com Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 21d

The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 8h

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

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He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 13h

This is such an important piece on the deliberate and systematic targeting of knowledge systems and knowledge producers

Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 14h

Curriculum Inquiry published a new open access article on scholasticide in Gaza & Palestinian higher ed before and during genocide

doi.org/10.1080/0362...

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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 16h

Not sure what’s worse, how bigoted Winsome Earle-Sears is or how rude Winsome Earle-Sears is.

She literally does not believe that discriminating against gay people is discrimination…and she won’t shut up about it.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18h

BREAKING: The U.S. says it's sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor Gaza ceasefire deal.

US sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor ceasefire deal in Gaza

The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private sector players, U.S. officials say.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 23h

"In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor www.ncronline.org/pope-leo-bla...

Pope Leo blasts elitism, indifference toward poor in first major document

"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.

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MOLA @museumofloot.bsky.social · 1d

At least 100 out of 1,000 well-known archaeological sites around Sudan have already been destroyed so far, especially through the use of heavy, gold-digging machinery.

allthatsinteresting.com/sudan-jabal-...

Illegal Miners Destroy 2,000-Year-Old Heritage Site In Sudan While Digging For Gold

Hundreds of archaeological sites have been vandalized in a similar fashion by illegal miners across Sudan.

allthatsinteresting.com

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 2d

My review of Paula Fredriksen's Ancient Christianities is up at BMCR:

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review share.google/agnGwlBZmvkJ...

Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 1d

We love reading the ወንጌል!

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 1d

I can read this now, bitches. 🤯

(And yes it's just the begats at the beginning of Matthew so it's not complicated but... bitches.)

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 1d

*youth pastor voice*: You know who else was labeled an insurrectionist even though he was innocent

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John W. Martens @jwmartens.bsky.social · 1d

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It’s an honour to host the great Paula Fredriksen on the podcast. We discussed her most recent book, Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years, and her deep knowledge of Christianity and Judaism. Come and learn about “high frequency combat theology”!

Ancient Christianities, or How the God of Israel Conquered the West: A Conversation with Dr. Paula Fredriksen

Podcast Episode · What Matters Most · 2025-10-08 · 1h 12m

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

It’s Baldwin’s own words! One of the insights of his that continue to guide me

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

Those are some impressive lobster claw mittens! I can see why they’d be dangerous

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

I already had the Gen Z mullet in 1995, beating the trend by decades

Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

A family member found and digitized old ole videos from my childhood, so I’ve been crying for the last hour watching myself play in the snow

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

Proud of you for defending city-states’ rights 🫡

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 2d

"This book was crafted to live within any library in America. It was written by a team specializing in what is most important in good books: that it appeals to conservative politicians and that one mom on the PTA."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fin...

Finally, a Book That Cannot Be Banned

This is a good book. It has a cover and many pages. This book is endorsed by parents and is church-friendly. It is clean and full of Grace, as in i...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

I had the same reaction when I realized that

Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

While you’re at it, buy a (very affordable!) copy and start thinking more about anarchist and non-hierarchical modes of association in the ancient world.

I’ll have more to say in a month

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/radical-an...

Radical Antiquity: Free Love Zoroastrians, Farming Pirates, and Ancient Uprisings|Paperback

“Unearthing the ancient world’s anarchist cultures, Zeichmann presents a compelling argument that authority may itself have always been the real aberration. Highly recommended” ...

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 2d

For those going to AAR/SBL in Boston next month, come join us to talk about @cbzeichmann.bsky.social’s Radical Antiquity!

AUTHOR MEETS CRITICS: CHRIS ZEICHMANN'S RADICAL ANTIQUITY: FREE LOVE ZOROASTRIANS, FARMING PIRATES, AND ANCIENT UPRISINGS

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD 1:00PM-3:30PM
GRAND BALLROOM B (FOURTH FLOOR), MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE

CO-SPONSORED WITH REDESCRIBING CHRISTIAN ORIGINS SEMINAR, SBL

IN RADICAL ANTIQUITY, CHRIS ZEICHMANN CONSIDERS A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNITIES IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD THAT WERE ORGANIZED ANARCHICALLY, DEMONSTRATING THAT THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF RADICAL, NON-HIERARCHICAL HUMAN COLLECTIVES. IN THE VEIN OF GRAEBER AND WENGROW'S DAWN OF EVERYTHING, BUT WRITTEN FOR A POPULAR AUDIENCE, RADICAL ANTIQUITY INVITES SCHOLARS TO REFLECT ON HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR SCHOLARSHIP ACCESSIBLE TO NON-SCHOLARLY READERS, AS WELL AS HOW OUR RESEARCH MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN AN ANTIQUARIAN RELEVANCE.

• ERIN ROBERTS, MODERATOR
• CHANCE BONAR, PANELIST (10 MINS)
• ANDREW DURDIN, PANELIST (10 MINS)
• NAOMI GOLDENBERG, PANELIST (10 MINS)
• GILLIAN LE FEVRE, PANELIST (10 MINS)
• KEVIN WING-CHUI WONG, PANELIST (10 MINS)
• RITA LESTER, PANELIST (10 MINS)
CHRISTOPER B. ZEICHMANN, RESPONSE (10 MINS)
OPEN DISCUSSION (50 MINS)

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Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 3d

It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Yusi Liu, Chris Gipson, and Najee Olya, building on the Mountaintop Coalition's panel at the SCS earlier this year. "International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World?" resdifficiles.com/internationa...

International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World? CFP

At the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies and the Archaeological Institute of America in Philadelphia, the Mountaintop Coalition sponsored the joint panel, “Internationa…

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