David W. Congdon
@dwcongdon.com
Senior Editor, University Press of Kansas | Lecturer, KU | Who Is a New Christian? (Cambridge, 2024) | Bylines: Christian Century, Sojourners, Presby Outlook, Revealer
Pinned
Who gets to define Christianity?
David Congdon links postliberal theology to the exclusionary politics of the Christian...
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My book was reviewed in Christian Century today, and I think it's a very well-done and fair analysis of my project.
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
Working on a piece responding to Una Caro while flying home from AARSBL, because if anyone is going to do it, it’s probably me.
Will probably have to add something about this to my book on polyamory before it goes into production.
Will probably have to add something about this to my book on polyamory before it goes into production.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Working on a piece responding to Una Caro while flying home from AARSBL, because if anyone is going to do it, it’s probably me.
Will probably have to add something about this to my book on polyamory before it goes into production.
Will probably have to add something about this to my book on polyamory before it goes into production.
I gave two papers today at AARSBL. The first was a paper on CS Lewis and Bultmann responding to Leslie Baynes’s new book. The second was “Resident Arsonists: The Postliberal Ecclesiology of Project 2025,” continuing my analysis of postliberal theology’s connection to today’s MAGA politics.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I gave two papers today at AARSBL. The first was a paper on CS Lewis and Bultmann responding to Leslie Baynes’s new book. The second was “Resident Arsonists: The Postliberal Ecclesiology of Project 2025,” continuing my analysis of postliberal theology’s connection to today’s MAGA politics.
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
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There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
There was civilization in the Americas before the settlers arrived. The other work being performed here is to erase that and present settlement as the arrival of civilization instead of the annihilation of another
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I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
A perfect example of enshittification.
@adobe.com why have you so completely ruined Acrobat? nobody wants an AI assistant & now the program imports docs as MP3s, which it then says it can't print. ace work, everybody
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A perfect example of enshittification.
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That press conference is the wildest footage I’ve ever seen. Trump gleefully agreed that he’s a “fascist” and “despot,” and that the US has used taxes to support “Israeli genocide.”
And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.
Wut.
And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.
Wut.
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
That press conference is the wildest footage I’ve ever seen. Trump gleefully agreed that he’s a “fascist” and “despot,” and that the US has used taxes to support “Israeli genocide.”
And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.
Wut.
And he smiled at and defended Mamdani with an affection I’ve literally never seen him direct at anyone before.
Wut.
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Mamdani is a Jedi; there's no other explanation.
"This is the portrait you've been looking for."
"This is the portrait you've been looking for."
"We have a great portrait of FDR that I found in the vaults that was missing for years. I found it and I put it up. He's a Democrat, to the best of my knowledge...
And when the mayor saw that portrait, he said, Sir, do you mind if I have a picture taken by that portrait?' It's an amazing portrait."
And when the mayor saw that portrait, he said, Sir, do you mind if I have a picture taken by that portrait?' It's an amazing portrait."
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Mamdani is a Jedi; there's no other explanation.
"This is the portrait you've been looking for."
"This is the portrait you've been looking for."
I'm heading out to Boston tomorrow for the AARSBL conference. Definitely DM me up if you want to meet up. I won't have a booth, but I'm meeting with potential authors. I'll also be giving two papers on Monday.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I'm heading out to Boston tomorrow for the AARSBL conference. Definitely DM me up if you want to meet up. I won't have a booth, but I'm meeting with potential authors. I'll also be giving two papers on Monday.
UPK religion books available for 40% off + free US shipping.
kansaspress.ku.edu/aar-2025/
UPK religion books available for 40% off + free US shipping.
kansaspress.ku.edu/aar-2025/
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Religion is what you do with it.
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Religion is what you do with it.
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As a native Oregonian who now lives in Missouri, Ron Wyden will always be my senator. This is great work.
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
As a native Oregonian who now lives in Missouri, Ron Wyden will always be my senator. This is great work.
I’ve enjoyed Jesse Welles on social media for a long time. Huge props to Colbert for putting him on his show.
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’ve enjoyed Jesse Welles on social media for a long time. Huge props to Colbert for putting him on his show.
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In a previous era, the U.S. president calling for the deaths of his political opponents probably would've warranted interrupting everything else on TV for the day.
CNN and MSNBC are running a livestream of Dick Cheney's funeral. Fox News is focusing on the Dem who allegedly misused FEMA funds.
CNN and MSNBC are running a livestream of Dick Cheney's funeral. Fox News is focusing on the Dem who allegedly misused FEMA funds.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
In a previous era, the U.S. president calling for the deaths of his political opponents probably would've warranted interrupting everything else on TV for the day.
CNN and MSNBC are running a livestream of Dick Cheney's funeral. Fox News is focusing on the Dem who allegedly misused FEMA funds.
CNN and MSNBC are running a livestream of Dick Cheney's funeral. Fox News is focusing on the Dem who allegedly misused FEMA funds.
State-sanctioned lynching
NEWSWEEK: “Chinese immigrant found hanging in ICE detention with his hands and feet tied behind him… Chaofeng Ge died 4 days after entering ICE custody in Pennsylvania… deaths in ICE custody have gone up under Trump…”
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
State-sanctioned lynching
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What is post-liberalism?
Whining, mostly.
Whining, mostly.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What is post-liberalism?
Whining, mostly.
Whining, mostly.
Getting people fired for not supporting their particular orthodoxy is the most Christian thing about Kirk’s fanbase.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Getting people fired for not supporting their particular orthodoxy is the most Christian thing about Kirk’s fanbase.
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"Looper" (2012)
A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance. www.fox5ny.com/news/michiga...
Michigan man who shares same initials as JD Vance convicted of threatening to kill president, vice president
A Michigan man named JD Vance was sentenced for threatening to kill JD Vance.
www.fox5ny.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Looper" (2012)
Such a beautiful and moving graphic memoir from @sirosenbaum.bsky.social.
flaminghydra.com/issue-444/#t...
flaminghydra.com/issue-444/#t...
On the shoreline
S.I. Rosenbaum debuts a new graphic memoir of devastation and love
flaminghydra.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Such a beautiful and moving graphic memoir from @sirosenbaum.bsky.social.
flaminghydra.com/issue-444/#t...
flaminghydra.com/issue-444/#t...
If you’re going to join the Orthodox Church, do it for Evagrius, Dostoevsky, and Scott Cairns—not because of some manosphere Orthobros. Gross.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing With Converts
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you’re going to join the Orthodox Church, do it for Evagrius, Dostoevsky, and Scott Cairns—not because of some manosphere Orthobros. Gross.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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“We should, @dwcongdon.com argues, call off the search for true Christianity and instead embrace a diversity of beliefs and practices.”
– review by William J. Schultz: www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
– review by William J. Schultz: www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“We should, @dwcongdon.com argues, call off the search for true Christianity and instead embrace a diversity of beliefs and practices.”
– review by William J. Schultz: www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
– review by William J. Schultz: www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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Oooh, this sounds like it might be in our wheelhouse. “A mode of religious practice that willingly disregards scripture, creeds, & confessions when they fail to suit the needs of the moment" seems like it might have much in common with Christ-centered Quakerism. We shall have to investigate further!
My book was reviewed in Christian Century today, and I think it's a very well-done and fair analysis of my project.
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
Who gets to define Christianity?
David Congdon links postliberal theology to the exclusionary politics of the Christian...
www.christiancentury.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Oooh, this sounds like it might be in our wheelhouse. “A mode of religious practice that willingly disregards scripture, creeds, & confessions when they fail to suit the needs of the moment" seems like it might have much in common with Christ-centered Quakerism. We shall have to investigate further!
My book was reviewed in Christian Century today, and I think it's a very well-done and fair analysis of my project.
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
Who gets to define Christianity?
David Congdon links postliberal theology to the exclusionary politics of the Christian...
www.christiancentury.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My book was reviewed in Christian Century today, and I think it's a very well-done and fair analysis of my project.
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
www.christiancentury.org/books/who-ge...
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.