Hannah Bowman
@hannahnpbowman.com
Literary agent @ Liza Dawson Associates, prison abolitionist, public theologian
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Abolition Ecclesiology: A Spatial Theology for a Church Against Prisons (Fortress, forthcoming in 2026)
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christiansforabolition.org
Abolition Ecclesiology: A Spatial Theology for a Church Against Prisons (Fortress, forthcoming in 2026)
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O Lord, arise, help us; And deliver us for thy Name's sake.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
O Lord, arise, help us; And deliver us for thy Name's sake.
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I think one of the issues with the technically-correct "the gospel is political but not partisan" framework is that sometimes it becomes clear that, re: a particular moment in political history, one party was correct in warning of grave moral danger and the other cheered it on
January 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I think one of the issues with the technically-correct "the gospel is political but not partisan" framework is that sometimes it becomes clear that, re: a particular moment in political history, one party was correct in warning of grave moral danger and the other cheered it on
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Anyways, the goal appears to be to shift the window to "cops can kill anybody anytime" like how the DoD can just murder people on boats for any reason at any time. This is why it's important to understand why "criminal" is just not a fixed category. It can become so big to include everyone.
January 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Anyways, the goal appears to be to shift the window to "cops can kill anybody anytime" like how the DoD can just murder people on boats for any reason at any time. This is why it's important to understand why "criminal" is just not a fixed category. It can become so big to include everyone.
This book is so good
Another strength of The Dispossessed is that Le Guin asks “what if the folks in the anarchist commune are sometimes annoying and kinda suck”
January 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This book is so good
This is a beautiful essay from @farahnazrishi.bsky.social on grief and what we carry with us. And birds. lithub.com/feather-by-f...
Feather By Feather: On Life, Death, and Birding
A few days after my brother died, I sat in the living room of a dead house and made eye contact with a bird. It’d been raining that day: the world outside had been coated in a wet, pewter varnish,…
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January 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This is a beautiful essay from @farahnazrishi.bsky.social on grief and what we carry with us. And birds. lithub.com/feather-by-f...
“We had whistles. They had guns.”
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
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January 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“We had whistles. They had guns.”
I have two thoughts today. The first is this: we are seeing people doing violence with glee and glorifying it. This is terrible! But the reality is that many other political leaders, even if they decry open violence, still support inherently violent practices of detention and deportation. +
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I have two thoughts today. The first is this: we are seeing people doing violence with glee and glorifying it. This is terrible! But the reality is that many other political leaders, even if they decry open violence, still support inherently violent practices of detention and deportation. +
BCP is 🔥🔥🔥 at today’s news
seriously considering what Christianity is, and what the truths of the Gospel are
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
BCP is 🔥🔥🔥 at today’s news
Episcopal response to the shooting in MN: livingchurch.org/news/news-ep... ⚓️
Minnesota Bishop Calls Out Shooting, Policy of ‘Cruel Delight’ - The Living Church
Church leaders condemned immigration raids and called for prayers for the family of Renee Nicole Macklin Good.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Episcopal response to the shooting in MN: livingchurch.org/news/news-ep... ⚓️
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A prosecution won't bring justice nor will it deter nor will it change the fundamental nature of policing in this country.
January 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
A prosecution won't bring justice nor will it deter nor will it change the fundamental nature of policing in this country.
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Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC pastor who was shoved by agents and exposed to pepper spray at the site of the ICE shooting in MN today shortly after it occurred, just sent me this from tonight’s vigil for the woman killed.
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Rev. Susie Hayward, a UCC pastor who was shoved by agents and exposed to pepper spray at the site of the ICE shooting in MN today shortly after it occurred, just sent me this from tonight’s vigil for the woman killed.
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
(She said sign’s design isn’t hers, crediting instead the artist Libby Kercher.)
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Hold multiplicity, beloved.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Hold multiplicity, beloved.
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More like this! This level of clarity is necessary:
"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
More like this! This level of clarity is necessary:
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"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
It’s all one evil system of domination, and the pathway to healing is building a better world based on better accountability to one another
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
It’s all one evil system of domination, and the pathway to healing is building a better world based on better accountability to one another
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I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I’m glad to see Bill say this. But when after a century of just the type of abuse we saw today - relentless and cruel, ensnaring our children and intimidating our communities - young Black people said in frustration, anger, and demand for change “defund the police” - so many of you denounced them.
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When the cop murdered Philando Castile his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter were also in the car.
January 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
When the cop murdered Philando Castile his girlfriend and her 4 year old daughter were also in the car.
I wish I had something useful to say, but man, them killing a mom my age with a little kid like mine has just really upset me
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I wish I had something useful to say, but man, them killing a mom my age with a little kid like mine has just really upset me
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I bought a wired mouse and keyboard. I adore it. I just plug it in and it works! No charging! No fighting the Bluetooth connection! Just electronic signal flowing
i feel much more powerful since i’ve realized that most things just don’t need to be cordless
the cord is a nice trade off for not having to worry about batteries or charging
the cord is a nice trade off for not having to worry about batteries or charging
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I bought a wired mouse and keyboard. I adore it. I just plug it in and it works! No charging! No fighting the Bluetooth connection! Just electronic signal flowing
This is accurate and FASCINATING from a spatial perspective (and finding ways to make our other institutions into life-giving third spaces instead is a big part of what interests me in my scholarly work!)
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This is accurate and FASCINATING from a spatial perspective (and finding ways to make our other institutions into life-giving third spaces instead is a big part of what interests me in my scholarly work!)
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The Book of Common Prayer (1979) provides the Supplication for use "in times of war, or of national anxiety", beginning on page 154. Here is the full text 📕 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The Book of Common Prayer (1979) provides the Supplication for use "in times of war, or of national anxiety", beginning on page 154. Here is the full text 📕 🧵
Anyway the ethos of this entire administration is domination instead of accountability (to the American people, to Congress, to the international community), and we have to be thinking about what it would look like to have a society built on accountability, not domination.
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Anyway the ethos of this entire administration is domination instead of accountability (to the American people, to Congress, to the international community), and we have to be thinking about what it would look like to have a society built on accountability, not domination.