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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Sep 13

I've spent part of the morning reading about the 17th century Scottish Covenanters who resisted the incursions of King Charles & Archbishop Laud into the Scottish Kirk, and I fear trouble may be brewing.

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is a timely essay.

St. Óscar Romero and the Right to Be Accurately Informed About Public Events

Will Cohen on communication.

churchlifejournal.nd.edu

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · May 22

This is a fine book, indeed -- beautifully written and succint. Raboteau profiles seven of the most consequential US theo-political radical reformers of the 20th century, revealing their myriad interconnections and common aims that crossed the boundaries of their religious diversity.

American Prophets

A "powerful text" (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in modern America

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Apr 22

"Rather than seeing AI as a radical break from traditional authorship, our article suggests we're witnessing the latest evolution in a long history of collaborative creation." ~ @wtmcmaken.bsky.social

Ghostwriters Then and Now: Biblical Scribes, Generative AI, and Collaborative Authorship

DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Apr 8

"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen.... For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies." ~ Rev. 18:2-3

Wall Street Bursts With Anger as Trump Tariffs Cause Wild Stock Market Swings

Billionaire investors are in an unfamiliar position, watching and cringing as tariffs roll on and the stock market reels.

www.nytimes.com

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Apr 4

So that bit about Mao's cultural revolution at the end made me choke on my coffee. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Opinion | Trump Just Bet the Farm

Donald Trump is upending a world that has brought peace and stability for 80 years. What is it he doesn’t understand?

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Apr 3

Protecting our First Amendment freedom of worship should be a cause that unites people of faith across confessional and ideological differences.

Prayer vigil set as churches go to court against Trump administration immigration policy

[Episcopal News Service] An interfaith prayer vigil in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 3, the eve of the first hearing in The Episcopal Church’s joint lawsuit with partner denomi…

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Someone has set up a tracker of people who have "disappeared" in the US at the hands of the government's immigration enforcement agency

Data Against Fascism @dataagainstfascism.bsky.social · Apr 2

The tracker has been updated to include Robert Panton a 59 year old Grandfather, who served an incredibly punitive prison sentence and has not reoffended since. He has lived in the United States since he was 9 years old. immigrantjustice.org/press-releas...

Harlem Grandfather, Community Leader Robert Panton Detained by ICE at Check-In in New York City

A beloved father, grandfather, and youth mentor from Harlem, New York, who has lived in the United States for more than 50 years, was detained Tuesday in New York City during a scheduled check-in at a...

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Apr 2

Four U.S. legislators who "get it": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Sanders, Sen. Murphy, and now (most emphatically!), Sen. Booker. They have my attention, and I'm listening.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Apr 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.

Photo of Cory Booker in a black suit and tie

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W. Travis McMaken @wtmcmaken.bsky.social · Mar 30

New blog post: Prometheus's Three Challenges to #Christian Theology According to Czech theologian Jan Milíč Lochman. How the mythological #titan became a focal point in Marxist-Christian dialogues of the 1960s. Read more! #Theology #Marxism

Prometheus’s Three Challenges to Christian Theology According to Jan Milíč Lochman

DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Mar 26

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 27

True confession. I do observe Lent (to some extent), but I don't take it with the utmost seriousness. Holy Week is mainly what interests me.

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Shay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · Mar 25

truly kicking around the notion of a William Stringfellow Society as an ecumenical Christian resistance structure

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 27

Life is all about making difficult choices. www.lentmadness.org/2025/03/atha...

Athanasius of Alexandria vs. Irenaeus | Lent Madness

www.lentmadness.org

J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 21

Right on. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...

Opinion | Democrats Can Stop Trump and Save America

The Democratic Party can’t stop America’s spiral into autocracy and oligarchy unless it casts off its stale talking points and reimagines what it stands for.

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 17

Read this. barthcenter.substack.com/p/death-the-...

Death, the Unspeakable

An Essay by Jared Stacy

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W. Travis McMaken @wtmcmaken.bsky.social · Mar 3

"Listen to this man" - #KarlBarth on William Stringfellow. 40 years after his death, Stringfellow's prophetic critique of #empire, consumerism and privatized #spirituality feels more urgent than ever.

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So, You Want to Read William Stringfellow?

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 2

Yeah, not sure why. Try this -- episcopalarchives.org/church-awake...

William Stringfellow · The Church Awakens: African Americans and the Struggle for Justice

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 2

F. William Stringfellow -- lawyer, theologian, holy agitator -- entered into eternal life 40 years ago today. episcopalarchives.org/.../show/lea...

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 1

Ellison's Invisible Man is an incredible, mind-blowing read.

The Englewood Review of Books @erbks.bsky.social · Mar 1

Remembering Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, today on his birthday.

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Mar 1

I wrote a primer on the work of William Stringfellow, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his death.

So, You Want to Read William Stringfellow?

DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.

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W. Travis McMaken @wtmcmaken.bsky.social · Mar 1

Today marks 40 years since William Stringfellow's passing - the lawyer, activist & Episcopal #theologian who challenged #America's moral powers. His work on "principalities and powers" remains vital for our fraught times.

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So, You Want to Read William Stringfellow?

DET is a multi-author theology blog that engages the Christian tradition's diversity but is especially rooted in 20th century theology.

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J. Scott Jackson @jscottjackson.bsky.social · Feb 28

A very nice remembrance of Professor Marty from NPR.

Martin Marty, leading scholar of American religion, dies at 97

Martin Marty, one of the foremost interpreters of religion in American public life, died on Tuesday. He was 97 years old.

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