Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop
@soraaad.bsky.social
SORAAAD.org, allowing people to gather w/o being religious since 2011. Qual Research on Religion, Religion-like stuff, and Religion & stuff best not studied as religious but key to understanding those doing, being, saying & feeling stuff labeled religion
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Allow people to gather and not be religious.
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5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals
A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising family relationships.
www.livescience.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:59 AM
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What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social.
18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇
muse.jhu.edu/journal/516
18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇
muse.jhu.edu/journal/516
Project MUSE - The Journal of the Civil War Era
muse.jhu.edu
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social.
18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇
muse.jhu.edu/journal/516
18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇
muse.jhu.edu/journal/516
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really sad about the death of rev. jesse jackson this morning and i'm gonna be writing something about it for @theringer. but in the meantime, a couple of recommendations.
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
Demoralized Democrats Have a Road Map for Success in Trump’s America. It Was Written by Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson first ran for president during the national farm bust of the early 1980s. Debt for farmers had exploded from $85 billion in 1976 to $216 ...
www.slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
really sad about the death of rev. jesse jackson this morning and i'm gonna be writing something about it for @theringer. but in the meantime, a couple of recommendations.
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
1. @jamellebouie.net's piece from 2016 about Jackson's groundbreaking presidential campaigns. www.slate.com/articles/new...
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A student today told me, "In high school, I thought all religion was stupid and backwards. But now that you've given me Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem's correspondence to read, I see some value in religion."
Whatever issues higher education may have, this makes it worth it.
Whatever issues higher education may have, this makes it worth it.
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
A student today told me, "In high school, I thought all religion was stupid and backwards. But now that you've given me Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem's correspondence to read, I see some value in religion."
Whatever issues higher education may have, this makes it worth it.
Whatever issues higher education may have, this makes it worth it.
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Come work in the research team @socantscot.bsky.social on our ScARF project!
We are looking for 3 new people to help us complete the last of the regional archaeological research frameworks for Scotland.
Closing date the 8th March 2026
#HESFunded #Archaeology #HeritageJobs #Scotland 🏺
We are looking for 3 new people to help us complete the last of the regional archaeological research frameworks for Scotland.
Closing date the 8th March 2026
#HESFunded #Archaeology #HeritageJobs #Scotland 🏺
WORK WITH US: ScARF Research Officers and ScARF Research Manager
We are looking to hire three new members of staff to help deliver the final two regional research frameworks as part of @scarf-scot.bsky.social. Find out more and apply by 11:59pm on 8 March 2026: www.socantscot.org/news/#appoin...
We are looking to hire three new members of staff to help deliver the final two regional research frameworks as part of @scarf-scot.bsky.social. Find out more and apply by 11:59pm on 8 March 2026: www.socantscot.org/news/#appoin...
February 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Come work in the research team @socantscot.bsky.social on our ScARF project!
We are looking for 3 new people to help us complete the last of the regional archaeological research frameworks for Scotland.
Closing date the 8th March 2026
#HESFunded #Archaeology #HeritageJobs #Scotland 🏺
We are looking for 3 new people to help us complete the last of the regional archaeological research frameworks for Scotland.
Closing date the 8th March 2026
#HESFunded #Archaeology #HeritageJobs #Scotland 🏺
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AASLH and a coalition have filed a lawsuit against DOI Secretary's Order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," which implements the executive order of the same name. The orders promote a deceptive vision of history, have led to censorship at NPS sites, and hurt the wider history field.
Opposing Censorship: AASLH and Coalition Sue U.S. Department of the Interior
Today, AASLH and a coalition of parks, science, and design groups filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary’s Order 3431, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order, like the identically-named 2025 executive order it was designed to
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February 17, 2026 at 4:06 PM
AASLH and a coalition have filed a lawsuit against DOI Secretary's Order "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," which implements the executive order of the same name. The orders promote a deceptive vision of history, have led to censorship at NPS sites, and hurt the wider history field.
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Hope you'll read my report the upcoming trial — I'll be watching closely. www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power.
A July 4 shooting at an ICE detention center could change the way the federal government prosecutes activists.
www.ms.now
February 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hope you'll read my report the upcoming trial — I'll be watching closely. www.ms.now/news/antifa-...
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I *did* break myself during the Lockdown, trying to keep students sane, learn entirely new skills, change courses to enable online learning, provide so much pastoral care, etc. etc.
This entitled consumer behaviour is deeply insulting to all the work staff were made to do, and those lawfirms are 🤬
This entitled consumer behaviour is deeply insulting to all the work staff were made to do, and those lawfirms are 🤬
I feel so miserable about this. Nearly broke myself working 16, 18 hour days during the pandemic. We did everything we possibly could, then doubled it, tripled it. HE is still struggling to get back off the floor, years later. Now another financial punch in the face.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I *did* break myself during the Lockdown, trying to keep students sane, learn entirely new skills, change courses to enable online learning, provide so much pastoral care, etc. etc.
This entitled consumer behaviour is deeply insulting to all the work staff were made to do, and those lawfirms are 🤬
This entitled consumer behaviour is deeply insulting to all the work staff were made to do, and those lawfirms are 🤬
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The one thing he does say that's controversial is controversial to me and @richterscale.bsky.social and religion nerds ("there's nothing Christian about Christian nationalism"). It is *a* Christianity. But I get it that he's a politician and it's a take and it absolutely shouldn't be censored.
February 17, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The one thing he does say that's controversial is controversial to me and @richterscale.bsky.social and religion nerds ("there's nothing Christian about Christian nationalism"). It is *a* Christianity. But I get it that he's a politician and it's a take and it absolutely shouldn't be censored.
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hey buddy do you want me to clarify
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
hey buddy do you want me to clarify
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
the question of religious truth, or of adherence to a mythical essential foundation of a religion, is not one that scholars of religion engage in
that's a *religious question* and the discipline doesn't attempt to answer those
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now, i'll grant that some people outside of a religion get very worked up about what they believe that religion should or shouldn't be, and they use those questions to attack people they think are doing it wrong
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
now, i'll grant that some people outside of a religion get very worked up about what they believe that religion should or shouldn't be, and they use those questions to attack people they think are doing it wrong
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
again, outside the bounds of academic inquiry
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"Christian" is a synonym for "good" for white christian nationalists, too
You are choosing an academic description of Christianity that few Christians would recognize. And, by calling the heretical and unhealthy-for-society form “Christian,” you are granting it legitimacy because, for Christians, Christian is a synonym for good.
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"Christian" is a synonym for "good" for white christian nationalists, too
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also maybe ask any Indigenous people how "Christianity = good" worked out for them
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
also maybe ask any Indigenous people how "Christianity = good" worked out for them
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a reply from the late Ranginui Walker (Aotearoa New Zealand), on one aspect of Christian influence:
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
a reply from the late Ranginui Walker (Aotearoa New Zealand), on one aspect of Christian influence:
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Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
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Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
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today in "campus free speech":
U of North Texas Cancels Exhibit With Anti-ICE Art
The University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design removed an art exhibit that includes anti-ICE artwork, the artist told The Denton Record-Chronicle.
www.insidehighered.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
today in "campus free speech":
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I know I said this in my other thread, but it bears repeating: the censorship of Colbert's interview of Talarico is about the regime trying to dictate a state religion, and then controlling critiques of it.
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I know I said this in my other thread, but it bears repeating: the censorship of Colbert's interview of Talarico is about the regime trying to dictate a state religion, and then controlling critiques of it.
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
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February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Every Christianity is a heresy to some other Christianity.
February 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Every Christianity is a heresy to some other Christianity.
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I'm not Christian, and lots of Christians have very different ideas of the words of the Bible mean. And they say you're a heretic. I don't engage in theological disputes.
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I'm not Christian, and lots of Christians have very different ideas of the words of the Bible mean. And they say you're a heretic. I don't engage in theological disputes.
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Is one form of Christianity objectively better for a healthy society than the other? Absolutely. But they're all Christianity. Christian is not a synonym for good.
February 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Is one form of Christianity objectively better for a healthy society than the other? Absolutely. But they're all Christianity. Christian is not a synonym for good.
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It's not an offhand statement. It's the foundation of the academic study of religion.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
It's not an offhand statement. It's the foundation of the academic study of religion.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
What actually gives Christian nationalists a great advantage is decent people who happen to be Christians refusing to acknowledge that Christianity is part of the authoritarian project.
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Don't play the victim here. Scholars of religion don't single out Christianity in this way; There are authoritarian, nationalist, and violent strains of every religious tradition, and they are all parts of those traditions. "Religion" doesn't just cover the good bits.
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Don't play the victim here. Scholars of religion don't single out Christianity in this way; There are authoritarian, nationalist, and violent strains of every religious tradition, and they are all parts of those traditions. "Religion" doesn't just cover the good bits.
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When you say that Christian is a synonym for good, you're sending a very clear message to anyone who doesn't believe what you believe, and it's not a good or welcoming message.
February 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
When you say that Christian is a synonym for good, you're sending a very clear message to anyone who doesn't believe what you believe, and it's not a good or welcoming message.
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Right, Christianities are wildly diverse. They're functionally different religions that worship gods that bear no relationship to one another. But it's impossible to excommunicate the "wrong" ones from the umbrella of "Christianity." Those ideas came from somewhere.
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Right, Christianities are wildly diverse. They're functionally different religions that worship gods that bear no relationship to one another. But it's impossible to excommunicate the "wrong" ones from the umbrella of "Christianity." Those ideas came from somewhere.