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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · 28d

Congrats! I’m very excited to read this when it’s available.

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · May 19

Excited to see this article, which took me approximately 1,000 years to get out into the world, published in an issue.

"Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Transformation and Identity in 2 Corinthians 11.13–15"
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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · May 16

I don’t have words to describe how accurate this is. #amgrading

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · May 16

In an exercise that is sure to enrage no one, we ranked our top NFL fanbases on the pod. My pick for #1?

THE ATLANTA FALCONS. Fight me!

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📺: youtu.be/XTg02DgPAiQ?...

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Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · Apr 28

annnnnnd CUP set up the website for my forthcoming element!

stuff coming out = i'm just going to be a bundle of anxiety and excitement for a while. don't mind me.

Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 28

I may print and frame this.

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 19

Good Friday reflections on Holy Saturday: Christians confess that a necessary part God's acts self-revelation and reconciliation occurred through an abused and disabled body.

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 16

#autismacceptancemonth #disability

The quest for autism’s causes, and what it reveals about all of us

The more researchers look, the more multifaceted the risk factors appear — and the more we learn about how the brain works and develops

knowablemagazine.org

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 11

*of* their selfhood

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 10

Autism is not a disease; there is no “autism epidemic.”

Note how such rhetoric portrays people on the autism spectrum: it identifies part if their selfhood as a disease that should be eradicated. These are very dangerous, ableist presuppositions. #disability

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 10

RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 10

“To tell these stories now is not just an academic act. It is a spiritual one. It is to recover a humanity that was deliberately stripped. It is to stare back at the past without blinking.”

Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is part one in a series of five. The intricacies of the history we are never told, to learn why, please read, like, reshare and subscribe. Thank you.
esheru.substack.com/p/the-womb-o...

The Womb of Exploitation

The Sexual Violence on Slave Plantations

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 7

Registration here: www.nes.edu/events/webin...

Northeastern Seminary | Events | Black Church Studies Webinar

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 7

The world feels like it’s spinning out of control. If you’d like a little break from the news, join us this evening for this 🔥 webinar on Black Church Studies. I was just reading over the introductory remarks, and it’s just crazy to have this much brilliance in one meeting.

Flyer for Black Church Studies Webinar at Northeastern Seminary on April 7 at 6pm EST

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways

Unlock Wesleyan insights today.What is distinctive about how Christians in the Wesleyan tradition interpret the Bible? How can Wesleyans read Scripture in ways that are true to their theological herit

www.cokesbury.com

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 2

Grateful for this endorsement from Dr. Brett Opalinski for our Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways.

Image of endorsement from Brett Opalinski for the edited volume Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways.

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Apr 1

NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE: Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways is out today!

Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways

Unlock Wesleyan insights today.What is distinctive about how Christians in the Wesleyan tradition interpret the Bible? How can Wesleyans read Scripture in ways that are true to their theological herit

www.cokesbury.com

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 31

Grateful for this endorsement from Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric. Available tomorrow!

Flyer with an endorsement from Edgardo Colón-Emeric for the edited volume Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 31

Calling all Wesleyans/Methodists: tomorrow is the big day!

Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways

Unlock Wesleyan insights today.What is distinctive about how Christians in the Wesleyan tradition interpret the Bible? How can Wesleyans read Scripture in ways that are true to their theological herit

www.cokesbury.com

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 31

Vaccine skepticism has led to suffering and death, and this could lead to more. Importantly, pay attention to the rhetoric in related discussions: it often *others*’l people on the autism spectrum as a societal problem to be addressed. #disability

Kennedy Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Skeptic for Autism Study

David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.

www.nytimes.com

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 27

You can find the registration here: www.nes.edu/events/webin...

Northeastern Seminary | Events | Black Church Studies Webinar

www.nes.edu

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 27

Excited to share that Northeastern Seminary is offering a free webinar on Black Church Studies! @daracolebydelgado.bsky.social will moderate a discussion with @valeriebridgeman1.bsky.social, Eric Williams, and Nick Peterson. See flyer for details!

Flyer for Black Church Studies webinar for Northeastern Seminary

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 26

Important and consequential #disability news

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Mar 25

In <24 hours, Covid funding is DOGEd across HHS, CDC, NIH as if it and Long Covid didn't exist and there is no worry for future pandemics
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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 24

She’s smarter than me, so take her word for it! 👇

Rebecca Copeland @beckycopeland.bsky.social · Mar 21

If you're interested in how people interpret the Bible, check out Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways, a collection of essays by fine scholars bringing different perspectives, questions, and methods. As Dean Bridgeman says, It's a must read for Christians & non-Christians, scholars, pastors & laity.

David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 21

Very humbled and excited to share this endorsement from Valerie Bridgeman for our forthcoming edited volume on Wesleyan Biblical Interpretation. Thank you, @valeriebridgeman1.bsky.social, for reading it so carefully.

An image of the edited volume titled Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways with Valerie Bridgeman’s endorsement:

"Reading Scripture in Wesleyan Ways is a must read and a must have, not only for scholars and preachers of the Wesleyan tradition, but also laity and people within ecumenical Christianity and yes, non-Christians. I hope every seminary, no matter its affiliations, will make it required reading. I am sure that no reader will agree with every essay, and that there will be other essays that will be read over and over. But for historical, hermeneutical, theological, and pastoral reasons, everyone owes it to themselves to engage this volume. It is readable and well-researched. Each writer is honest about their positions, their starting points, and their commitments. What a gift!”

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Ilan Schwartz @germhuntermd.bsky.social · Mar 20

How firm is the hold of antivax beliefs?

From the parents of the 6 year old unvaccinated child who died of measles:

“Don’t do the shots,” the girl’s mother said. Measles, she added, is “not as bad as they’re making it out to be.” She noted that her four other children all recovered…

Benjamin Mazer @mazer.us · Mar 20

How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death

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How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death

Anti-vaccine influencers see the child’s death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.

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David Carr @davidcarr4.bsky.social · Mar 19

Finally reading this wonderful intro volume, and I plan to assign it for several future classes. I highly recommend it!!

Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · Mar 19

If you like to listen to audiobooks about the apostle Paul (and who doesn't?), the audiobook of *A Jewish Paul* just dropped!

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