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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 1d

Can relate

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 1d

A good reminder for students and professors alike!

Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 1d

"Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard.”
William Zinsser, born on this day in 1922

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 2d

The flags of the United Nations member nations inside the Indiana University Indianapolis Campus Center for this month's International Festival. Always an inspiring reminder of how higher education embraces the world.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 5d

This op-ed by @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social dean Erwin Chemerinsky hits the nail on the head: Trump's "compact" with universities is pure extortion. There will be hell to pay for American higher ed if any universities capitulate.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 5d

It's worth noting that there have been women as primates of national churches for a while—among them Antje Jackelén of the Church of Sweden & Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church. But the appointment of Sarah Mullally as Abp. of Canterbury will certainly reignite ecumenical debate.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to the Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally, the Bishop of London and a former nurse, on her historic appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury! What great news for ecumenical Christianity! (Was pleased too to see she studied theology at @kent.ac.uk, where my daughter also studied last year.)

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations on this important and urgently important piece!

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 11d

Back from South Bend and the Cushwa Center's Dolan Seminar in American Religion, which featured a rousing discussion this morning of Tom Tweed's remarkable new book, Religion in the Lands That Became America: A New History (@yalepress.bsky.social). What a treat!

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 11d

The Jesuit founder keeping watch over the Congregation of Holy Cross in the basilica at @notredame.bsky.social.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 12d

The Golden Dome at @notredame.bsky.social earlier this afternoon.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 12d

Always glad to be back at the Cushwa Center at @notredame.bsky.social for the Dolan Seminar in American Religion, this time featuring Thomas Tweed's Religion in the Lands That Became America (@yalepress.bsky.social). I arrived on campus in time to hear organ practice in the Basilica. Glorious!

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 17d

Scary—thanks for posting this.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 20d

Are we really still in the United States of America??

Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · 22d

A beautiful piece by one of my favorite historians.

thecatholicherald.com/article/eamo...

Eamon Duffy reflects on Newman’s impending elevation

thecatholicherald.com

Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Sep 8

A new book by John Turner is always an event, and this book is an especially big event! So glad to see this, @yalepress.bsky.social! The vitality of Mormon history as a subfield has been nothing short of remarkable.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes, this certainly vindicates your line of inquiry. So believing in God is a precondition of freedom? It’s like they’ve never heard of the Establishment Clause!

Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · Sep 6

Still chuckling thinking about the folks who said Christian nationalism—the desire to see a specific expression of Christianity privileged with the gov’t promoting it—isn’t real.

I’m not on Twitter, but this is an official gov’t account.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Sep 3

He's a grave danger to American public health. The senators knew he's a wacko when they confirmed him. Now it's time for Congress to remove him.

thehill.com/policy/healt...

thehill.com

Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Sep 2

Caught a glimpse of this majestic bird this evening at IND. Pleased that Aer Lingus now has a direct connection between Indianapolis and Dublin. I'm now accepting speaking invitations to Dublin! (Cardinal Cushing, anyone?)

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Aug 31

Really enjoying this new Oxford UP book by one of my Princeton grad school mentors, @rwuth.bsky.social, who is as prolific as ever in retirement. Adept at both history and sociology, he shows how different leaders and groups cultivated happiness as a religious practice. @princetonccsr.bsky.social

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's a crystal clear morning and a blessed 57 degrees for the start of a new semester at IU Indianapolis. Yes, we're still here teaching the liberal arts in downtown Indianapolis.

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Had an all-day meeting today at the State Library in Indianapolis, where the card catalogue is a reminder of an earlier age of information.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 12

You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

www.nytimes.com

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Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social · Aug 12

I've seen a lot of discussion lately on social media about the Latin Mass. In my latest blog post, I write about my recent visit to a vibrant Latin Mass parish in Indianapolis—and about the dilemma facing Pope Leo XIV:

www.peterthuesen.com/blog/2025/7/...

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · Aug 11

A rambling and incoherent Trump wants to turn DC into his personal police state despite a 30-year low in crime.

He's a pathetic wannabe dictator who wants to distract you from his connection to the Epstein files, skyrocketing costs, and his weak job numbers.

Don't let him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 11

Trump announces he's placing the DC police department "under direct federal control" and deploying the National Guard in the city

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