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Timothy Troutner

@troutsky.bsky.social

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Theology prof at Assumption University | Apophaticism, Xology, and Speculative Metaphysics | Idealism and Neoplatonism | Christian Mysticism and French Religious Thought

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Nov 18

This is my Substack, where I mostly post about Neoplatonism, Idealism, and Speculative Theology.

A Wild Logos | Tim Troutner | Substack

My personal Substack. Click to read A Wild Logos, by Tim Troutner, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · 2h

I'd check W.T. Kirby and Gary Thorne.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · 10d

My latest post takes on the Manichean vision of Stephen Miller, and the intellectual cover provided by the recent remarks of Hillsdale's Larry Arnn.

The Metaphysics of MAGA

Evil in the Eyes of Stephen Miller and Larry Arnn

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · 16d

I went to a Willi Carlisle concert last week and the first sentence he said upon taking the stage was: “It’s so good to be with you in these latter days of Babylon.” Check out Winged Victory. My album of the year so far.

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 28d

First Things is now running interference for Jeffrey Epstein if you were wondering how things are going over there

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Sep 7

I do not. I heard there was an email but did not receive it myself (I'm an adjunct).

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Sep 6

At a conference on campus, a faculty member reported an email had gone out to faculty stating that ICE was outside St. Ignatius, the church on campus.

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reports that ICE is on the Boston College campus currently

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Sep 6

It is.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:

"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jul 30

The second installment of my philosophical dialogue has now been published. I re-examine the interpretative problem of Chalcedon and then dive into the various senses of the term "identity."

Christology: Analogy or Identity? (Part II)

Chalcedon Revisited and a Philosophical Interlude

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Cosmic Return and the Victims of ICE

On Not Turning Away

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jul 14

My latest post: Cosmic Return and the Victims of ICE

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Sergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · Jun 24

I spent most of today seeking to meet with one of the many victims of ICE raids currently jailed in Downtown LA.

While @chrclla.bsky.social focuses its efforts on impact litigation, my team boosts efforts on the ground whenever possible.

What I saw speaks to the crisis in LA & beyond.

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Fr. David @frdavid.bsky.social · Jun 22

That it may please thee to make wars to cease in all the world; to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; and to bestow freedom upon all peoples,

We beesech thee to hear us, good Lord. ⚓

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Amigo de Frodo @bpdflores.bsky.social · Jun 21

A short talk I gave on the Christian Humanism of Pope Francis, about a month before the Holy Father died. At Fordham University, it was a chance to say some things.
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A short talk on the Christian Humanism of Pope Francis, given at Fordham University, about a month before his passing from this life

I gave this reflection on Pope Francis at Fordham University on March 13, 2025, about a month before the Holy Father died. I was part of a panel of theologians more distinguished than I. I publish …

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 20

Christology: Analogy or Identity?
"Is it not simpler to say that Christ is no instance of analogy because analogy is not the whole truth of his Person, any more than it is the truth of the cosmos, the Truth he is?"
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Christology: Analogy or Identity?

A Dialogue About the Current Controversy

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 17

OK I did it.

The Philosophy of Sebastian Rödl: An Introduction

Overview, Biography, and Major Writings

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 17

Rahner’s axiom has a Christological basis. This is not sufficiently explored. Everyone believes, or should believe, that there is one case where the economic and immanent Trinities are identical

Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 17

Rahner: the hidden basis for all Christological debates in Catholicism today is the difference between Chalcedonism and Neochaldedonism

Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 17

The similarity to @jdw11.bsky.social here is unmistakable

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 17

Rahner is famous for the identity of economic and immanent Trinity. Here he explains that this identity is what Hegel would call a speculative proposition: an identity which includes difference as its self-difference. A living sameness which produces and sublates otherness.

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings Worcester was massive

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Timothy Troutner @troutsky.bsky.social · Jun 14

No Kings in Hudson, MA. I estimate 200 protestors, which was impressive for the town's size.
50+% of signs were patriotic (Founding Fathers, veterans, civil liberties), 30% #Resist (Drumpf, orange etc.), 20% Pride themed.
Very moving.