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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya)

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project editor, Baker Academic • nontheistic, polydox Protestant & fledgling Mahayanist • MDiv, Princeton • Reflecting reverently & irreverently on religious stuff & other stuff • I like it when people say things well • Views strictly my own • he/him • 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌿

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Nov 14

Hi! I'm a book editor specializing in Christian theology.

I'm interested in how faith traditions can be vehicles for truth & transformation without presuming their own necessity or superiority.

Expect posts about religious pluralism, Christianity, Buddhism, writing, trees, books, movies, & cats.

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · 7h

One person's feeling of absolute dependence is another's perception of emptiness.

And some of us might perceive our emptiness as we feel our absolute dependence and feel our absolute dependence as we perceive our emptiness.

#Buddhism
#Christianity
#Schleiermacher

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · 20d

As Charlie Kirk is hailed by many as a missionary-martyr, @dwcongdon.com helps us see "the history of Christian mission and the sordid legacy of Christian imperialism" with fresh eyes.

www.christiancentury.org/features/yes...

Yes, Charlie Kirk was a missionary

Trump is right about this—but not for the reasons he...

www.christiancentury.org

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 22

"This is a direct assault on independent journalism at the very place where independent scrutiny matters most: the U.S. military," National Press Club President Mike Balsamo said in a statement.

www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g...

Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

www.npr.org

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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · Sep 19

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 17

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘Direct evidence of genocidal intent’: the UN commission of inquiry’s report on Israel’s actions in Gaza

Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention

www.theguardian.com

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 17

What if Christians today who insist on a final state up ahead somewhere in which all will be set right forevermore are making the same misstep as those of the first generation of Jesus followers who insisted that Jesus would return imminently to finally set everything right?

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Sep 12

He could not be less interested in finding out who killed him or why — and his message to his apparatus is clear that that is not a priority — when the killing creates such an opportune pretext to stoke attacks on whoever he feels like.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Sep 12

Politico - President Trump tells reporters "we just have to beat the hell" out of "radical left lunatics," following the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

Trump says ‘we have to beat the hell’ out of ‘radical left lunatics’ after Kirk killing

The conservative activist's killer remains at large and authorities have not said what the motive was behind his shooting.

www.politico.com

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 11

"When we say, 'God is love,' is 'love' our best name for God, or is 'God' our best name for love?"

—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 154

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 11

"God does not exist; God insists. . . . God leaves existence up to us."

—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 150

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Prove me wrong” will never create the America of our hopes and dreams.

“I will listen” might.

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 4

"God is the name of an event, of a dream for which we are to provide the reality, of a promise on which we are expected to make good."

—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 141

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is very much extremely the thing.

"You stupid SHEEP! There's no invisible MAN on a MOUNTAIN!"

"No shit, Sherlock."

"And no Magic SkyDaddy is gonna just FIX things if you pray hard enough!!"

"That's correct."

"And people don't get sick because they were bad!!"

"Did... you think they did??"

hayden (packers/loons/wolves mode) @haydena51.bsky.social · Sep 3

I also think that like… white American atheists who conclude that literally all religion is what they were taught growing up in their evangelical churches are helping to reinforce the belief that that version of Christianity is the correct way to practice religion?

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Panentheism must nowadays face the verdict of the stars, that the being of God is finite and mortal."

—John D. Caputo, What to Believe?, 109

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 30

Self-reliance gets into trouble not because of the direction of the reliance but because of the concept of the self.

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Whatever the grandeur of the speaker's utterances, his manner of life carries more weight."

—Augustine, Teaching Christianity 4.27.59

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 26

What a world we're in.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient

www.theguardian.com

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · Aug 19

In a new video, @alexdemarco.bsky.social tells @jonmathieu.bsky.social why and how he came to practice both Buddhism and Christianity—and describes the value of nonattachment.

youtu.be/oxP4E-L8XY0

When Christianity and Buddhism mix

YouTube video by The Christian Century

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 16

"It’s a mockery of democracy." Indeed.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Democrats are fighting fire with fire over redistricting – but will democracy burn?

Trump’s plan to boost Republican House seats in the midterms through gerrymandering has provoked a reaction

www.theguardian.com

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 12

"Relational pluralism . . . opened my eyes to how mainstream Christian theology, even in its inclusive forms, excludes other religious perspectives and paths from the kind of access to saving truth that it claims for itself."

#Pluralism
#Religion
#Theology
www.christiancentury.org/features/how...

How I became religiously multiple

I’m on a personal journey into Buddhist–Christian...

www.christiancentury.org

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Justin Whitaker @justinwhitaker.bsky.social · Aug 12

In Buddhism, we learn interdependence--our lives are bound together, and harm to one is harm to all.

For centrists worried about “going too far,” this is the time to step left in solidarity, to build a greater movement that lifts up the poor AND continues to build upon recent rights struggles.

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 11

"Traditions that came to be what they are only in relation will only . . . fulfill their promise through relation."

—John J. Thatamanil, Circling the Elephant, 71

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 11

Moraine Lake is absurdly spectacular.

I feel very fortunate that I had the chance to visit. This is one of my favorite shots.

Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 11

"To me, as a Palestinian, as an oppressed, I always felt my duty to also liberate my oppressor from their hate and from their fear."

"It's not about me. . . . The main goal of targeting me is to chill speech in this county."

—Mahmoud Khalil

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Mahmoud Khalil Tells His Story

The Ezra Klein Show · Episode

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Alex DeMarco (Dvesatya) @alexdemarco.bsky.social · Aug 11

The view from Bald Hills, overlooking Maligne Lake, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, CA.