Sarah Porter
@portersf.bsky.social
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asst prof religious studies, gonzaga u early christianity // material culture // archaeology
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Archivist position at The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe: careers.harvard.edu/job/archivis... #historyjobs
assigned @emuehlbe.bsky.social's "perpetual adjustment" to a small group of students and wooo there are a LOT of exclamation points in their annotations this week!
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Usually, to show an author love, the first rule is: buy the book. And, you can totally buy this book---but, it's also available OA, which means you can in a few weeks' time get it for free.
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1...

So, the updated rule: to show an author love, get her book and read it!
Things Unseen | University of California Press
How do you know the nature of another person: who she is, or what she is capable of? In four exploratory essays, a seasoned historian examines the mechanisms by which ancient people came to have knowl...
luminosoa.org
the analysis is too boring to even type out
President Trump is considering a triumphal arch at Memorial Circle in D.C. for America’s 250th anniversary.

It would represent Trump’s most audacious effort to remake the landscape of D.C.
Trump eyes a triumphal arch to mark America’s 250th anniversary
The arch would be constructed across from the Lincoln Memorial, on a small patch of federal land currently occupied by a traffic circle.
www.washingtonpost.com
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'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped.
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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Leo XIV comes out swinging hard in his first Apostolic Letter, esp §§80-81, insisting on the centrality of social movements and structural change and not JP2’s restrictions of liberation theology to individual dimensions. Vatican 2 and Medellín are back.

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te of the Holy Father Leo XIV on Love for the Poor (4 October 2025)
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION   DILEXI TE  OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV  TO ALL CHRISTIANS  ON LOVE FOR THE POOR [ Multimedia ] _____________________
www.vatican.va
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Faith groups have filed suit against DHS for violating their 1st and 4th amendment rights, arguing that by targeting faith-based demonstrators "with violence," ICE agents are enacting a policy that “substantially burdens their exercise of religion” and violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
religionnews.com
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incredible work, kelly - thank you!
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It sucks the way the humanities are being eroded & labeled unimportant. For every rant against a “new identity,” there is an ancient poem or painting or song or or or that tells us there is nothing new under the sun
& a link to a bunch of clips from antioch in the 30s, separated for easier viewing ochre.lib.uchicago.edu/ochre?uuid=b...
if you like this kind of stuff, here's one from sardis of the bath-gym reconstruction in the 60s:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhZ...
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YouTube video by Sardis Expedition
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sweet little documentary from the corinth excavations ca 1945. the last minute or so is ASCSA's pitch: that archaeology helps the local economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=LppD...
Ancient Corinth in 1945
YouTube video by eDesigner
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really grateful RSR took a risk and let figurative art publish as a response! if you've read mike's book, you know images are a crucial part - couldn't imagine this symposium without some.
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The new issue of Religious Studies Review is live, featuring responses to Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion that include my own essay, "'She Laughs at the Future' (Prov. 31:24b): Reading Sarah's Queer Jouissance." It's available open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“She Laughs at the Future” (Prov. 31:24b): Reading Sarah's Queer Jouissance
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
beautiful symposium for a beautiful book
don't miss @postrafelite.bsky.social's cartoon about creation - a beautifully meditative way to start the morning
🐣 Our SBL Review Symposium for Mike Chin’s new monograph “Life” has just been published with Religious Studies Review 51/2. Have a look here, especially if you are interested in ancient natural history or new ways of writing old history:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17480922...
Religious Studies Review: Vol 51, No 2
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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I keep seeing the media say crime is down but people feel like it is up without mentioning the role of phone notifications and social media like Nextdoor, Ring Alerts, and Facebook Groups that not only make people more aware of any crime nearby they wouldn’t have known about in the past… (1/3)
this is great, shawn