Ben Menghini
@benghini.bsky.social
🧀 Workin' on my Night Cheese 🧀 | PhD candidate in Theology at Emmanuel College/University of Toronto | he/him
I will never understand why people are drawn to Toy Breeds.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I will never understand why people are drawn to Toy Breeds.
I hope you find yourself at a meal where your elders are engaging the necessary social and psychological strategies to protect you.
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I hope you find yourself at a meal where your elders are engaging the necessary social and psychological strategies to protect you.
Reposted by Ben Menghini
It is my honor to announce the winner of the annual AAR Squeegee Game Prize...Ben Menghini!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
Presenting God's Gifts and Divine Reception for the Divine Sovereignty and Human Liberation panel on the final day of AAR.
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It is my honor to announce the winner of the annual AAR Squeegee Game Prize...Ben Menghini!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
(There is actually no literal prize, but the title itself carries weight. Gravitas, even.)
Hopefully I (and maybe you?) will get to play again next year – in Denver!
Presenting God's Gifts and Divine Reception for the Divine Sovereignty and Human Liberation panel on the final day of AAR.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Presenting God's Gifts and Divine Reception for the Divine Sovereignty and Human Liberation panel on the final day of AAR.
Lots of loudly going in and out of sessions letting doors slam etc and I'm wondering: were you all not traumatized as children to open and close doors as quietly as possible?
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Lots of loudly going in and out of sessions letting doors slam etc and I'm wondering: were you all not traumatized as children to open and close doors as quietly as possible?
AAR has already been hectic and fulfilling and I've yet to set foot in a session.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
AAR has already been hectic and fulfilling and I've yet to set foot in a session.
How senior scholars look at me after I deliver my paper I wrote at my gate in the airport.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
How senior scholars look at me after I deliver my paper I wrote at my gate in the airport.
Im stopping to recognize that this is a moment in which many good things are happening for me and I'm likely to miss it if I only focus on being tired and stressed.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Im stopping to recognize that this is a moment in which many good things are happening for me and I'm likely to miss it if I only focus on being tired and stressed.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Talking about postliberals vs post-liberals and dodging questions about Hauerwas last week at the Toronto School of Theology conference.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Talking about postliberals vs post-liberals and dodging questions about Hauerwas last week at the Toronto School of Theology conference.
Reposted by Ben Menghini
Going to #sblaar25? I wrote this because so many young academics were making the same rookie errors. Lots of conference advice here about talking to book editors. Make your life easier! Share this freely.
BTW, I'm a freelance publishing consultant. Hire me.
www.bleaktheology.com/2014/09/21/t...
BTW, I'm a freelance publishing consultant. Hire me.
www.bleaktheology.com/2014/09/21/t...
Ten Publishing Tips for Young Academics, Revised Edition. - Bleak Theology
I was in academic publishing for over ten years. I was an editor acquiring Religion and Philosophy monographs and edited collections at a major, international academic press. Because I kept answering the same questions over and over again and saw so many young scholars make grand faux pas as they entered the academic publishing world, I
www.bleaktheology.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Going to #sblaar25? I wrote this because so many young academics were making the same rookie errors. Lots of conference advice here about talking to book editors. Make your life easier! Share this freely.
BTW, I'm a freelance publishing consultant. Hire me.
www.bleaktheology.com/2014/09/21/t...
BTW, I'm a freelance publishing consultant. Hire me.
www.bleaktheology.com/2014/09/21/t...
@plaidsilk.bsky.social do we have an 2025 AAR squeegee word?
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@plaidsilk.bsky.social do we have an 2025 AAR squeegee word?
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Do we have a category for things that arise as a response to climate change, fail to actually solve problems, and make life more difficult for everyday people/shoulder us with responsibility? Im thinking of things like paper straws.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Do we have a category for things that arise as a response to climate change, fail to actually solve problems, and make life more difficult for everyday people/shoulder us with responsibility? Im thinking of things like paper straws.
Me: do you take card? I only have America dollars
Canadian shopkeep: then you're rich!
Me: but I'm poor in spirit
Shopkeep: but american dollars feel nice, so gritty and dirty
Canadian shopkeep: then you're rich!
Me: but I'm poor in spirit
Shopkeep: but american dollars feel nice, so gritty and dirty
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Me: do you take card? I only have America dollars
Canadian shopkeep: then you're rich!
Me: but I'm poor in spirit
Shopkeep: but american dollars feel nice, so gritty and dirty
Canadian shopkeep: then you're rich!
Me: but I'm poor in spirit
Shopkeep: but american dollars feel nice, so gritty and dirty
Why does Toronto have so much Detroit style pizza?
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Why does Toronto have so much Detroit style pizza?
I gave a paper today in which I argued that postliberal theology is often defined negatively (what it is against) by its critics. Naturally, I was asked during the Q&A for a positive definition of postliberal theology. This is something I've written about previously. Obviously, I drew a total blank.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I gave a paper today in which I argued that postliberal theology is often defined negatively (what it is against) by its critics. Naturally, I was asked during the Q&A for a positive definition of postliberal theology. This is something I've written about previously. Obviously, I drew a total blank.
My writing load for the next week just doubled. Oops.
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My writing load for the next week just doubled. Oops.
By way of a type of intellectual apostolic succession, am I now lapsed?
Wow, big time bummer to see people who educated me falling for very obvious AI slop on Facebook.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
By way of a type of intellectual apostolic succession, am I now lapsed?
Wow, big time bummer to see people who educated me falling for very obvious AI slop on Facebook.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wow, big time bummer to see people who educated me falling for very obvious AI slop on Facebook.
Finally got the furnace working again just as the snow is starting to melt.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Finally got the furnace working again just as the snow is starting to melt.
Working retail during the holidays again
a man is flying through the air on a staircase
ALT: a man is flying through the air on a staircase
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November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Working retail during the holidays again
Man, this day with very little going on really managed to catch me across the chin with a left hook.
November 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Man, this day with very little going on really managed to catch me across the chin with a left hook.
During many late nights of dissertation writing I was accompanied by Brothertiger's livestreams. Here is one of my favorites that I've listened to dozens of times.
Livestream - 073
YouTube video by Brothertiger
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November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
During many late nights of dissertation writing I was accompanied by Brothertiger's livestreams. Here is one of my favorites that I've listened to dozens of times.